It is not a simple task due to the number of boxers present in the Italian Olympic boxing qualifying tournament that will run until Sunday, March 11, but the Spanish expedition of Spanish Boxing Federation He hopes to get another place for Spanish boxing in Olympic Games in Paris.
At the moment, Spanish boxing has two guaranteed places, the sa Laura Fuertes and Jose Quilesand the goal is to reach four achievements by 2020.
With this idea, a total of ten boxers, four women and six men, traveled to Italy, led by coach Rafa Lozano -silver in the 2000 Games and bronze in the 1996 Games- and the president of the federation himself, Felipe Martinez.
At this point, Rafael Lozano He is optimistic about the role that the Spanish representatives can play, where he assures that they will arrive in Italy with their homework done: “All the athletes have completed a good preparation thanks to the training camp that held at La Nucia in recent weeks with 16 other boxing powers. This gives us a measure to confirm that our boxers are in the best conditions to qualify in any weight category, but we also have to consider the luck factor in the draws, which is the main part to be able to advance in competition competition. I feel very good and I’m sure we can get some qualifiers.”
But this task will not be easy. There are about 80 boxers in almost all categories and four places are awarded in each weight, so that in almost all categories you have to reach at least the semifinals or even win – as is the case in the boxing category . Jennifer Fernandez-57kg- to win the Paris Olympic ticket.
THE SPANISH TEAM IN ITALY
Women’s team
· -54kg- Marta López del Arbol
· -57kg-Jenifer Fernández
· -60kg- Sheila Martínez
· -66kg- Mariana Soto
group of men
· -51kg-Martín Molina Salvador
· -63.5kg-Salvador Flores
· -71kg-Sergio Martínez
· -80kg-Gazi Khalidov
· -92kg-Emmanuel Reyes Pla
· +92kg-Ayoub Ghadfa
In the men’s category there are high hopes Ayoub Ghadfa (+92kg)in Emmanuel Reyes Pla (-92 kg) and in Martín Molina (-51 kg), although a long road awaits them all in Italy. And proof of how difficult the goal is that as we write these lines we know the defeat of Martin Molina in the view of David Pinafor 3:2.
In any case, if the harvest in Bust of Arsizioin Italian Lombardyis not what was expected, there will still be a new option, at Bangkok Olympic Qualifiers in Maywhere to get a new place for Paris 2024 of the two existing ones, because the number of participants will be smaller and therefore necessary.
Source: La Verdad
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