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Cuba Chases Diamond League Glory

From Granma · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Ten Cuban-born athletes will compete in the Diamond League finals in Brussels, with five representing Cuba’s national federation.
  • Leyanis Pérez shares the lead in the women’s triple jump standings and will seek her third straight title.
  • Cuban athletes will also compete in the men’s long jump and triple jump, the 110-meter hurdles and the 400 meters.

The Diamond League’s polished prize will soon shine in Brussels, where ten athletes born in Cuba will compete over Friday and Saturday. Half of them are linked to the national athletics federation.

Triple jumper Leyanis Pérez arrives among the leading contenders after breaking through the pressure of surpassing 15 meters at the Monaco meeting. She has 28 points, level with Senegal’s Saly Sarr and one ahead of fellow Cuban Davisleydi Velazco. Liadagmis Povea, with 15 points, will also compete against Jamaica’s Ackelia Smith and defending Olympic champion Thea LaFond of Dominica.

Pérez will pursue a third consecutive Diamond League crown, but LaFond leads this season’s marks at 15.25 meters. Velazco follows at 15.13, Sarr at 15.08, and Pérez is two centimeters behind Sarr.

Jorge Hodelín will contest the men’s long jump. He set a world junior record of 8.46 meters this season, a mark that places him fourth overall alongside Portugal’s Gerson Baldé, who defeated him for the world indoor title in Toruń, Poland. Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou leads the season standings with 8.66, followed by Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer at 8.51 and Bulgaria’s Bozhidar Saraboyukov at 8.49.

Other Cuban competitors include independent 110-meter hurdler Kendry Menéndez, triple jumper Lázaro Martínez and 400-meter runner Roxana Gómez. Cuban-born Andy Díaz and Pedro Pablo Pichardo will represent Italy and Portugal in the men’s triple jump. Jamaica’s Jordan Scott leads that Diamond League event with 26 points.

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Originally published by Granma in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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