Two titles for the sprinter Christian Carlos Guillén and another two achieved by the laureates Leinier Savón and Robiel Yankiel Sol were the spoils of the cuban paraathletics at an international rally in Tunis.
The event, which is part of the 2022 grand prix series, was the first international foray this year for the Island’s paraathletes, who in total won four crowns, five silver medals and one bronze, refers the website Hit.
Guillén (category T-47 affected upper limb) won the 100 meters with a time of 11.23 seconds and repeated the lap around the oval with 51.15 seconds. In the first of these tests he was seconded by his countryman Raciel González (11.30), winner of the silver medal.
Meanwhile, the double Paralympic champion of Rio de Jsneiro 2016 Leinier Savón (T-12 visually impaired), prevailed in the hectometer with a time of 10.80 seconds, “a record that is in line with what was expected by his speed coach Miriam Ferrer,” he says. the post.
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Savón himself achieved second place in his category in the long jump, marking 6.97 meters in his attempt, only surpassed by the 7.19 meters of Azeri Said Najofzadov.
The fourth gold for Cuba was provided by Robiel Yankiel, Olympic champion of the T-47 category in Tokyo 2020, who won again in the long jump, now with a record of 7.27 meters.
For her part, the thrower Noraivis de las Heras (F-44 affected lower limb) won the silver medal in the discus with 27.30 meters, while Lázaro Yarlo Rodríguez (T-64) and Ulicer Aguilera (F-13) the they imitated in the long jump, with 6.28 meters, and the javelin, with 55.51 meters, respectively.
The bronze medal for Cuba went to the neck of Guillermo Varona in the javelin of the F-46 category, thanks to a throw of 60.28 meters.
Tunisia, the host country, ranked first among nations with 17 gold, 11 silver and six bronze medals, according to Hit. The media announces that the Cuban para athletes will compete again at the end of July in the grand prix phase of Monterrey, in Mexico.