The flight of athletes continues to fracture Cuban sports. This Thursday the abandonment of the pentathlete Melissa Garlobo who is in Brazil, who joins the escapes on Wednesday of the rowers Ernier Tamayo, Alexei Carballosa and Nayala Torres in Mexico, was revealed. According to journalist Francys Romero, the latter are about to “cross the border from Mexico to the United States.”
So far this year “there are already 53 athletes from different specialties” who take advantage of their stays abroad to conclude their sporting relationship with the Island, pointed out the communicator on his social networks.
Garlobo’s defection occurred on October 28, just after finishing in 33rd place in the specialty tournament that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In this contest, Cuba obtained six places for the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023. The decision of the Granma player was described as “serious indiscipline,” published the official media Hit.
Melissa Garlobo together with Diana Leyva, Delmis Pérez they won the bronze medal in August during the Pan American Open Modern Pentathlon Championship in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, thus guaranteeing their participation in the Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023.
In Mexico, this Wednesday three other rowers: Ernier Tamayo, Alexei Carballosa and Nayala Torres, took advantage of an oversight to slip away and follow in the footsteps of Boris Luis Guerrawho on Sunday separated from a team of 15 Cubans who have been training at the Virgilio Uribe Olympic track for the Central American and Caribbean Championship that will begin on November 23 in El Salvador.
Garlobo’s defection occurred on October 28, just after finishing in 33rd place in the specialty tournament that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In recent months, there have been desertions of Cuban athletes from various disciplines: baseball, boxing, volleyball, Greco-Roman wrestling, handball and athletics. Official data shows that in the last decade, more than 800 athletes have left Cuba and take advantage of their stay abroad to separate from the delegations.
One of the most recent baseball abandonments was that of catcher John Andy Rodríguez, who left the island for the Dominican Republic. Rodríguez had an outstanding performance in the Matanzas Under-15 team “with eight games in the last Nacional he achieved 38 innings and average of .250 and a double”, stressed Francys Romero.
Carlos Yoel Amat, on the other hand, took a flight to Nicaragua. A native of Güira de Melena, in the last National Series he defended the Cazadores team, averaging .375 in 48 games with 36 hits in 96 shifts per bat. Amat’s intention is to reach the US Another of the players is José Enrique Aballí from Havana, who participated in Cuban youth teams and the U-23 National Series.
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