Although this time they could not achieve the title, the Cubans us Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo added a new podium this Sunday in their passage through the League of Beach volleyball of Russia.
At the close of the Novy Urangoy, Díaz and Alayo stage they defeated the Myskiv and Sivolap duo in two partials to hang the bronze medal. They did it without great setbacks, with partials of 21-17 and 21-15, As he said the Cuban News Agency (ACN).
With this they went up to the podium for the fifth occasion during their current journey through the Eurasian nation.
Those of the island had fallen on Saturday in semifinals by 0-2 against the Belarusos Petrushko and Didkovi, which deprived them of the possibility of fighting for their fourth scepter in the Russian League.
Francisco Álvarez Cutiño’s disciples had already achieved three golds and one silver in previous stops of this circuit. The titles were achieved in Moscow, Barnaul and the island of Sajalín, while second place went to his hands in the San Petersburg tournament.
Díaz and Alayo shine with third gold in the Russian beach volleyball league
Díaz and Alayo were invited to participate in six phases of the Russian League, after which they will intervene in the world beach volleyball circuit. His return to this competition will be in the Elite 16 Hamburg Tournament, Germany, which will take place from August 27 to 31.
His best performance in this circuit so far, recalls the ACN, was the crown achieved in the Elite 16 of Quintana Roo Tournament in Mexico. With that triumph they obtained 1200 points for the world ranking, overlooking the Olympic classification for Los Angeles 2028.
The calendar of Cuba in the current season also has among its priorities the World Adelaida Championship, Australia. To that appointment, scheduled for next November, Díaz and Alayo intend to arrive with a good location in the Orb listin whose most recent update are in position 21.
