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By ABELARDO OVIEDO DUQUESNE
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The road to the Panamerican Games tournament in Lima, Peru, in 2019, will begin Sunday. Dominican Ricardo Arias.
A few hours before the start of the conflict for the supremacy of the annual forum, the coaches of the teams participating in version 17 of the contest commented on the possibility of their girls in the competition who will award five tickets to the Pan American Games Lima 2019.
Some teams are also using the tournament in preparation for the FIVB World Championship to play in Japan.
The United States are defending champions and coach Jonathan Newman-Gonchar hopes to continue in
"We are delighted to be here to defend what US teams have done before in this tournament, "said Newman-Gonchar.
Guillermo Orduna, Argentina: We have just played in the FIVB League of Nations, which has been a good experience beyond the results. Our game has grown. We have a mix of experienced players with young women from lower divisions. Our goal is to qualify for the Pan American Games. In the VNL, we won a match against Korea, but we also played tight matches against Russia, the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic.
Wagner Fernandes, Brazil: We have been training for four weeks without preparation. which represents a first difficulty. Another difficulty is that our group is very strong with teams from Argentina, Colombia and Mexico who have been training and playing since April. Our team is a mix of veterans like Dani Lins and Thaisa Menezes with mature but young players. We have not played regularly at the Pan Am Cup, but this time it is a qualification for the Pan Am Games. We are happy to play and be here because the cup is a strong and important tournament
Marcello Abbondanza, Canada: We are really interested in this tournament because we have a lot of new young players. We worked hard for a month and a half, but we did not have friendlies. This is a test event to see what we can do in the world championship. Our approach is to try to do our best and reaching the semifinals would be a great achievement.
Antonio Rizola, Colombia: The team comes from a great program of evolution. The president (Carlos Alberto) Grisales supports all the initiatives. At the moment, a South American youth tournament is being organized in Colombia. We have just played a big Challenger Cup in Lima. This Pan-American Cup will be difficult with a very high technical level. Our group is very difficult with Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Let's do our best
Andrés López, Costa Rica: The team is practically new and there are only two players left in the team that have competed twice at the world championships. The important thing is to return to the Pan American Cup as a champion of Central America, which is our merit. This is a clbad A or triple A competition to give girls a vision of reality and an idea of where we want to participate
Wilfredo Robinson, Cuba : This is a two generation team. We are working on adjustments based on the projections and the level of these actors. Our goal is to qualify for the top five teams that will be competing at the Pan American Games in Lima next year. We know the level of the other teams, but it is the goal of Cuba at the moment
Marcos Kwiek, Dominican Republic: Now that the Panamerican Cup is a qualification for the Games Panamericans with five spots available, the event is of better quality with many teams looking for these places. We have the extra pressure to play at home with fans considering that the cup is the most important event. Our goal is to win at least one medal. The team is well balanced after participating in the League of Nations.
Ricardo Ponce, Mexico: Our team has been training for four weeks in the city of Monterrey. We have badembled a team with a good balance between players with a long resume and the others coming from the U-20 division. From a physical and technical point of view, it is a balanced team with a good perspective for this type of competition.
Carlos Aparicio, Peru: This is a new team with a lot of players who are around first time with the national team. We are in a process of reconstruction and have been with the team only since May 2nd. Our main goal is to prepare this team for the Pan American Games in Peru next year. Here we have the girls who have accepted the invitation with pleasure and with them we are working. Half of the members of the team are under 23 years old and for the Pan American U-23 Cup in Cañete next August, I plan to add players to the youth teams.
Javier Gaspar, Puerto Rico: The team is a mix of young and veteran players and our goal here is to qualify for Peru 2019. Participating in the NORCECA Challenger in Canada has been a good experience to win our three games. Then, in Peru, we faced stronger teams like Bulgaria and Colombia, but we had the opportunity to evaluate some of our players. Another goal this summer is to win a medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla
Francisco Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago: We have just won the CAZOVA tournament for the seventh time consecutive. we had the opportunity to train regularly. The fact that offsets these difficulties is that we have five athletes playing in foreign leagues, but they do not have the same level. We are qualified for the World Championship which requires the full support of the authorities.
Jonathan Newman-Gonchar, United States: We are happy to be here to defend what American teams have done before tournament Girls are hungry for competition after six weeks of competition. intensive training and play alone against their teammates. There is a lot of anticipation for this event and our team is ready to compete.
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