The National Athletics Commission has released the list of athletes that Cuba will send to compete in the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador. In advance, this is one of the disciplines called upon to play a leading role by virtue of its contribution to the delegation of the island in the quest to take first place in the overall medal standings.

Jorge “Majiko” González Stadium, the headquarters of the king of sports in San Salvador, will be visited by the best representatives of the Creole field and athletics, led by the reigning Belgrade 2022 Indoor Triple Jump World Champion Lázaro Martínez. Similarly, there will be two of the most consistent athletes of this campaign, also from the trio, Liadagmis Povea and Leyanis Perez from Pinar del Río.

However, in the case of the last two, you will have to “dance with the ugliest”, given that a few days ago, the outstanding Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas also guaranteed her participation in the regional tournament.

In a press conference, National Commissioner for Athletics Rolando Charro said that 10 athletes from the previous competition in Barranquilla will be repeated, while in El Salvador Cuba will take part in 38 of the 49 events planned by the organizing committee.

In addition, Charro noted that currently there are 26 representatives of our sports king, who were in the top three in the ranking of participants in terms of their brands in previous competitions, and another 11 are in the top five.

In addition to those mentioned, others such as Luis Enrique Zayas (high jump), Maiquel Massot (long jump) and Roxana Gómez (400m) also start as favorites when considering the number of rallies they have ventured into. in this season. to arrive in the best possible physical shape.

In addition, the director confirmed that the Central American and Caribbean Games will be the starting point of the season in terms of the most pressing challenges of his sport, as the World Championships will take place later in August, namely from 17 to 27. in Budapest, Hungary and later the Pan American Games were agreed to in Santiago de Chile.