Cuban long jumper Lester Lescay “abandoned the Cuban delegation,” confirmed to the official press the technical head of athletics, Daniel Osorio. The silver medalist at the World Athletics Championships for cadets in Nairobi (Kenya) in 2017 would have escaped when he “returned from his last competition in Belgrade (Serbia)”
Lescay came third in the long jump at the Indoor Meeting in Belgrade, with a personal best of 8.01 meters, insufficient for the 8.22 meters required to guarantee his participation in the World Indoor Championships in Athletics.
“This was the last opportunity and it was not possible, but he competed well and met a personal best”, Osorio affirmed to Granma after the intervention of Santiago.
The escape of Lescay, located in 15th place in his category, joins that of Fernando Dayán Jorge Enríquez, the first Olympic gold medal in canoeing for Cuba just seven months ago
Lescay’s escape, located in 15th place in his category, adds to that of Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquezthe first Olympic gold in canoeing for Cuba just seven months ago, who left the team’s concentration in Mexico last week and for which he was accused of turning his back on the commitment to new results for his sport and his people.
Lescay is the nephew of Mabel Gay Tamayo, an outstanding triple jump figure on the Island for her silver medals at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Thessaloniki (Greece) and the XII World Athletics Championships held in Berlin (Germany) 2009. In addition to the gold medal in Sotteville-Les-Rouen (France), on June 14, 2014, with a jump of 14.18 meters. Lescay, assuredthat “his contact with athletics was due to his aunt”.
The athlete’s career began at the age of eight in Santiago de Cuba until he moved to Pinar del Río, where he was under the guidance of Luis Alberto Pérez, who prepared him to enter the Ormani Arenado Llonch Sports Initiation School. He moved from athletics to the triple jump and it was at the age of 13 that he turned to the long jump.
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