2023-11-05 11:11:00
At least six Cuban field hockey players and a hurdler recent winner of the bronze title at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, would have fled their delegations on Saturday, independent media reported.
According to Cuban journalist Francys Romero, six members of the team for the island’s women’s hockey tournament would have left the concentration at noon the previous day, “after finishing today’s fifth place game, which they lost against Uruguay ( 3-0)”.
In the red social XRomero indicated that The escapees would be Yunia Milanés, from Las Tunas, and captain of the cast; Jennifer Martínez, from Havana, Yakira Guillén, Lismary González and Helec Carta, all from Villa Clara.
Posteriorly, Romero added Geidy Morales, from Ciego de Ávila, to that group.
On the other hand, Yoao Illasbrand new Pan American bronze in the 400 meters hurdles, I would have also abandoned the concentrationas reported by the independent media Play Off Magazineciting “multiple sources” of his own.
According to that report, the Cuban hurdler, just 21 years old, closed his performance in the tournament with a personal best, after clocking a time of 49.74 seconds in the medal race. He also came to be champion this same 2023 in the Alba Games, held in Venezuela, and in the Cuba Cup, in Havana.
With these leaks There would be a total of 60 Cuban athletes who have abandoned contracts or delegations so far in 2023further evidence of the crisis that the country is experiencing, which affects the performance of its athletes, who choose to emigrate either to pursue a career abroad or to start a new life.
As the final day of the Pan American Games begins, Cuba is in fifth place in the medal table, with 30 gold medals and 68 metals in total, one of his worst performances in decades in this type of competition. The USA, Brazil, Mexico and Canada lead the games, in that order.
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