Rowing prepares for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador / INDES El Salvador
Yuri Calderon, Manager of the El Salvador Rowing Federation, with Diario El Mundo on the preparation of athletes for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, in addition to medal expectations at the fair where our country will be the campus talked.
“Some of the athletes preparing to participate in these competitions have been training for eight years or more, while others have been training for a year and a half. ,” he declared.
Calderón said El Salvador’s squad is already defined, with seven women and three men taking part in the game.
“The choice is already defined. All that remains is to see which boat the crew will be on,” he said.
“I have a list of 10 athletes, seven women and three men,” he added.
In terms of preparations for the competition, the manager announced that last November there was a qualifying event in Mexico and he was able to classify nine boats.
“We already participated in qualifying in Mexico last year and managed to sort out nine boats. he declared.
“Everything is possible,” Calderón said of how El Salvador could win a medal.
“Some athletes live in the United States and follow a different format of competition than here, so we believe they have a chance to win in all modalities,” he said.
According to the manager, the strengths and weaknesses of the El Salvadoran team are the experiences the athletes have gained by building up different skills during their careers, and they say there are no weaknesses.
“I don’t think we have any weaknesses. If no team has weaknesses, it’s not a national team. The strength of the women’s team is that they have a homogeneous performance. is the experience they have. They have already amassed three Central American matches.
According to Yuri Calderon, the strongest Olympic rivals will be Cuba and Mexico, as well as Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
“The strongest rivals are Cuba and Mexico. Venezuela and Puerto Rico could also compete,” he said.
Regarding the holding of the tournament, he said that being able to demonstrate the ability of El Salvador players would be a “plus”.
“The commitment to represent our country is always there. Hosting these games is a plus for us and it allows us to show what we have when we compete at home,” he said. I got
Finally, he encouraged young people to practice rowing as a sport.
“I want young people to be motivated to practice this sport.
El Salvador competes in 10 events in rowing competitions.
male modality.
– Individual open weights.
– Single lightweight.
・Double open weight.
● 4 kinds of rudderless mixture.
female modalities.
– Individual open weights.
– Single lightweight.
・Double open weight.
・Double weight reduction.
– 4x open weight.
● 4 kinds of rudderless mixture.
Athletes participating in the tournament as representatives are:
-Roberto Carlos Salazar.
– Miguel Andrés Rivas.
– Marco Ignacio Palomo.
– Ana Algmed.
– Adriana Escobar.
– Carla Carbo
– Ariana Tausent.
Replacement.
– Paola Eagle.
– Andrea Rivas.
– Dora Escobar.
Source: Diario.Elmundo
