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The Cuban men’s team won the gold medal this Saturday at the Caribbean Table Tennis Championshipafter his female counterpart won the title in the tournament taking place from March 3 to 8, in the Cuban capital.
At the start of the gold dispute against Puerto Rico, Cuban Liván Martínez shone to win a close duel 3-2 against Daniel González, in a match with scores of 12-10, 4-11, 11-8, 5-11 and 12-10.
Then Jorge Moisés Campos beat Ángel Naranjo 3-1 (12-10, 11-2, 10-12 and 11-5) and Adrián Pérez 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 11-9 and 11-1 ) to Oscar Birriel.
Martinez told the ACN that from the beginning of the contest he felt very good, with energy to face especially the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, the highest level rivals.
We are prepared for any type of competition and it should continue that way, it is always positive to advance in an event like this, which brings qualifying points, added the athlete, who competes this season in the first division of the Czech Republic League, with the team from the city of Havířov.
The tennis player Eday Gómez, from Cuba, in front of the representative of Barbados, in the 62nd edition of the Caribbean Table Tennis Championship, based at PABEXPO, in Havana, on March 3, 2022. Diana Inés Rodríguez/ ACN
Today, first thing in the morning, the Cuban team made up of Daniela Fonseca, Idalys Lovet and Karla Pérez, triumphed in the final 3-1 against the Dominican Republic.
For Cuba, this afternoon four women and four men, including the new champions, will participate in 15 matches at the beginning of the individual tournament.
In addition to the venue, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Haiti, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago compete, in a competition that also organizes a contest between pairs and will offer quotas for the Pan American Championship next October and to start qualifying for the 2023 World Cup.
Photo: Cuban Table Tennis Federation/ Facebook
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(With information from ACN)
