Cuba secured the presence in six divisions in freestyle for the Central American and Caribbean Games of San Salvador 2023, after his overwhelming performance in the qualifying tournament held until this Sunday in the capital of Dominican Republic.
On the closing day, all the island’s gladiators got tickets, but they could not emulate the performance of the previous dates, when the grequistas and the girls swept their opponents, according to a note published by the sports portal Hit.
Librists with four crowns and six quotas to #SanSalvador2023
Wide dominance of the Island in the qualifying event held in the Dominican Republic. #Cuba #struggle #wrestling #wrestling https://t.co/nQ2AjhJQCp pic.twitter.com/ql5OXEpVwx— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) December 4, 2022
The scepter was won by Alejandro Valdés (65 kg division), Yurieski Torreblanca (86 kg), Arturo Silot (97 kg) and Reineris Salas (125 kg), while Reineri Andreu lost in the 57 kg final and Geandry Garzón (74 kg).
With such a performance, the Cuban army concludes in the regional qualifier with a harvest of 16 crowns, a silver medal and a bronze medal, and returns with the 18 possible places to attend the oldest regional multi-sport event on the planet.
This event represents a challenge for the island’s sports movement, which between 1970 and 2014 dominated the medal table, except in the editions of San Salvador 2002 and Mayagüez 2010, when he was absent alleging problems with the security of his delegation, points out this source.
During the Barranquilla 2016 version, the representation of Mexico definitively assaulted the comma of the classification, after winning 132 gold medals, 30 more than those achieved by Cuban athletes.
