3-Cushion
LIMA - The American Michael Kang and the Argentinian Fabian Oliveto are the substitutes for Michael Nilsson and Christakis Christoforou in the World championships in Lima. The tournament starts next Tuesday, July 12, the final is on Saturday, July 16. The World championship will be held in the Circulo Militar de Jesus Maria.
Fabian Oliveto is an unknown player in the top of the three-cushion. He replaces Michael Nilsson in the group with Dick Jaspers and the Vietnamese Xuan Cuong Ma, who beat in the World Cup in Matosinhos his compatriot Anh Vu Duong last week, but lost the decisive match against Haeng Jik Kim. Therefore he was eliminated for the main tournament.
Michael Kang runst with Ira Lee the former Sang Lee billiard cafe in New York, where yearly, in memory of the legendary Sang Lee (who died due to a gastric cancer), an international tournament is held. Michael Kang occasionally appears in international tournaments. Dani Sánchez remembers one of the highlights of the American. In the world championships in Lugo in 2005, where the Spaniard won the world title in a final against Jean Paul de Bruijn, Dick Jaspers played in the first round against Michael Kang.
Dani: ,,I remember that match so good, because Dick lost with an average of 0.600, which is a rarity for him.'' Raul Hernandez was the third player in that group. He qualified for the next round.
Michael Kang plays in Lima in the group with Frédéric Caudron and Sergio Jimenez