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HAVANA, Cuba, March 21, 2021 – The two female
pairs to represent Cuba at the NORCECA
Continental Beach Championship have been
registered in the three phases of the FIVB World
Tour to take place in Cancun, Mexico and the
other in Bulgaria.
The tandems of Leila Martínez and Maylen Delis
and Lidianny Echeverria and Yanileydis Sanchez
are preparing in high gear on the sands of the
National School of Volleyball under the bubble
formula backed by substitute player Arlin
Hecheverría.
They are training under the supervision of
instructors Alain Hernandez and Osvaldo Abreu, a
mix of youth and experience that can conduct the
team to the highest of the podium in the Olympic
Qualifier scheduled in Mexico from June 24-27
and secure a spot in the Tokyo Olympics.
The series of three events in Cancun are
scheduled from April 16 to May 1 with many teams
of high ranking expected to participate due to
the Four Star level. The one-star event in Sofía,
Bulgaria will be from May 20-23.
To attend the Tokyo event teams are required to
accumulate at least 12 tournaments, a goal to be
achieved by Leila and Maylen who have eight thus
far.
In the NORCECA Continental countries are
required to register two pairs even though only
one team will be qualified for the Olympic
Games.
Cuba had women’s teams in the Olympics of Sydney
2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 but has been
out of the last two editions in London 2012 and
Rio 2016. |
