Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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Cuba will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics which will be held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

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[edit] Archery

Cuba will send archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Juan Carlos Stevens earned the country its only qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing second in the 2008 Pan American championship.[1] Cuba has not yet confirmed its selection of Olympic entrant.

[edit] Baseball

Cuba earned a qualification spot in baseball by placing in the top two at the 2006 Americas Olympic Qualifying Event. The Cuba national baseball team has historically been very successful at the Olympics, winning the gold medal in three of the four tournaments held so far and taking the silver in 2000.

[edit] Boxing

Cuba qualified ten boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. The light heavyweight class was the only one in which Cuba did not qualify a boxer. Nine of the ten Cuban qualifiers did so at the first American qualifying tournament.[2] Hernandez became the tenth Cuban boxer to qualify when he did so at the second American continental qualifying tournament.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ FITA Olympic Qualification - Men
  2. ^ 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
  3. ^ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
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