AfricaNews also reports on his gesture of leaving his shoes on the mat as a sign of his retirement from the sport, and the resounding welcome he received from his compatriots in Havana, the capital of Cuba.

The note, which is being followed throughout the continent and outside Africa, underscores that Lopez is the only athlete in the Greco-Roman wrestling to hold such a record and recalls that Cuba is the Latin American country that has won the most medals in Olympic Games.

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