This Saturday’s conquest of the Cuban team in the I Baseball5 World Cup that took place in Mexico was extinguished by the escape, a day before, of Elianni Castellanos. The athlete “decided to leave the delegation, in a show of total disrespect for the commitment made,” published the official media Hit.
In recent months, there have been defections of Cuban athletes from various disciplines – mostly baseball – to which have been added boxing, volleyball, Greco-Roman wrestling, handball and athletics. Official data puts more than 800 athletes who have left Cuba in the last decade.
On Saturday, Pinar del Rio baseball player Tony Guerra arrived in the United States. He with experience in five national series. This infielder will reside in the Houston, Texas area and will be looking for new opportunities in baseball. Romero specified that the athlete’s journey took place through the “via from Nicaragua to Mexico.”
Official data puts more than 800 athletes who have left Cuba in the last decade
Serguey Pérez Rousseau, son of the player of the same name and a benchmark for more than a decade with Industriales, left Cuba last Wednesday to settle in the Dominican Republic.
Francys Romero, author of the book Stories of the emigration of Cuban baseball (1960-2018)in the last three years more than a hundred athletes have left Havana, including Juan Miguel Echevarria, Ishmael Borrero Y Andy Cruz, who a few days ago boarded a flight to the Dominican Republic. So far in 2022, there are already 46 athletes who decide to leave the concentration in international tournaments.
The Cuban Baseball5 representative won the gold medal on Saturday after finishing the tournament undefeated both in the qualifying phase and in the super round and the final. In the first challenge they won nine races by one and in the second 6×2. Earlier, Taiwan won the bronze by beating Venezuela 2-1 (2×0, 2×4 and 5×3), published Hit.
This street version modality that combines baseball and softball was launched in Havana in November 2017.
