2023-06-05 21:09:52
They still don’t go as far as before, but our volleyball players are beginning to infect us with faith that they will shine again among the elite. The weekend brought two welcome news: the performance of the Cuban team against Argentina and the title of the duo made up of Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo in the Norceca beach volleyball circuit.
Díaz from Artemisa and Alayo from Villa Clara beat the Costa Rican duo of Julián Araya and Jhostin Varela in only two sets (21-15 and 21-12), in the final of the under 23 event based in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, corresponding to North , Central America and the Caribbean.
The duo from the largest of the Antilles concluded the tournament undefeated in five appearances, without even a set against, reports the website www.norceca.net.
Now they have to participate, next weekend, in the qualifying match for the 2023 World Championship in Tlaxcala, Mexico, which grants a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and for the first time in the last two decades leaves European lands.
And the other good news was transmitted by the Cuban men’s team, already in Canada to debut tomorrow Wednesday against their hosts, at 8:00 PM, in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League, after two profitable matches against Argentina, bronze in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
At the initial stop, the opposite Jesús Herrera and the corner players Miguel Ángel López and Osniel Mergarejo led to the resounding 3-0 victory, with scores of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-22.
Herrera, the left-hander from Las Cañas, in Artemisa, was the top scorer of the game, with 18 points and a 71% attacking efficiency.
Later, the technical director changed the starting formation to test the substitutes, and the Argentines also retaliated with partial runs.
In the League of Nations they will then face the Netherlands, Italy and Brazil. It will be Cuba’s first incursion in this prestigious event, with four clashes in each scenario: in Canada, France and the United States. Luxury preparation for the qualifier for Paris 2024!
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