Havana, February 29 (JIT) - The boxing tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will distribute its program between the Villepinte exhibition center and the emblematic Roland Garros stadium, confirmed the organizers.

The communication sent to the national federations specifies that Hall 8 of the first of these venues will host the competition from July 27 to August 4, with the semi-final phase in some categories.

Two dates later, the action will move to the Philippe Chatrier center court of what is considered the "temple" of French tennis, where the finalists will be finalized and the brackets will be disputed until August 10.

The document recalls that the facility chosen for the climax of the competition has a capacity for 15,000 spectators and will keep its retractable roof closed while it receives the aspirants to reign in the seven categories for men and the six in the women's sector.

The event will gather 124 competitors of each sex, still pending to be completed in a pair of world qualifying events that will have their most immediate chapter from March 3 to 14 in the Italian city of Busto Arzizio.

Cuba will face that commitment with the purpose of completing its men's squad, already in possession of the quotas provided by Julio Cesar la Cruz (92 kg), Arlen Lopez (80 kg) and Saidel Horra (57 kg), and obtaining two among the women.