Cuba will search how to conquer the classificatory gymnastics tournament for the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2018, in the city of Guatemala, in July, said today the head coach of the Cuban selection, Carlos Gil.
Cuba will search how to conquer the classificatory gymnastics tournament for the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2018, in the city of Guatemala, in July, said today the head coach of the Cuban selection, Carlos Gil.
'It is interesting to us to win this competition, even with the projection for which the leader of the team Manrique Larduet does not do the free hand exercises event, since he is going to be prepared for the World Cup', said the Cuban head coach to the sports website Jit.
In addition to the classificatory Central American, where Cuba will compete with a complete team of five men, the gymnasts of the Caribbean country have between its main commitments of the year the World Cup of Osijek, Croatia, in May, and the universal contest, in Montreal, Canada, in October.
Cuba wants to include a complete team of artistic gymnastics in the world elite, after the international victories of its new star, a world and Olympic finalist and medallist, and the presence of three Cubans in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, after its last appearance in Athens in 2004.
Adjustments associated with the changes approved for the code, are getting the Cuban athletes very busy these days, on the preparation of the Cuban masculine team.
Events as fixed bar and exercises in the floor are those of major changes after the update of the code that will govern in this four-year period and wants to avoid accidents for the requirements in some elements, Gil mentioned.
The coach considered the innovations of the horse to be beneficial with saddle trees, since a group of exercises in which the Cuban was weaker, was eliminated, what joined to the maintenance of others for which they are really strong, helps to achieve a more equal level compared to the rest of the world.
In the free hand exercises, there will not be so many connection lines, but there will be stronger pure lines, in which elements do not get combined, and the athlete has to do them stronger.
On the parallel bars, the mounted programs were not affected very much, since they will only change the landings to do them straight from the front, especially for the need to avoid injuries in Manrique's feet.