Rowers Maykol Julio Álvarez, Yoelvis Javier Hernández and Osvaldo Pérez left the Cuban team participating in the qualifying tournament for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile that ended on April 19. According to the photographer Yuniet Ávila, the leaks occurred in Chile and Mexico.
The habanero Álvarez defected in Chile after winning together with Carlos Ajete, Yoelvis Hernández and Reidy Cardona the silver medal in the four par (4X) category and thus guaranteeing their ticket to the Pan American Games that will take place from October 20 to November 5.
While Hernández, a native of Sancti Spíritus, and Cardona, from Cienfuegos, took advantage of the stopover in Mexico to escape. “These are the first dropouts of the rowing team this year 2023,” stressed the photographer on his social networks.
Cuba sent a delegation with 15 rowers to Santiago for the qualifying event. The president of the Cuban Rowing Federation, Ángel Luis García, highlighted the official media Hit the “enthusiasm” of the athletes to compete on the same track that will host the Santiago 2023 party at the end of the year.
The withdrawals of Álvarez, Hernández and Pérez represent a hard blow for Cuban rowing, which last year recorded six leaks
The oarsmen who escaped came from a preparation that began in the aquatic track of the Hanabanilla dam, in the La Coronela reservoir. Of these, the Cuban executives have not offered a position.
The withdrawals of Álvarez, Hernández and Pérez represent a hard blow for Cuban rowing, which last year recorded six leaks. In November Jorge Patterson and Yudisleidys Rodríguez They fled after one of the training sessions they had on the Virgilio Uribe Olympic track in Mexico City.
Before the escapes of Patterson and Rodríguez, Ernier Tamayo, Alexei Carballosa and Nayala Torres did, who were preparing in Mexico City for the Central American and Caribbean Championship that began on November 23 in El Salvador.
The first of those six defections starred in it in Mexico Boris Luis Guerrawho won silver with his pair Adrián Oquendo at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.
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