Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, Jan 10.- The first figures of the national Greco-Roman wrestling team will leave in the next few days for China where they will carry out a training base for three months, Martín Torres, president of the Cuban Federation of this sport, informed the Cuban News Agency.
The gladiators Kevin de Armas (60 kg), Yosvani Peña (77 kg), Daniel Gregorich (87 kg), and the world champion in Budapest 2023, Gabriel Rosillo (87 kg) will remain in the Asian Giant for the fitness required. the Monterrey Pan American Wrestling Championship, scheduled for May 8 to 11.
Martín Torres, also national commissioner, explained that the four Greco members will be received in the city of Wuhan, capital of the province of Hubei, by the two-time Olympic champion in Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, the Antillean Filiberto Azcuy, who collaborates with the development of the fight in China.
"Azcuy has Chinese and Cuban wrestlers under his tutelage in the allied country who will be able to train with the four who will arrive in the coming days, a link where both parties benefit," he added.
On January 15, Kevin de Armas, silver medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile, will fly to the eastern country with the aim of reaching his best level in his three-year career as the 60 kg champion in Cuba.
"We already know a good part of the Chinese team's wrestlers, we met them in Bulgaria, where we held the last training base for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games," the 26-year-old from Camagüey told the Agency.
"It is a high-level team, which will be very good for us to reach the Pan American Games in Monterrey with a large volume of quality fights," he concluded.
The stay of the Cuban wrestlers in the most populated city in the central area of ??the People's Republic of China will also influence the preparation for the main challenge of the year, the World Championship, scheduled in Zagreb, Croatia, from December 13 to 21. September 2025.
The arrival of Cuban athletes to China is a result of the recent strengthening of ties between the sports organizations and the Olympic committees of both countries.
On July 15, 2024, the Ambassador of the Chinese country Hua Los Angeles Olympics 2028. (Text and photo: ACN)
