{"id":241286,"date":"2021-07-08T14:38:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T18:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=241286"},"modified":"2021-07-08T14:38:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T18:38:37","slug":"cuban-delegation-to-tokyo-games-will-finally-comprise-69-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/cuban-delegation-to-tokyo-games-will-finally-comprise-69-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban delegation to Tokyo Games will finally comprise 69 athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cuban delegation to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/tokyo-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tokyo Olympic Games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will finally be made up of 69 athletes, as confirmed by the island\u2019s sports authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jos\u00e9 Antonio Miranda, general director of high performance of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), explained that the number of competitors was fixed at that figure after the Caribbean country did not receive any of the last places assigned by the International Weightlifting Federation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOnce notified about it, it becomes official that we will be represented by 36 men and 33 women in 15 sports, and we will participate in 64 events,\u201d Miranda explained to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> llevar\u00e1 69 atletas a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tokio2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tokio2020<\/a> Lo asegur\u00f3 el director de Alto Rendimiento del Inder tras cerrar el plazo establecido para las \u00faltimas asignaciones. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HagamosloPorCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HagamosloPorCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Japan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Japan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SPyzfiXvlJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/SPyzfiXvlJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ggScDXjVNv\">pic.twitter.com\/ggScDXjVNv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JIT Deporte Cubano (@jit_digital) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jit_digital\/status\/1412825230800732165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miranda, who is already in Tokyo as part of Cuba\u2019s advance to the Olympic event, specified that although next Saturday\u2019s official registry will authenticate the list of athletes, the distribution of Cuban quotas is led by athletics (18), wrestling (12), boxing (7) and judo (6).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other sports that won tickets were canoeing (5), shooting (5), weightlifting (4), table tennis (2), beach volleyball (2), swimming (2), and the modern pentathlon (2), while taekwondo, artistic gymnastics, cycling and rowing, all with a classified athlete, complete the island\u2019s delegation.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kB5yeOBuxq\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/boxing\/cuba-qualifies-seven-boxers-for-tokyo-olympics\/\">Cuba qualifies seven boxers for Tokyo Olympics<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cuba qualifies seven boxers for Tokyo Olympics&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/boxing\/cuba-qualifies-seven-boxers-for-tokyo-olympics\/embed\/#?secret=twG0bNi4be#?secret=kB5yeOBuxq\" data-secret=\"kB5yeOBuxq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The figure could have risen to 71, as two other Cuban athletes with Olympic tickets will ultimately not attend the Games. These are the cases of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/manrique-larduet\/?amp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manrique Larduet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the best Cuban gymnast in recent years, and the young Jordan D\u00edaz, record holder of the triple jump in lower categories and considered a promise of this discipline at the highest level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding the first of them, who has faced the Cuban federation for some time after it fired his coach, Carlos Gil, a recent report from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> assured that he is \u201clacking the physical and technical form necessary for an event of that level.\u201d Meanwhile, it was briefly pointed out that Jordan D\u00edaz \u201cleft his team in Europe,\u201d without offering more details on his staying in Spain, according to other sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among those who will be in Tokyo, the greatest hopes of medals for Cuba fall on stars such as boxer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/mijain-lopez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mija\u00edn L\u00f3pez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and judoka Idalys Ortiz \u2014 who will participate in their last Olympic Games as active athletes \u2014 and athletes consolidated in the international elite such as boxers Julio C\u00e9sar La Cruz and Andy Cruz, discus thrower Yaim\u00e9 P\u00e9rez and young long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarr\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P8eE3zVsWj\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/atletismo\/atletismo-cubanos-baten-records-en-mitin-de-espana\/\">Atletismo: cubanos baten r\u00e9cords en mitin de Espa\u00f1a<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abAtletismo: cubanos baten r\u00e9cords en mitin de Espa\u00f1a\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/deportes\/atletismo\/atletismo-cubanos-baten-records-en-mitin-de-espana\/embed\/#?secret=ymNzNRF6PY#?secret=P8eE3zVsWj\" data-secret=\"P8eE3zVsWj\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INDER\u2019s general director of high-performance sports assured that there are currently six sports involved in training bases abroad: athletics, canoeing, cycling, wrestling, modern pentathlon and swimming, \u201cas part of a required strategy of many readjustments due to COVID-19,\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMeeting the demands of training and the necessary protocols to avoid the pandemic has been complex, but we have been able to take the necessary steps at all times and the entire arrival plan has already been designed, including those that will take place from other countries,\u201d commented Miranda, who maintained that even with a numerically smaller delegation compared to other Olympic events, \u201cCuba has the necessary figures to make a reality the aim of appearing among the top 20 in the table of medals by nations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have always stated that the key will lie in the response of the athletes identified as those with the greatest weight when defending the commitment,\u201d said the official.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cuban delegation in Tokyo will be the smallest in more than half a century in Olympic Games and the first with less than 100 athletes since the contest also organized by the Japanese capital in 1964. 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