2024-06-09 18:14:08
Textual content: Editorial Cuba Noticias 360
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Beginning tomorrow, Cuban boxing will face the final alternative to extend the variety of these categorized for the Paris Olympic Video games. 4 males and one lady are already in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, for the occasion that may outline the ultimate draw of the 5 rings match.
Former wrestler Yaquelín Stornell would be the first consultant of the Caribbean island to leap into the ring and the one lady to take action. The 40-year-old veteran boxer from Guantanamo will start her journey within the 66 kilogram division in opposition to the Romanian Crinuta Nicoleta Sebe, the 2022 European youth titleholder.
Based on the sports activities publication Jit, the data consulted on the occasion’s web site specifies that there are 37 belters registered in that class, with 4 locations for the Parisian honest. If she will get the ticket, the bronze medalist in San Salvador 2023 would grow to be the primary exponent of Cuban ladies’s boxing to entry a summer time occasion.
Afterward Friday it will likely be the flip of Sancti Spiritus native Jorge Cuéllar to take to the stage in opposition to Ugandan Kakande Muzamiru, in a 71 kilo division that welcomes 70 opponents and can grant 5 locations, which would require profitable 4 fights to safe the ticket. direct.
On Saturday no Cuban boxer will see motion however a day later the world titleholder Erislandy Álvarez (63.5 kg) will debut in opposition to Noah Talalot, from American Samoa. The tremendous light-weight class will even award 5 tickets to Paris amongst 65 fighters who got here to the Thai capital.
Lastly, tremendous heavyweight Fernando Arzola (+92 kg) must wait till Tuesday, Could 28 to placed on the gloves. The Santiago native will face the Mexican Javier Cruz seeking one of many 4 spots that the 34 contenders in that division will compete for.
Cuba already has 4 qualifiers for Paris, the primary three because the finish of 2023, when Julio César La Cruz (92 kg), Arlen López (80 kg), Saidel Horta (57 kg) obtained their certifications on the Pan American Video games in Santiago de Chili.
However, Alejandro Claro from Sancti Spiritus (51 kg) was the one Cuban who made it to the earlier pre-Olympic match held in Italy in mid-March. Within the metropolis of Busto Arsizio, all these now current in Bangkok left empty-handed.
If the entire staff isn’t obtained within the seven divisions for males known as this yr to the battle beneath the 5 rings, the chances of dents of the Caribbean delegation could be considerably diminished, since it’s not for nothing that boxing known as the Flagship of the Island for the in depth harvest of medals and titles it displays.