Africa-Press – Angola. The issues of acquiring visas and the exchange of currency are giving headaches to the Angolan delegation that will represent the country at the Jiu Jitsu World Championship, scheduled for the 28th of this month, in the United Arab Emirates.
Luís John, president of the federation and head of the delegation, told that, because of the embarrassment, only part of the delegation boarded yesterday, the other groups will continue tomorrow, Thursday.
“Unfortunately, things got delayed a little. Many visas have not yet been released and we had to move forward with those that were already ready. There are many issues to resolve at the competition venue, so I get ahead with the first athletes”, he said. .
Angola enters the competition with 34 called up who underwent training for three weeks, under the command of coaches Viera António (traditional), Yuri Ngombe (Brazilian), João Lourenço (assistant coach), Flávio Cardoso (juniors).
In the list of chosen ones, Sivi Françoi -62 kg, Ismael António -69 kg, João dos Santos -69 kg, Mimona Flávio -77 kg, Bombo Pascoal -85 kg, Rodrigues Gambo -85 kg, Diavuto Filipe -94 kg, Daniel Nsango -94 kg, Geovani Garcia -94 kg, Adilson Mulula -94 kg, Marcelina Kalique -45 kg, Ruth Baltazar -48 kg and Felicidade Cassinda +64 kg, will compete in traditional style.
For Brazilian Jiu-jitsu are listed Erick Benson -42 kg, Jamir and Costa -42 kg, Walter Lavrador -52 kg, João Caingoma -52 kg, Hélio Caio -52 kg, Delson Xavier -56 kg, Américo Matunda -62 kg, Carlos de Oliveira -62 kg, Osvaldo Cruz -66 kg, Jorge Pedro -69 kg, Victor dos Santos -77 kg, Marinaldo de Morais -77 kg, Inelton Bombo -85 kg, Ricardo de Brito -85 kg, António Caiate -94 kg, Anderson Gouveia -94 kg and Vivaldo Zacarias -94 kg.
The female class includes athletes Otchivela Catanha -52 kg, Aliria da Conceição -52 kg, Delfina Airosa -57 kg, Heliana Caio -57 kg, Yura Ataide -63 kg, Cláudia dos Santos -70 kg and Petra Francisco +70 kg. For the newza master style, athletes Osvaldo da Silva 77 kg, Hélder Baptista -73 kg and Ricardo Vimane -69 kg line up.
In addition to the athletes, witness Luís John as head of the delegation, Adriano Paulo (technical coordinator) and coaches Vieira António, Yuri Ngombe, João Lourenço and Flávio Cardoso.
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