The morning’s focus will be on Greco-Roman wrestling, where at 9:00 am four-time Olympic champion Mijaín López (130 kg) will face South Korean Seungchan Lee in the round of 16.
MADRID, Spain.- This Monday, August 5, a total of 10 Cubans will compete in the seventh day of the Paris Olympic Games.
The day for the Caribbeans competing with the official delegation began early, at 4:00 am Cuban time, with Anisley Garcia in the preliminaries of the 10-meter platform diving modality. She is one of the 29 women registered for the event, who are seeking a place among the top 18 to advance to the semifinals. If she qualifies for the semis, she will compete again today. Simultaneously, Mario Diaz is seeking to qualify in the discus throw, in group A. Roxana Gomez is competing in the women’s 400-meter eliminatory.
The morning’s attention will focus on Greco-Roman wrestling, where at 9:00 am, four-time Olympic champion Mijaín López (130 kg) will face South Korean Seungchan Lee in the round of 16. In the same discipline, but in the 60 kg category, Kevin de Armas will fight against Japanese Kenichiro Fumita in the round of 16.
Cubans competing for other flags
Among the Cubans representing other countries, volleyball player Wilfredo León started the day leading Poland to a victory against Slovenia (3-1).
Cuban-born Turkish Yasmani Copello will compete in the first round of athletics in the 400 meters. Meanwhile, sailor Pedro Luis Fernández, representing Puerto Rico, continues to advance. On August 5, he will compete in races 9 and 10 of the dinghy category.
At 9:00 am, in Greco-Roman wrestling (130 kg), Yasmani Acosta representing Chile will face Bulgarian Kiril Milenov in the round of 16.
Finally, closing the day for the Cubans, volleyball player Yoandy Leal will seek to lead Brazil to victory against the United States in the quarterfinals.
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