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• 12 / 14 / 2007

Cuba has already won 15 tickets to the 13th Summer Paralympic Games to be held in Beijing, China, September 6 - 17, 2008, The number of tickets could increase to 62 in six Olympic disciplines, experts say. So far, the granted positions are for judo (eight), four for athletics and three for tennis, while physically impaired sportsmen await the ranking lists of the concluded classificatory international tournaments, which are to be announced before January 31. The odds for new tickets to Beijing include five in the swimming discipline, table tennis (5), weight lifting (3), sports shooting (1) and 40 for athletics, the strongest discipline of Cuban physically impaired sportsmen.

(ACN)