Rowing

Havana, Feb 10 (JIT) - The Cuban rowing preselection that is preparing for the qualifying competition for the II Junior Pan American Games of Asuncion 2025, is already in another of its headquarters, the Hanabanilla dam, located in the province of Villa Clara.

The president of the Cuban federation of the sport, Angel Luis Garcia, confirmed to JIT the presence in one of its traditional concentration sites. “The team's stay should be until February 25,” he said.

A large group of seven men and eight girls are getting ready in search of the best sporting form to attend the event that distributes tickets from March 17 to 22 in the South American nation. They are under the watchful eye of the head coach of that sport on the island, Joan Manuel Paula, and coach Vladímir Reyes.

Men's captain Roberto Carlos Paz leads Leduar Suarez, Henry Joan Heredia, Pedro Antonio Gonzalez, Keiler Avila, Adel Gutierrez, and Rober Landy Fernandez.

Natalie Bárbara Morales leads the women's cast, which also includes Claudia Tolón, Marialis Leiva, Ana Laura Jiménez, Lisandra Bárbara Verdecia, Anelis de la Caridad Galindo, Dagné Méndez, and Keyla Almaguer.

Of them, only Marialis was in the previous event in Cali-Valle 2021, successfully organized by Colombia. There she won bronze in the women's double.

According to the event's qualification manual, each nation will have the option to compete for up to eight slots per gender. The National Olympic Committees will then confirm to Panam Sports the slots they will use by March 28 at the latest.

All gold medalists in the individual Olympic events (M1x and W1x) will earn direct qualification to the Lima 2027 Pan American Games and the slots are for the winning rower, not the country.

The Asuncion Junior Pan American Games should bring together more than 4,000 athletes from 41 nations. They will compete in 28 sports and 42 disciplines between August 9 and 23.