Table Tennis World Cup Champ Calderano Denied US Visa over 2023 Cuba Visit

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Hugo Calderano is considered one of the best table tennis players in the world – but the 29-year-old now lacks a great season highlight. Because of another trip two years ago, he is not granted an entry permit.

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Hugo Calderano, one of the best table tennis players in the world, misses the lucrative US Grand Smash in Las Vegas. He is not allowed to enter. Because he was present at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Cuba in 2023, his visa-free entry is denied.

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Hugo Calderano, 29, misses the WTT Grand Smash tournament. The wrestler is denied entry to the United States. "I mobilized my entire team but it wasn't enough," he says in

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Brazilian tennis player Hugo Calderano, current World Cup champion and runner-up to the Qatar World Cup, was forced to cancel his participation in the WTT Grand Smash in Las Vegas due to the refusal of the United States to grant him a visa. The reason: his visit to Cuba in 2023 to compete in the Pan American Championship and the qualifiers to the Paris Olympic Games. The post US denies visa to world runner-up table tennis for having visited Cuba…

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Brazilian Hugo Calderano, considered the best table tennis player in the history of the Americas, has been a new victim of the ridiculous and fraudulent blockade of the United States against Cuba, being excluded from a tournament on U.S. soil for the "crime" of having visited the Caribbean Island before. Brazilian Hugo Calderano, winner of the World Cup table tennis, cannot participate in tournament in #U.S. for having visited #Cuba before, whic…