Cuban Olympic medalist Yaimé Pérez defects After competing at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon
The champion in the Doha World Championships and in the Pan American Games in Lima was the flag bearer for Cuba in Tokyo 2020
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The last casualty of the World Athletics Championships: Cuban javelin athlete deserts in Miami
Yiselena Ballar, 19 years old, won bronze at the U-20 World Cup in Nairobi and silver at the Junior Pan American Games in Cali. Cuba has its medal hopes in Yaimé Pérez (discus), Lázaro Martínez (triple jump) and Maykel Massó (long jump)
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Cuba’s best boxer, Tokyo gold medalist Andy Cruz has left the island
Some digital sites placed his destination in the Dominican Republic but his whereabouts are not confirmed. The Cuban sports authorities have not officially certified his departure
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Cuban Olympic wrestling champion Ismael Borrero Molina surprises by defecting in Mexico
The gold medalist in Rio 2016 and double world champion was one of the main figures of the Pan American Championship that began in Acapulco. The exodus of Olympians from Cuban sports is worrying
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Despite two elite defections, Cuba led four men to the final of the Pan American Boxing Championships in Guayaquil
The flight of talent, not only in boxing and baseball, has Cuban sports nervous at the start of the unprecedented Olympic cycle
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Whereabouts of Cuban Rowers Unknown After Pan Ams Defection -- On the Scene
(ATR) Cuban rowing coach Juan Reyes says four of his rowers have defected to the United States.
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