Cuban novice divers Luis Gustavo Cañabate and Carlos Daniel Ramos took sixth place in synchronized diving from the 10-meter platform at the FINA World Aquatic Sports Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Havana, June 29 (ACN) - Cuban novice divers Luis Gustavo Cañabate and Carlos Daniel Ramos took sixth place in synchronized diving from the 10-meter platform at the FINA World Aquatic Sports Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The result qualifies as one of the most remarkable moments in Cuban sport this year and among the best in aquatic disciplines since the Pan American gold in this same event in Toronto 2015.
With their sixth place they qualified to the World Series next year 2023.
Cañabate and Ramos did not disappoint the bet of Cuban coaches, led by Hugo Perez de Corcho, who before leaving for the Hungarian capital emphasized in statements to ACN the importance given to increase the degree of difficulty of the diving programs, in search of greater possibilities at the highest competitive level.
Today, the new figures totaled 371.01 points in the podium discussion, only surpassed by the duos of powers in this sport such as China, United Kingdom, Canada, Ukraine and Germany, in that order, according to the official results table of the International Swimming Federation.
For the Cubans, the best of the six jumps was the third one, with an excellent score of 78.21.
Similar to the tactics of the preliminary round, the most complex attempt was the fifth, with a 3.4 degree of difficulty, however they were more successful than in the qualifying round, where they finished with 336.69 units.
The Cubans showed poise and went from less to more, with peaks in the evaluations in the middle and at the end of the competition.
This is the third day of diving in Budapest and two of Cuba's six contestants have yet to make their debut, but this sport is already the most outstanding for the nation in this 19th edition of the World Championships of aquatic disciplines, where the participation of four swimmers in the pool and four artistic swimmers for Cuba has already culminated.
Last Sunday, Anisley García reached the final in the 10-meter platform and on Monday, Carlos Escalona reached the semifinal in the three-meter springboard, both with meritorious performances.
