MADRID, Spain.- Cuban wrestlers Leonardo Herrera and Amanda Hernández “defected” from the Cuban delegation with which they traveled to Acapulco, Mexico, to participate in the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championship, which ended this Sunday.
The news was confirmed by the official media HITwho referred to the athletes’ decision as a serious indiscipline.
“This Sunday the event will close and the island’s six booksellers will go into action. Between Thursday and Friday, the classics won three gold medals and one silver, and as negative notes, the delegation of Ismael Borrero and Leonardo left. Blacksmith. An equally serious indiscipline was committed today by the girl Amanda Hernández,” he said. HIT.
Leonardo Herrera, of the Greco-Roman style in the 60 kg division, had traveled to Mexico to replace Olympic champion Luis Orta.
The native of Pinar del Río had lost in his first fight in the quarterfinals of the tournament, against the Peruvian Joao Marcos Benavides, on May 6.
For her part, Amanda Hernández (53 Kg) did not show up for the fight she had scheduled for this Saturday against Colombian Yalixa Parra.
Amanda Hernández, 24 years old, was champion in the 2014 Junior Pan American and won bronze in the same event in the 2016 edition.
As confirmed later by the sports media Full Swing23-year-old Cristian Solenzal (65 kg) from Sancti Spiritus and 19-year-old Yolanda Cordero (62 kg) from Granma were also absent.
The Cuban delegation arrived in Mexico with a total of 18 athletes in search of places for the World Competition in Belgrade next September, and also for the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023.
Last May 3 transcended that the Olympic champion Ismael Borrero, Cuba’s main figure for this event, deserted before having competed.
At 30 years old, Borrero has won three consecutive Pan American Championships (2012, 2013 and 2014); and he won the gold medal at the world fighting tournaments in Las Vegas (2015) and Nur-Sultan (2019).
So far in 2022, more than 10 athletes have left the island, either emigrating to third countries or deserting the teams with which they left Cuba to participate in international competitions.
Receive information from CubaNet on your cell phone through WhatsApp. Send us a message with the word “CUBA” on the phone +1 (786) 316-2072, You can also subscribe to our electronic newsletter by giving click here.
