The Cuban duos of Noslen Díaz-Jorge Luis Alayo and Dayani Zerquera-Nahomí Charlot will debut today in the eighth and final phase of the North, Central American and Caribbean (Norceca) Beach Volleyball Circuit, based until to this Sunday in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
According to the website www.norceca.netCuba’s leading pair of Díaz-Olayo will open action this Friday against Salvadoran Franklin Flores-Armando Guatemala, while rookie pairing Zerguera-Charlot will face Americans Terese Cannon and Sarah Sponcil.
Experienced players from the largest of the West Indies are among the big favorites to advance from Group B to the final of the competition, the first step towards the Paris 2024 Olympics, since it is the start of the Olympic ranking system for the sport. which consists of a series of three Norceca Tour Finals (2022, 2023 and 2024).
Díaz and Alayo stand out for this year’s results, with a 17th place finish at the World Cup in Rome, Italy, gold, silver and bronze medals at the stages of Aguascalientes, Punta Cana and Varadero at the North, Central America and Caribbean Circuit (Norceca), and the Central American and Caribbean Sea and Beach Games in Santa Marta, in that order.
For their part, the young women Zerguera, 23, and Charlot, 17, located in section A, are trying to become the leading duo of the Cuban national preselection.
With the Cubans, the duos of Canada and the Virgin Islands appear in B, while A is made up of the United States, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the Virgin Islands, and C, of Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Costa Rica.
The other two groups of the women’s tournament make it up, the Americans, the Canadians, the Salvadorans and those of the Virgin Islands (B) and those of the United States, the Puerto Ricans, the Nicaraguans and the Guatemalans.
This morning, the Canadians and those from the Virgin Islands will also face off in the Men’s Key B, while the Jamaicans and Costa Ricans will be in action in the Women’s Key A.
In both cases, as in the rest of the sections, winners and losers will face each other in the afternoon.
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