At the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris 2024, Cuba will once again not have teams participating in basketball tournaments, an absence that spans the entire 21st century and, in the men’s category, is longer, since Moscow 1980.
However, there will be representation of Cuban players at the grand event and this was confirmed in the last few hours, after the qualification of the Puerto Rican men’s team, with Villa Clara native Ismael Romero as a key piece in this success.
“El Cubanazo,” as he is known, was part of the Puerto Rican team that won the 4th Intercontinental Pre-Olympic Tournament, held last week in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
There, the hosts beat Italy and Bahrain in the group stage. In the semi-finals, they beat Mexico 98-78 and in the final, they beat Lithuania 79-68, a team that included Domantas Sabonis, an athlete with an excellent track record in the NBA and active in that circuit with the Sacramento Kings.
In the decisive match, Ismael remained on the court for 18:17 minutes, with two points, four rebounds (divided equally between offensive and defensive), one steal, one block and 50% effectiveness in field goals.
The Cubanazo will contribute to the history of basketball in Puerto Rico
With this victory, the Puerto Ricans return to men’s basketball at the Olympic Games, something that had not happened for twenty years, in Athens 2004. Another striking note is that it was the first time that they beat two European countries in the same tournament since the World Cup in the United States in 2002.
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In the French competition, the men’s quintet will compete in Group C, alongside Serbia, South Sudan and the United States. There they will seek to achieve the best possible performance, counting on their ranks an exponent from a nation with which they share many elements, Cuba.
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