The Cuban regime still had not digested the escape in Spain of the members of the field hockey team Yadira Miclín Galbán, Marianela López and Daylin Suárez Pérez, when the journalist Francys Romero revealed on Tuesday the escape of three other athletes in the same specialty. “Lázaro Tolón, Yuri Brown and Yordanqui Méndez left” a preparation camp in Chile, “he said on his social networks.
Until now, the official media Hitwhich has closely followed the steps of the athletes led by Hilario Yera, has not reported any desertion. The president of the hockey federation, Alex Hernández, has focused his comments on the schedule of seven games scheduled in Chile and on the level of preparation they will reach for the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador 2023.
Francys Romero specified that the first abandonment was that of goalkeeper Lázaro Tolón. On “the second day of his stay” in Chile, he separated from the group that had planned to participate in the camp from May 16 to 27. Based on this schedule, it can be inferred that the native of Sancti Spíritus was no longer part of the squad that debuted on May 19 with a 4-3 goal victory over his counterpart from Manquehue in the Rudi Westendarp Cup.
The day after the escape from Toulon, defender Yuri Brown was reported absent. The athlete from Havana did not show up for the roll call carried out by those responsible for the delegation.
So far, the official media ‘Jit’, which has closely followed the steps of the athletes led by Hilario Yera, has not reported any ‘desertion’
While the ruling party stood out last sunday the beaten that gave Cuba 11-0 goals to the Manquehue club team and the feat that the team obtained, undefeated, the Rudi Westendarp Cup, Yordanqui Méndez starred in the team’s third escape. With the flight of the native of Las Runas, there are already 15 dropouts of Cuban athletes this year.
On May 27, the Cuban team concludes its stay in Chile to continue its trip to Argentina where it will play three games with host teams before returning to Havana.
The chain of leaks occurs when the Island is facing a serious economic crisis, manifested in the lack of fuel, continuous blackouts and food shortages. Before those six hockey players, the rowers escaped in the last week of April. Maykol Julio AlvarezYoelvis Javier Hernández and Osvaldo Pérez.
Álvarez deserted in Chile after winning, together with Carlos Ajete, Yoelvis Hernández and Reidy Cardona, the silver medal in the four-par category and thus guaranteeing his ticket to the Pan American Games that will take place from October 20 to November 5. While Hernández, a native of Sancti Spíritus, and Cardona, from Cienfuegos, took advantage of the stopover in Mexico to escape.
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