Three of Cuba's key beach volleyball players called it quits on Sunday, after more than 10 years as the leading players of the national teams.

Tamara Larrea, Dalixia Fernandez and Francis Alvarez Cutilo, Central American and Caribbean champions and winners of medals at the Pan American Games, announced their retirement to the press.

Alvarez Cutilo, 39, was the most veteran of Cuba. Cutilio participated in the Olympic Games in 1996 and Athens 2004, and he won the Pan Americans of Santo Domingo 2003.

Larrea and Fernandez competed in the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency October 27, 2008)