Cuba will be able to register three representatives of each sex in the weightlifting contest of the Panamerican Games to be held in Santiago de Chili next year, according to official sources.
The number of quotas is in correspondence with the results of the qualifying process that included the Pan American Championships of the sport held in the years 2021 and 2022, the first of them without the participation of Cubans, as you refer the sports portal Hit.
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The Pan American Federation of Weightlifting He sent preliminary information to his counterpart on the island about the distribution of tickets, based on the places obtained by the Cubans in the continental event held last July in Bogotá, the publication reports.
in the capital of Colombia The delegation from the Island garnered a dozen medals, including the title won by Juan Columbié in the 109-kilogram division, to which he himself added a couple of bronze medals.
The report adds that the Cubans also achieved two subtitles through Arley Calderón in the 61-kilogram category, and another by Ayamey Damiana Medina in the 87-kilogram category, in addition to six other bronzed metals.
Although the complete distribution of quotas must be officially published in the next few hours, from Hit It is presumed that the delegations of Colombia, the United States, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Venezuela must secure complete teams of four competitors in each gender.
If this is confirmed, Cuba would start with a disadvantage against these nations and would have to improve its efficiency on the crowbar if it intends to obtain better results in the Chilean capital.
Cuban weights have lost strength at a global and regional level in recent years, which has been influenced by the retirement and abandonment of several of its main figures. In this context, it seems very difficult for this sport to make a significant contribution to the island’s medal table in the next Pan American Games, as it did decades ago.
