2023-10-15 20:59:05
The news that Cuba won the I World Youth Baseball Championship 5 is already spreading by word of mouth. The most curious thing is the enormous role of Artemis in that gold so deservedly achieved.
Those who remained aware of the performance of the Cubans in the competition based in Ankara, Turkey, saw their expectations grow every day, with the team’s performance, since in each match they swept their rivals.
The boys not only They went through the qualifying stage without losing a challenge (not even a set!) while they added five successes, but they were undefeated in the entire competition.
In the so-called Super Round they triumphed against France, Chinese Taipei and Mexico. Only those from the land of Benito Juárez were able to win a set from them, in a match of pure formality that decided absolutely nothing, when Cuba’s passage to the final was already defined.
And in the duel for gold they would play against the French, whom they had beaten before, even by knockout in the first set. This time, there was a fight, but those from the largest of the Antilles won, first 6-3 and then 2-1, in extra innings.
The Cuban team confirmed its power in Baseball5, just a few months after the victory in Mexico of the majors. He recorded nine wins without losses, 18 sets in favor and one against. He delivered eight knockouts, four knockouts and one super knockout. He scored 143 runs and conceded 28.
And, according to the official site of the tournament, among the men, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Cup was Jadier René Ulloa from Artemis; while, among the women, it was Haila González Collazo, also from Artemisa.
The page itself published the election of the so-called World Team, which includes a representative from China, France, Mexico and Turkey, led by Josué Gutiérrez Calunga, another Artemiseño.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in his account on X, congratulated them and remembered the “four corners” that was born in our neighborhoods. That is Cuba’s strength in Baseball5, reflected in the hands of these young people from Artemisa, now covered in gold.
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