(EFE).- Former athlete Alberto Juantorena, two-time Olympic champion and legendary figure of Cuban sports, is hospitalized in serious condition at the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine in Havana with symptoms of bronchopneumonia and cardiovascular decompensation, according to local media reports.
A tweet from the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, referred to the former athlete’s condition: “Today, he and the doctors are fighting for his life and Cuba hopes that they will also succeed. Salud champion.”
“He has a history of a picture of covid-19 acquired abroad, from which complications have arisen”
Juantorena, 71, treated by a multidisciplinary team, “has a history of a picture of covid-19 acquired abroad, from which complications consisting of a picture of bronchopneumonia and cardiovascular decompensation have derived.”
Horseas he was nicknamed during his sports career due to his powerful and elegant style in full effort, is the only athlete in history who has been an Olympic champion in the 400 and 800 meters (both in Montreal ’76).
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