Team is called up for the Paralympic Weightlifting World Championship

The team that will represent Brazil in the Paralympic Weightlifting World Championship, scheduled to be held between the 22nd and 30th of August in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), is scheduled. Last Tuesday (27) the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) announced the 23 athletes summoned for the competition in a broadcast on its YouTube channel and on its Facebook profile. The Brazilian team is made up of athletes who reached the rates stipulated by the CPB in two selections: the 1st National Phase of the Loterias Caixa Circuit, in March, and the Brazilian Loterias Caixa Weightlifting Championship, in April. The two competitions were held at the Paralympic Training Center (TC), in São Paulo. “This is a year with an intense calendar for the modality, with some athletes choosing which competitions to focus more on. Within this, the World Cup will be the most important and strongest competition of 2023, and an important step to reach the Paralympic Games in Paris 2024”, declared the modality coordinator at CPB, Murilo Spina, during the live. The athletes summoned for the Worlds will gather at the Paralympic CT on the 17th of August and leave for Dubai at dawn on the 18th. in 2024. The eight best-placed athletes in each category in the modality ranking guarantee their classification in the mega-event in France. List of players: Ailton de Andrade Bento de Souza (up to 80 kg), Alane Dantas de Azevedo Lima (up to 86 kg), Ana Paula Gonçalves Marques (up to 61 kg), Naira Celia Gomes da Cruz (up to 61 kg), Maria de Fátima Costa de Castro (up to 67 kg), Ângela Faria Teixeira (up to 71 kg), Bruno Pinheiro Carra (up to 54 kg), João Maria de França Junior (up to 54 kg), Caroline Fernandes Alves (up to 79 kg), Mariana D ‘andrea (up to 79 kg), Cristiane Alves Reis (up to 55 kg), Edilândia Rodrigues Araujo (over 86 kg), Marcia Cristina de Menezes (over 86 kg), Evânio Rodrigues da Silva (up to 88 kg), Ezequiel de Souza Correa (up to 72 kg), Gustavo Amaral Melo de Souza (over 107 kg), Jean Henrique Pereira Rufino (up to 107 kg), Mateus de Assis Silva (up to 107 kg), José Arimateia Silva Lima (up to 97 kg), Maria Rizonaide da Silva (up to 50 kg), Laira Cristina da Silva Guimaraes (up to 73 kg), Lara Aparecida Ferreira Sullivan de Lima (up to 41 kg) and Tayana de Souza Medeiros (up to 86 kg).

Agência Brasil