Six more quotas were granted to Cuba for the swimming competitions corresponding to the First Caribbean Games of Guadeloupe 2022, to be held from June 29 to July 3.

Havana, June 14 (RHC)-- Six more quotas were granted to Cuba for the swimming competitions corresponding to the First Caribbean Games of Guadeloupe 2022, to be held from June 29 to July 3.

The new good news was shared with JIT by the national commissioner Nelson Garcia Fernandez, who confirmed that "now we will have 11 representatives in that event under 22 years of age with the new reallocation of places".

Havana's Dainé Pedré, specialist in backstroke and individual medley, and Vladimir Hernández, long-distance and open water swimmer, and Maikol Rabí, butterfly swimmer, will once again compete internationally, as all three participated in the Cali 2021 Pan American Junior Games.   

Making their debut in foreign pools are Jonathan Perez, from Granma, who swims freestyle and backstroke, and also from the capital, Fermin Rodriguez, a backstroker who also likes butterfly, and Ernesto Fernandez, a bookswimmer, but with performances in backstroke.

They join the quintet that was chosen in the first instance and that is formed by Andrea Becali and Rodolfo Falcón Jr. from Havana, Lorena González and Julio Calero from Espiritu, and Laurent Estrada from Villaclare.

The three ondinas will compete in five and more events each. Andrea in the three backstroke distances (50, 100, 200), in freestyle in 100, 200 and 400, and in open water.

Laurent will compete in those first six events, plus 400 free, and Lorena in 50, 100 and 200 butterfly, and 100 and 200 free.

Calero will compete in the three breaststroke sections, 50, 100 and 200 meters, and Falcón Mojarrieta in 400 and 1,500 free, as well as in open water as the Becali.

Both won that grueling event in the Marcelo Salado Cup and continue preparing for the Central American and Caribbean Championships (CCCAN) in Barbados next July, as it is so far the only qualifying event for the Central American and Caribbean Games of San Salvador 2023.

The coaches who will accompany the 11 athletes are Jasiel Hernandez and Gilberto Lugo, who will have the support of former swimmer Garcia Fernandez, delegate of this sport to the Caribbean Games.