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Cuban 3 pairs to wrap up beach volleyball Norceca Circuit

Xinhua, November 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Cuba will be represented by three pairs in the seventh and final stage of the North American Volleyball Federation (Norceca) 10th Beach Volleyball Circuit, reported local media on Thursday. 

   Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez make up the Cuban pairing that will compete in the men's tournament while duets Leila Martinez/Lianma Flores and Lidianni Echevarria/Yanisleidis Sanchez, will compete in the women's section, according to Cuban digital sports daily JIT. 

   The games will take place from Friday until Sunday in Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament will give points towards classifying for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

   In the current season, the Diaz/Gonzalez pairing have had the best results for Cuba as they won the first and fourth stages of the competition in the Cayman Islands and the Cuban beach resort Varadero respectively. 

   Martinez/Flores obtained the silver medal in Varadero while Echevarria/Sanchez also came in second place in the third stage of the competition in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic. 

   The 10th Circuit began in April in Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) and then moved on to Punta Cana, North Bay (Canada), Varadero, Tavares (Florida, the United States) and Santa Lucia.  Endi