The 19-year-old Cuban diver Luis Gustavo Cañabate Álvarez, who had an accident last Saturday, “remains conscious, oriented and afebrile,” according to the latest report issued by the Hermanos Ameijeiras hospital on Thursday afternoon.
“The athlete presents with minor lower abdominal pain from a pelvic fracture. He is moving in bed. He has received neurosurgery and general surgery discharges. He is kept under surveillance by the specialties of orthopedics, maxillofacial surgery and cardiology,” according to the report.
The update was issued by the Institute of Sports Medicine and published by the specialized sports site, Hit.
Cañabate Álvarez remains in the Ameijeiras intensive care unit, where he arrived last Monday. It is expected that today Friday the mandibular fracture that she presents will be intervened.
The young man fell from a third floor during the early hours of Saturday at the facilities of the High Performance Athlete Training School (Esfaar) “Giraldo Córdova Cardín”.
He is one of the greatest talents in diving in Cuba. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men’s individual platform at the Junior Pan American Games held in Cali-Valle, Colombia, where he also won gold in the mixed event along with Anisley García, Carlos Daniel Ramos and Laydel Domínguez.
