They are part of the field hockey delegation and a 400 meter hurdles sprinter, who were not the first to escape in this way.
This Sunday, November 5, the closing ceremony of the Pan American Games Santiago 2023 that were carried out in the capital of Chile for the first time in history. While thousands of athletes from all over the world came together to participate, part of the Cuban delegation starred in a strange event.
Is about six members of the women’s field hockey team and a sprinter, that They did not return to the Olympic village after the hockey game against Uruguay. According to local media, they are Jennifer Martínez, Yakira Guillén, Lismary González, Helec Carta, Geidy Morales and the team captain, Yunia Milanes, along with the sprinter Yoao Illas, who obtained the bronze medal in the 400 meter hurdles event.
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FELIPE POGA/SANTIAGO 2023 via PHOTOSPORT – PHOTOSPORT CHILE
The strange thing is that, so far in 2023, more than 60 Cuban athletes left their delegations during competitions held in other countries. Another similar precedent occurred during the development of the gold Cup in the United States, where the soccer players Roberney Caballero, Neiser Sandó, Denilson Milanes, Jassael Herrea and Sandy Sánchez decided escape from the hotel where they stayed.
This is believed to be due to the economic difficulties that the country has suffered for a long time. In the local media, this news is not taken in a good way, since it is announced as “serious indiscipline” and is even classified as “betrayals”.
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Cuba’s participation in the 19th edition of the Pan American Games was very good: the delegation was placed in the fifth final place in the medal table when getting 30 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronzereaping a total of 69 medals. USA, Brazil, Mexico and Canada They led the medal ranking while Argentina finished in seventh place.
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