The Cuban runner Yunisleidy de la Caridad García achieved a new national record in the women’s 100 meter dash this Saturday.
The athlete, from Villa Clara, stopped the clock in 11.08 seconds, during the Martinique 2023 Athletics Meeting, thus setting a new record for the island.
His time allowed him to achieve a comfortable victory in the so-called queen test of athletics, and surpass on the podium the American Taylor Anderson (11.32) and the also Cuban Yarima García (11.38), review the digital site Hit.
In this way, Yunisleidy “erased” the old national record of 11.10 seconds, established by Liliana Allen in 1992, in the Spanish city of Salamanca.
Yunisleidy sets national record in 100 meter dash
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The 23-year-old girl “had given signs of a great way when she dominated this event in the V Alba Games in Venezuela 2023 and during the island’s championship,” the specialized media pointed out.
With this record, the publication adds, the sprinter “fulfills the predictions and approaches the dream of becoming the first Cuban capable of covering the distance in less than 11 seconds, for which a prompt insertion in level fights would help her, especially everything in Europe”.
Furthermore, according to HitIn the Caribbean competition, other Cuban athletes also shone, such as the discus thrower Mario Díaz, winner with a 63.69-meter shot, and Lisneidy Veitía, from four hundred, who won with a time of 52.96 seconds, ahead of her compatriot Dayli Cooper ( 55.20) and the French Oceane Minin (55.78).
Meanwhile, Eduardo Nápoles led the pole vault, with a record of 5.45 meters, while Greisy Robles finished silver in the 100-meter hurdles, thanks to her 13.10 seconds.
The Martinique Meeting was part of the preparation of Cuban athletes for the main events of the year, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, the World Championship in Budapest, and the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile.
