Cienfuegos for staying on the podium of the School Games”>
The school category badminton players from Cienfuegos are working to maintain the first position in the previous version of the event in the School Games or at least be among the top three.
Pinar del Río, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Cienfuegos, territories with tradition, roots and results in the sport of rackets and shuttlecocks, in addition to having on their staff the majority of athletes with competitive experiences from the previous version, appear as the territories with the greatest options for the podium dispute, without ruling out the people of Havana, Agramont and Granma who can be included in the battle for the first three positions of the games, to be held between July 8 and 15 in the Pearl of the South .
José Manuel Rodríguez, coach, expresses that the preparation is going well, “we have not had significant absences, we have our purpose well defined: last year we were the first in the country and this year the effort cannot be other than that of preserving that place.” .
The athlete Thalía Roque Ruiz said that her intentions cannot be other than to improve the color of the previous year’s medals in all the events she competed in so that the province maintains the first position.
For her part, María Carla Torres Cortina stated that although last year she had her contributions to the province taking first place, she can still improve her performances in the individual and mixed double events.
Mauricio Mulga Varela specifies that although he debuts at this level, the chemistry with the most experienced players in the province is very good, “they help each other to achieve the main objective of preserving hegemony” and although he does not have competitive experience with the help of His classmates hope to contribute in the effort to preserve first place in the School Games.
