Cuba leads table tennis in the Americas, executive affirms

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 7 (ACN) Cuba, one of the main countries of table tennis in the Americas, "assumed the light" in the recovery of this sport after the Covid-19 pandemic, Dominican Juan Vila, president of the Pan American Confederation of that discipline, told Cuban News Agency.

Cuba won the competition to host the 62nd edition of the Caribbean Championship, which should have been in 2020 but was postponed by the pandemic, said the federative in an interview at Pabexpo, which hosts the meeting of eight Caribbean countries from March 3 until tomorrow.

It has been very difficult to recover the pace of sports in the region after the situation that has devastated the world, however, Cuba shows its leadership, said the former tennis player, one of the most outstanding athletes in the history of the Dominican Republic.

Cubans only lost in two of the 15 individual games in which they participated at the start of this modality.

The team made up of Cubans Daniela Fonseca, Idalys Lovet and Karla Perez, triumphed in the final 3-1 against the Dominican Republic, and then the men's team made up of Campos, Martinez and Perez beat Puerto Rico 3-0.

Table tennis in Cuba is in very good health, there are the top players, who have demonstrated their power in the Caribbean and Latin America, and a few young people who are developing well and training hard, I think the future is guaranteed, he said.

The best in this championship will have access to the Pan American Championship next October in Chile, where they will also qualify for the World Championship, this led the top players in the Caribbean to come to Havana to seek their places, which raises the competitive level, Vila added.

Cubans won the first two gold medals in dispute in the Caribbean Championship, those of the team tournament between women and men, in addition, they have been overwhelming in the individual and doubles modality.