MADRID, Spain.- Upon his return from Miami, USAthe double Olympic champion Alberto juantorena was hospitalized in serious condition at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri from Havana.
Family sources, close to juantorenacommented to CubaNet that the former athlete contracted COVID-19 in Miami, while visiting his children who reside in South Florida.
“Juantorena was hospitalized in Miami, they did several tests doctors”said the source who asked not to be identified, adding that he returned to Cuba in better health.
“What he has now is dengue,” said the source. “The dengue is what complicated his state of health,” he added.
According to the first official note of the regime Cuban, the former athlete was reported in serious condition with a picture of bronchopneumonia and cardiovascular decompensation. It was not until recently that the newspaper Rebel Youth He specified: “In the studies carried out, dengue serotype three is confirmed.”
According to the official media, “andAt the moment he is on mechanical ventilation and supported with vasoactive drugs”.
juantorena he was proclaimed Olympic champion in the 400 and 800 meters distance at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. His commitment to the Cuban Government led him to hold leading positions within the Cuban sports movement, including having been vice president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) of Cuba between 1985 and 2013.
Currently He is a member of the International Olympic Committee and holds the position of president of the Cuban Athletics Federation.
In June 2012, he was inducted into the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Hall of Fame.
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.
