• Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
• Sports
• 02 / 27 / 2012

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The pair of synchronized platform made up of young Jose Antonio Aguirre Jeinkler War and Lucky are the first Cuban to get stuck go to the London 2012 Olympics after winning fifth place in the World Cup ended the game.

In the same aquatic center that will host the summer event of the five rings, the West Indian duo scored 432.40 points and was one of the four tickets that were distributed in a race all the time led by the Chinese Yuan Cao and Yuaquan Zhang.

Asians, who did not need a passport for the upcoming fair, dominated the preliminary 456.45 points and then outdid themselves in the end to get the 481.21 awarded gold.

According to the report of the official website Guerra-Aguirre had succeeded in qualifying only 398.40 which left them as seventh, but safe for the discussion of the medals.

Ultimately that was the stage where they needed to hold and despite not repeat his bronze two years ago, performance was praised from the British capital by Commissioner Rolando Ruiz Pedreguera.

"They were able to classify, which was what was needed now and in a very close competition," he said via e-mail to the JIT also experienced international judge, happy also because war seems recovered from the injury that bothered him last season.

The Chinese escorted him on the podium Mexicans and Germain Garcia Ivan Sanchez (460.17), also happy now with the passage Olympic and German Sascha Klein and Patrick Hausding (457.41), which exhibited the passport after World Championship silver in Shanghai in 2011.

The other classifications were quedados with David Boudia and Americans Nick Maccrory (444.93) and the Russians and Ilaya Minibaev Victor Zakharov (432.27) placed fourth and sixth, respectively.

The list of eight countries to perform at the summer fair is completed by the hosts, quedados Thursday as seventh and Ukrainian world bronze last year and now sent to the scene nine.

On Friday most of the above will be in the preliminary individual event where the top 18 advance to the semifinals and will also sign his return to British soil, a condition that also seek the Caribbean.

Before the incident on Thursday introduced Annia Cuba Rivero, women on the platform, and Jorge Luis Pupo in the three-meter springboard for men, but neither achieved the classification and will have to wait for the playoffs scheduled for Sunday .