Cuba hopes to retain the crown in Barranquilla with 538 athletes

Cuba will go with a delegation of 538 athletes to the XXIII Games of Central America and the Caribbean to Barranquilla with the goal of retaining the crown earned in their previous stakes in the regional meeting. [19659002] The president of the National Sports Institute (Inder), Antonio Becali claimed that the Cuban delegation was to reach some 115 gold medals "to retain the first place, and this will be emphasized ".

He also indicated that the sports that will provide the most medals in Cuba will be judo, taekwondo, boxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, athletics, rowing, boating, table tennis, badminton and sports shooting. 19659002] The Caribbean island will be represented by 292 men and 246 women who will compete in 359 of the 450 events.

The Cuban delegation led by its flag bearer, three-time Olympic champion and five Greco-Roman wrestlers, Mijaín López, committed to perform a meritorious performance in front of the tomb of the Cuban leader F idel Castro and the founding fathers of the Nation in the cemetery of Santa Ifigenia of the city Santiago de Cuba

The fighter López the gymnast Manrique Larduet, the rower Ángel Fournier, the judoka Idalis Ortiz, the pole vaulter Yarisley Silva and the new promise of the long jump, the young Juan Miguel Echevarría and the shooting champion Leuris Pupo are among the main figures who will contribute to the medal of the Caribbean country.

Cuba could win its first gold medal at the Barranquilla Artistic Gymnastics Team on July 20, and from that moment on, its hopes would also include rowing, the Taekwondo, cycling and table tennis, according to calculations of the island's sports specialists.

This time, Cuba will compete for 90 gold medals out of the 457 vying as 22 of them will be for sports that are not included in the practice of high performance in our country like rugby, bowling, water skiing or golf

Neither sport will be represented in competitions of other disciplines because it has not not achieved the required clbadification.

Sports where the island is considered favorite to take possession of the weeklong medals, among them, athletics, judo, wrestling, shooting, water polo and boxing.

The mighty team of island fighters lost at the last minute to double Olympic Champion Robeisy Ramírez after leaving the national team while he was there. coached at Aguascalientes (Mexico).

After banishing the weight of the roosters, the Tamers payroll of the island was integrated by seven boxers who will need a refined performance in the ring to win the tournament by the countries of the regional meeting, where they will face the rivals of Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

In Veracruz 2014, Cuba took first place with 254 medals: 123 gold, 66 silver and 65 bronze.

He followed in second place Mexico with 332: 115 gold, 106 silver and 111 bronze, and in third place Colombia with 224: 72 gold, 74 silver and 78 bronze

In the history of the Central America and Caribbean Games, the island has 3,320 medals, of which 1 752 gold. 19659002] Cuba leads the count of medals in the history of these games with a total of 1,752 gold medals, 889 silver medals and 679 other medals bronze, in front of Mexico, his closest rival accumulates 1,235.