Cuban athletes Prisis Leidys Ruiz and Anisley Garcia left on Monday for Italy to compete in the 46th edition of the Bolzano Diving Meeting, in Italy, from June 28 to 30, as part of the final stage of their preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Although for now only Prisis appears to have a safe place in the Olympic Games in the three-meter springboard, it is expected that in the next few days the ticket for Anisley García in the platform will be confirmed, so both are keeping in shape with a similar objective.
The Island’s divers will face in the Italian city several rivals with a guaranteed ticket to the event under the five rings, and will also have the opportunity to expose their competition programs to the assessment of renowned international judges.
“That is one of the main objectives of their participation, to be assessed by judges from different countries so that we can correct details in training,” said coach Hugo Perez de Corcho to JIT, who does not expect high scores now, taking into account the stage of training that his students are going through.
The high volume of work with which they will arrive at the Italic competition is leading the work with a different approach. “I am very interested in seeing how they are able to close each execution, because right now we are insisting a lot on the entry into the water,” he added.
Precisely, that turned out to be one of the most followed details during Prisis and “La Tuti” – as Anisley is called – in the national championship, held last week at the Baraguá Swimming Pool Complex, east of Havana.
“I was very stable in all the jumps and that’s what I’m looking for. It’s no use doing one jump for nine points and another for three… I have to achieve good executions in the whole program,” commented Anisley, who is calmly awaiting news of her almost certain Olympic debut.
“After Bolzano we are going to settle in Spain to finish the preparation. From there we will travel directly to Paris,” said Hugo, confident that they will continue to meet the proposed objectives, until they compete with the goal of advancing to the Olympic semifinals.
