Hosting first for Adriana Diaz and Brian Afanador

Posted on April 5, 2016

Hosting first for Adriana Diaz and Brian Afanador
By Jose A. Sanchez Fournier

El Nuevo Dia reports on 2016 Rio Olympic Games Bound Adriana Diaz and Brian Afanador from Puerto Rico.

“The table tennis players today came to the island after his historic Olympic qualification“

“Although Adriana Diaz and Brian Afanador have been those who have most captured the front pages of news, the new Olympic duo stressed Tuesday that their respective countries at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016 are a collective achievement of the national team of table tennis, no individual deeds paths.” Read the full article at El Nuevo Dia (Google Translation to English).

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