CAMAGÜEY.- The highest authorities of the so-called Sports King announced the lists that Cuba will present to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, which included four children from Camagüey.

In the list of 16 competitors published by Yipsi Moreno, the national commissioner of the discipline, also from Camagüey, the long jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría, the eight-centurist Rose Mary Almanza and the tripletist Davisleydi Velazco appear for the Olympics, while in the delegation at the The Paralympics won a place for the javelin player Guillermo Varona.

Both Yipsi and Jorge Reynaldo Palma, technical head of Inder's sports department for people with disabilities, clarified to the press that still other Cuban competitors could receive qualification quotas, since in the case of parathletes, some met the minimum marks.

Palma said Cuba filed a claim to admit everyone, including the incombustible javelin thrower from Minas Gerais Gerdan Fonseca (F64 / affected lower limb), who achieved 48.79 meters last March and finished second in the Tunisian Grand Prix.

On her part, Moreno told JIT that “everything is going according to what we have planned. There are no injuries and options are being sought so that everyone can compete at least once or twice before the Olympic Games ”.

One who “danced” beautifully in the final stretch of his preparation was Echevarría, dominating the Cansino Provincial Athletics Grand Prix in Castellón, Spain, with a jump of 8.38 meters. This new record for the Spanish meeting placed him in fifth place in the world rankings of the season and reaffirmed his progressive improvement after modifying elements in his impulse career.

The "Extraterrestrial from La Guernica" is the main candidate for the title within the small group of Camagüey's athletes, although Almanza has shown that she is in a position to achieve a feat in the 800 meter dash or in the 4x400 relay.

For Velazco and Varona it will be their first experience under the five rings and they will try to achieve their best personal marks to go in search of the final in their respective events.

The fierce javelin thrower of the F-46 category (affected by the upper limb) can surprise himself like the one he signed in the Pan American Games in Lima 2019, when he won with a 61.63-meter shot.

On July 23, the world's highest multisport event will begin, and a month and a day later its Paralympic version. The Greater Antilles has managed to complete an excellent preparation amid the vicissitudes of the pandemic, with the aim of adding days of joy and national pride this summer.

Here, the list of those who will seek glory in the Olympic stadium of the Japanese capital:

Olympiad:

Luis E. Zayas (High Jump)

Juan M. Echevarría (Long jump)

Maikel Massó (Long jump)

Lester Lescay (Long Jump)

Andy Diaz (Triple jump)

Christian Napoles (Triple jump)

Roxana Gómez (400 and 4X400)

Rose M. Almanza (800 and 4X400)

Zuriam Hechavarría (400 c / v and 4X400)

Yarisley Silva (Pole Vault)

Liadagmis Povea (Triple Jump)

Davisleydi Velazco (Triple jump)

Leyanis Pérez (Triple jump)

Yaimé Pérez (Release of the album)

Denia Caballero (Discus throw)

Lisneidy Veitía (4X400)

Sahily Diago (4X400)

Paralympics:

Ulicer Aguilera (F-13 Javelin Throw / Low Vision)

Omara Durand and her guide Yuniol Kindelán (100-200 and 400 T-12 deep vision weak)

Robiel Yankiel Sol (T-47 long jump / upper limb amputee)

Leinier Savón (100 and T-12 long jump / deep vision weak)

Leonardo Díaz (F-56 discus throw / wheelchair)

Ángel Jiménez Cabeza (T-12 long jump / visually impaired deep)

Guillermo Varona (F-46 javelin throw / affected upper limb)

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez