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  • Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
  • 03 / 10 / 2012


The Latin American Championship table tennis for Cuba ended with the elimination of the young Moses Fields and classification of Andy Pereira for the Olympic Games in 2012.

 From the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro are reported in the official website just that Campos was free for the first round of qualifying and then won consecutively the Chilean Manuel Moya and Guillermo Muñoz to become one of eight promoted to the next stage.

It fell short in the key phase of 16 at the Gaston High with a score of 2-3 (11-3, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-13) and said goodbye to a competition which also failed in order to ensure a quota for Londres'12.

Moses, who with Pereira benefits from international scholarship in central Swedish Köping, came close to achieving what the first choice when she reached the semifinals, a position not achieved hereafter.

Forecasts of specialists were two classifications, but had to settle only with the passport of Pereira, winning the third heat with dramatic improvement over known as the Ecuadorian and Mexican Alberto Mino Marcos Madrid, respective bronze medalists and silver Guadalajara'11.

But Andy did not appear for the test recorded singles that defined the Latin King and did not specify details of what happened.

The third man of the island, Johan Mora, who also won Olympic ticket was eliminated on Wednesday 7 in the round of 32 by Chile's Felipe Olivares.

In short, the individual contest scepter was in the hands of nationalized Dominican Ju Lin, one of the winners as well quota for the appointment of the British capital next summer.

The insured payroll for the global showpiece completed and Hugo Hoyama Gustavo Tsuboi of Brazil, Marcelo Aguirre, Chile, and Liu Song of Argentina and owner of the rise since October when he won the Pan American Games.

To Cuba now achieved the position he will return to the context of the five rings 12 years after it last because it is not attended since Sydney'00.

Among women the Brazilian Jessica Yamada was installed at the top of the podium, with a surprise performance cataloged by the media fans the tournament to more experienced mentioned as favorites.

Yamada's happiness was not complete because I had not gotten any of the six passages divided between them, which they succeeded in their partners and Carolina Kumahara Ligia Silva, Fabiola Ramos of Venezuela, Chile's Berta Rodriguez, Mexican and Colombian Yadira Silva Paula Medina.

In the team competition dominated the Brazilian hosts disputes in both sexes, and repeated Cuba got the bronze in Guadalajara with his men.


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