Erislandy Alvarez

Havana, June 3 (JIT).- Surprising and questioned setback by world runner-up Fernando Arzola (+92 kg) set at five the number of men that Cuba will have in the boxing tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The Central Caribbean champion also lost 2-3 to the Ecuadorian Gerlon Gilmar Congo on the final day of the qualifying tournament held in Bangkok.

The ruling was considered unfair by technicians present in the Thai capital, who highlighted Arzola's better closing and the loss of his rival, who deserved a protection account in the last round.

But the verdict does not allow revision and the fair only left the Island the quota provided by the world's silver medalist Erislandy Álvarez (63.5 kg), since Jorge Cuéllar (71 kg) and Yaquelín Estornell (66 kg) also failed in their attempts. ).

In previous fights, the two-time Olympic champions Julio César La Cruz (92 kg) and Arlen López (80 kg), the universal number two Saidel Horta (57 kg) and the third at that level Alejandro Claro (51 kg) had secured themselves.

La Cruz and Arlen as Pan American kings of Santiago 2023, Horta for his silver in that event itself and Claro as a reward for his work in the Busto Arzizio eliminator.