athletes

Twenty-four French municipalities to welcome Cuban Olympic athletes

Published on: March 10, 2022
12:02

Paris, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) Authorities of 24 French municipalities have showed willingness to host in their facilities the training of Cuban athletes for the Paris-2024 Olympic Games, the Cuba Cooperation France Association (CubaCoop), promoter of the solidarity project, highlighted on Thursday.

INDER president highlights achievements of Cuban sports in 2021

Published on: January 1, 2022
00:15

Havana, Jan 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's 14th place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 28 tickets to the 2023 Pan-American Games in Santiago, Chile stand out today among the main achievements by Cuban athletes in 2021.

Paralympic Athletes Committee elects Omara Durand as a member

Published on: September 5, 2021
11:02

Tokyo, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban sprinter Omara Durand was elected today as a member of the Paralympic Athletes Committee, the entity announced so during the event's closing ceremony in Tokyo.

Latin American athletes win 10 medals at Paralympic Games

Published on: August 31, 2021
13:25

Tokyo, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Latin American athletes on Tuesday won 10 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, with Cuba winning two gold medals.

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games unfold amid the lurking pandemic

Published on: August 22, 2021
10:08

Tokyo, (Prensa Latina) The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are currently keeping the organizers on tenterhooks due to the sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Japan.

Cuba, Jamaica won gold at World Athletics U20

Published on: August 19, 2021
13:27

Nairobi, (Prensa Latina) Cuban Juan Carley Vazquez and Jamaican Tina Clayton won gold medals on Thursday in shot put and 100 meters respectively for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Athletics U20 Championships.

President Diaz-Canel congratulates Cuba’s sixth Olympic gold medalist

Published on: August 6, 2021
12:37

Havana, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Friday congratulated boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz, who won his second Olympic title and gave Cuba its sixth gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

Díaz-Canel celebrates Cuban athletes’ performance at Tokyo 2020

Published on: August 2, 2021
09:31

Havana, Aug 2 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel today celebrated the performance of Cuba's athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on a day in which the island achieved its first gold medals.

Cuban president talks with athletes competing in 2020 Olympics

Published on: July 31, 2021
09:00

Tokyo, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday talked over the telephone with judoka Idalys Ortiz and boxer Julio Cesar la Cruz, to whom he expressed his admiration and congratulated for their relevant performances in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Cuba carries kilograms of illusions at Olympic weightlifting event

Published on: July 25, 2021
10:31

Tokyo, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) After achieving the best result in its history among women, Cuba on Sunday is carrying kilograms of illusions on its way to face the rest of the weightlifting competition calendar at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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