In dialogue with Prensa Latina in this capital, the manager specified that the athletes located in the Olympic qualification zone participate in the preparation and the European tour, with the first litmus test in a few days: the Paris Grand Slam, scheduled for 2 to February 4 with a record number of competitors, 670 from 111 countries.
The women’s squad is made up of the four-time Olympic medalist and two-time world champion Idalys Ortiz (more than 78 kilograms), who due to sporting strategy will not be in the Grand Slam next weekend, the experienced Maylín del Toro (63) and the promising Idelannis Gómez (70, 21 years old) and Lianet Cardona (78, 19 years old).
For its part, the men’s team brings together the world champion of more than 100 kilograms in Tashkent-2022, Andy Granda, the universal silver from Baku-2018 Iván Silva (90), Magdiel Estrada (73), Orlando Polanco (66) and the 20-year-old judoka Jonathan Charón (60).
We want to thank the association Cuba Coopération France (CubaCoop), the city of Vitry-sur-Seine and the Cuban ambassador Otto Vaillant for the welcome and support in France for the women’s team, while in the case of the men we recognize the support of the International Judo Federation, Manso stressed.
CubaCoop is carrying out a project with the support of twenty French cities to support the preparation of Cuban Olympic and Paralympic athletes with an eye on Paris-2024, whose event under the five rings will be from July 26 to August 11, for the edition Olympic, and from August 28 to September 8 in the Paralympic.
For us it is very important to train on French soil, not only because it will be the venue for the games, but also because of the good conditions we have here, he added.
The president of the Cuban Judo Federation announced that the European journey will be intense, with participation in addition to the nearby Grand Slam of Paris, in strong tournaments in Baku, Azerbaijan, (February 16 to 18), Linz, Austria, (8 to March 10), Tbilisi, Georgia, (March 22 to 24) and Antalya, Turkey (March 29 to 31).
By April we will be back on the island, where our teams will prepare and compete in the Varadero Open, and then both squads will return to France in May, the month in which we will have the world championship in Abu Dhabi, Manso told Prensa Latina.
Regarding the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the manager ruled out entering into the topic of predictions, highlighting that what is important is good preparation and faith in victory.
Under the five rings, Cuba is one of the world powers, anchoring in sixth position in the Olympic medal table, with six gold, 15 silver and 16 bronze, only surpassed by Japan (48-21-27), France (16-13 -28), Russia (12-9-25), South Korea (11-17-18) and China (8-3-11).
In the Tokyo 2021 games, the only one who stood on the podium for the largest of the Antilles was Ortiz, who lost in the final to the local Akira Sone.
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2024-01-26 11:53:37
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