Cuba gold and silver in the second phase of the Norceca Beach
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- Published: Monday, 29 April 2019 07:35
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Photo: JITHavana, 29 Apr.- Maylen Deliz-Leila Martínez and Sergio González-Luis Reyes climbed back to the podium of the Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit by claiming the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the second phase held in the Cayman Islands.
The women continued unbeatable to leave again rivals United States, now to plant one of this sleeve, Brittany Hochevar and Carly Wopat, in a close match 2-0 (21-18, 21-19) after overcome a disadvantage of 11-16 in the second set.
His compatriots Sergio and Luis improved the bronze obtained the previous Sunday in Aguascalientes in the opening of this tournament to add a silver in the journey of his international debut.
They escaped the title by not being able to remove the thorn in front of the Mexican pair of Juan Virgen and Lombardo Ontiveros, who beat them with a score of 2-0 (21-18, 21-14), indicates the site of the event.
The Olympians won in Aguascalientes in the semifinals of the Cuban team, although they could not take the place of honor after falling in front of a United States couple.
Maylen declared that "it was a stronger rival even though it did not extend to a tie-break like last week, yes there was a lot of demand, but as Cubans we are always going to enter with all our energy, even if we are down. The second set seemed lost, however, we fight with everything ».
His companion Leila expressed that "we did not give up, today our defense improved a lot and we realized that there were problems in the float service so we decided to calm down; this time the complex two (defense-blocking) was what gave us the success ".
The islanders advanced to the last game by winning the semifinals to the Mexican Zaira Orellana-Martha Revuelta 2-0 (21-15, 21-13), while Brittany and Carly were successful against their compatriots Falyn Fonoimoana and Nicolette Martin 2-0 (21-19, 21-17).
Falyn and Nicolette got their second consecutive bronze medal by winning 2-0 (21-14, 21-18) to Zaira and Martha, who, just like last Sunday, won the other metal of that color in Aguascalientes.
Virgen and Ontiveros were successful in the semifinals when they smiled 2-0 (21-14, 24-22) against Rubén Mora and Dany López of Nicaragua, and González and Reyes 2-1 (21-19, 19-21, 15-12 ) against Benjamin Vaught and Spencer Sauter of the United States.
The surprise was led by Mora and Lopez for their bronze, first Norceca medal in the history of their country in this discipline, after dominating 2-1 (18-21, 21-19, 18-16) to Vaught and Sauter. (JIT)
