Hugo Franco and Maidenia Sardui won medals this Saturday in the individual competition. Author: Contributed by Vladimir Kvintas

Cuban archers received command quotas for both genders for the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile in 2023. This happened at the Merengue Cup, which ended yesterday, which was hosted by the Dominican Republic, and in which I could classify the performance of the Creoles as very good.

The main goal, which was the collective classification, was successfully achieved last Friday after the success of the women’s team 5-3 over El Salvador and the men’s team against Argentina in tiebreaks. In addition, in the individual competition, Hugo Franco climbed to the third step of the podium, and the experienced Maideniya Sardui survived a formidable event and achieved the gold medal.

So, according to what he said, there is a high degree of achievement satisfaction among Cuban archery athletes and coaches. Jr Vladimir Kvintas, the head coach of this discipline on the island.

In the men’s group, Franco was accompanied by Juan José Santisteban and Javier Vega, and they echoed the incombustible Maidenii, Yaylin Paredes and Liduveinis Sierra. They will now have to face an ironclad preparation process to enter the Continental Multisport Games in top form, although they will play the Central American and Caribbean games in El Salvador first.

In the case of the compound bow, the task was more difficult, as both Omar Sabido and Aismari Breyo, the two Cubans participating in the Merengue Cup, are archers with little experience in this specialty, although they have great potential for future competitions that will come with many hours of training on the back.

The gold of Maidenia Sardui, the bronze of Hugo Franco and the Pan-American quotas are also rewards for a group that faces a daily shortage of arrows and stocks and even so managed to recover and fulfill its desires.

Source: Juventud Rebelde