Athletes and youth category canoeing coaches from Cienfuegos are finalizing their preparation for the competition at their level, scheduled for July 8 to 14 at the Revienta Cordeles track in La Perla del Sur, where Cienfuegos residents try to improve the previous year’s performance in which they After almost a decade positioned between second and third place nationally, they will drop to fifth place.
With a mix of athletes with competitive experiences in the youth category and debutants in these competitions, the canoeists, despite the limitations with the province’s canoeing academy, due to being in the process of repair, adjust the technical and tactical details to have a good performance in the youth Olympics of Cuban sports.
Lester Mesa Jiménez, coach, considers that the preparation exceeds 80 percent and they must move forward in these remaining weeks if there are no more effects on athletes sick with this virus that is going around.
Meanwhile, Álvaro Suárez González confesses that they intensify their preparation with the purpose of winning the School Games, aware that the Matanzas are the rivals to defeat, “that is why we take advantage of every moment of training in order to reach the competition in optimal conditions.”
Javier González Cabrer acknowledges that he is preparing hard for the competition where they will give their best to come first and thanks to Professor Yurienny Guerra for the help she gives them with her wisdom.
In the history of these youth competitions, the canoeists from the Perla del Sur, in conflict with those from the Atenas of Cuba, Villa Clara, Havana and Isla de la Juventud, are positioned between second and fourth place and in the 60th edition of the School Games hope to preserve the traditions of those who have gone before them.
