Jose Mizguel Gutierrez

Havana, May 9 (JIT).- The bulk of the Cuban men's team that will participate in the 2024 Volleyball Nations League has been training for several days at the national school of this sport, located in Havana.

Players nominated for this important event have gradually been incorporated from the professional leagues, in which we will seek results that will allow us to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

It is a possible goal to achieve, although complex, due to the quality of the rivals and because we are facing injuries to several important players.

In a press conference held recently we reported on the injuries of the opposites Jesús Herrera, Alejandro Miguel Rodríguez González and Miguel David Gutiérrez, to which has been added that of the assistant José Miguel Gutiérrez, who suffers discomfort in the back (sacrolumbalgia due to radicular compression syndrome due to a vertebral protrusion) and will require a month for recovery.

All of the aforementioned players complete rigorous recovery processes to enroll in the national team's commitments in the shortest possible time, but the most important thing remains the health of each of them.

The particularities of the immigration procedures to travel to the different League headquarters, started months in advance, and made more complex by the different moments of return of the summoned players, have represented other important obstacles to overcome.

At this time we continue our efforts together with Inder to guarantee travel procedures for new substitute players, so that the team can have a full roster in each phase of the League.

Preparation and motivation are growing ahead of the upcoming departure to Argentina, where preparation matches will be held prior to the League weekends in Brazil, Canada and Slovenia. The commitment to seek Olympic qualification at all costs remains in place.

Cuban Volleyball Federation

May 8, 2024