By: EFE
By: EFE
The high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas will score next Friday the debut of Cuban athletics in the Tokyo Olympics.
Zayas, c Pan American champion in Lima and fifth place in the world in Doha 2019, arrives at the appointment Japanese Olympian with a personal best of 2. 33 meters, and though In 27 is considered likely to be among the eight finalists of the contest.
#Tokyo Mode ✌️
Calendar of important tests for Cuba (hour 🇨🇺)
– Rafael Alba (8th finals, 1: 00 am, day 27)
– Iván Silva (10: pm, 28)
– Idalis Ortiz (10: 00 pm, 29)
– Luis Enrique Zayas (8: 15 pm, 29)
– Rose Mary Almanza (8: 55 pm, 29)Thread 🧵 (1-3) pic.twitter.com/uhFyffX2Mg
– Rogmary (@rogmarygarcia) July 25, 2021
Among its main rivals is the Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshin , bronze in London 2012 and silver in Rio de Janeiro 2012, with a dozen records above 2. 40 meters and personal mark of 2. 43, which marks it very close to the world record of 2. 45 still in the power of the former Cuban jumper Javier Sotomayor.
Cuba’s first medal in Tokyo came thanks to the performance of taekwondoin Rafael Alba, who achieved bronze in the test of + 80 male kg.
It’s # bronze for Rafael Yunier Alba Castillo of # CUB in the men’s + 80 kg # Taekwondo – Cuba’s first medal of the Games! # StrongerTogether | # Tokyo 2020 | @ WorldTaekwondo1 pic.twitter.com/rFsQeB1np7
– Olympics (@Olympics) July 27, 2021
Other favorites of the specialty are the Russian Ilya Ivanyuk, the Belarusian Maksim Nedasekau and the American JuVaughn Harrison .
Cuban athletics is represented in Tokyo with 18 representatives , and among its greatest exponents are the disc’s launcher Yaimé Pérez, Doha world champion 2019, the long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría , and the runners Roxana Gómez, Rose Mary Almanza and Zurian Echevarría.
At the Olympics in Brazil 2012, Cuba ranked 18 by countries by achieving 11 medals (five gold, two silver and four bronze) and athletics alone Denia Caballero took a medal (bronze) in the throw of the disc.
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