Cuba will be represented by 14 athletes in the World Championship of athletics Oregon 2022, in USAwhich will be held between July 15 and 24, according to official sources.
The national commissioner and former hammer, Yipsi Moreno, announced the list of Cubans who will be in the universal event, and whose main reference is Santiago. Yaime Perezwho will appear at the important event with the aim of defending the crown won in the Doha 2019 edition, refers a note published the digital site Hit.
Lázaro Martínez also stands out on the payroll, triple jump winner at World Indoor Championships held last March in the Serbian city of Belgrade, and located among the first in this universal ranking of this modality, adds the media.
Another laureate within the Antillean team is the long jumper Maykel Massó, occupying the third place in his specialty at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020where the Cuban also won the silver medal Juan Miguel Echevarrianow absent after requesting his discharge from the national team.
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The cast also includes triple jumpers Liadagmis Povea, Leyanis Pérez and Davisleydis Velazco; the Olympic finalist of the 400 meters Roxana Gómez; the eighteenth-century Rose Mary Almanza, the high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas and the triple jumper Andy Hechavarría.
The 100-meter hurdles specialist Greisys Robles, the discus thrower Silinda Morales, the heptalonist Yorgelis Rodriguez and the sprinter Shainer Reginfo also won the right to appear at the world event, according to official information.
indicates Hit that for the formation of the cast of the Island the three established channels were used: the minimum marks set by World Athletics, the accumulation of points in the ranking and the granting of calls wild cards or invitations from the governing body of athletics in the world.
Cuba has been attending this type of event since the first edition, held in the Finnish city of Helsinki in 1983, and has a historical record of 22 gold, 24 silver and 14 bronze medals, according to the aforementioned sports portal. The best Cuban performances occurred in the editions of Stuttgart 1993 and Seville 1999, when they ranked seventh by nations.
As for the harvest of titles, so far the four titles won in the contest organized in Athens 25 years ago have not been surpassed.
Experts and fans agree that these performances could hardly be at least equaled in the nearby American event, especially due to the notable casualties that the Cuban athletics team has suffered in recent times.
To the aforementioned Echevarría, we should add those of other important figures such as the award-winning pole vaulter Yarisley Silva, who decided to end her sports career after some disagreements with the national commission.
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Also those of the triple jumper Christian Napoles, the sprinter Reinier Mena and the hurdler Roger Valentín Iribarne, who also broke their ties with the Cuban sports movement to redirect their careers, and some of them have begun to reap significant results.
Two young and promising triple jumpers like Jordan Díaz and Andy Díaz had already taken other paths last year. Jordan left the delegation prior to the trip to the Japanese capital, received Spanish nationality and has broken the record of that country several times with impressive records. However, he still cannot represent Spain in the upcoming World Cup.
Andy, for his part, did not return to Cuba after the Japanese summer event, he settled in Italy, and his recent results place him at the forefront of the world ranking of the specialty, although he cannot compete under another flag in the world event either. .
