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• 09 / 13 / 2007

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Noda said the team has trained hard, especially during the second term of the current training cycle. The team has participated in several international competitions in Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela and Canada, including the 15th Pan American Games. They have also carried out training sessions in high-altitude regions of Ecuador.

"Now our goal is to secure places for the Beijing Olympics," said the coach who is aware that the only opportunity left after this championships will be the Judo Pan-Am scheduled for May, 2008 in Miami, US.

Noda said that Yordanis Arencibia has the best chances of winning a ticket to the Olympics. Arencibia has won three bronze world medals and a bronze at Athens 2004. Other hopefuls are Oscar Braison (+100kg), who finished 5th in El Cairo; and Oreidis Despaigne (100kg), both Pan-American Champions.

Source: ACN