Paralympic athletes Christian Guillén, Elvis Nules, Lázaro Yarlo Rodríguez and one more who was not identified left the entourage that is in the Mexican city of Monterrey to participate in the Mexican Open of Parathletics. According to the journalist Play-Off Magazine leonardo ruizthe escape occurred on Monday night, the same day that the delegation arrived.
From the escaped group stands out the sprinter Christian Guillén, who at the beginning of July shone in the Grand Prix held in Tunisia, after winning in the hundred meters with a time of 11.23 seconds and in the 400 meters, with a time of 51.15 seconds. .
The team traveled to Monterrey to participate in the Mexican Open Paraathletics Championship, which will take place this Thursday and Saturday, an event that provides points for the ranking paralympic
“The objective is to carry out the medical-functional classification, a study where the degree of disability is determined for placement in the categories,” Jorge Reynaldo Palma, a methodologist from the Inder Department of Sports for People with Disabilities, told the official media before the trip. Hit.
From the escaped group stands out the sprinter Christian Guillén, who at the beginning of July shone in the Grand Prix held in Tunisia
Among the figures of the team are the gold medalist in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Robiel Yankiel Sol and the double Paralympic champion in 100 and 200 meters flat in Rio de Janeiro 2016, Lenier Savon.
The escape of these athletes is revealed just the day the regime announced that suspended for life the baseball players Alfredo Fadraga and Yosvani Ávalos, who saw their escape attempt in Mexico frustrated and after being detained by the Mexican authorities were returned to the Island. In addition to punishing Javier Carabeo and Yulián Quintana with two years without being able to play, They point out an attempted abandonment in 2021.
While the Paralympians were planning the escape in Mexico, in Cuba, the National Boxing Commission announced the expulsion of the Olympic boxing champion Andy Cruzunder the argument of his “repeated indiscipline”.
The escapes continue to bleed Cuban sports. One of the most recent abandonments was that of Yiselena Ballar. The Cuban javelin thrower took advantage of her arrival in Miami, USA, and she left the team that would participate in the Eugene 2022 World Championships in Athletics.
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