Five Guantanamo athletes and a coach are included in the Cuban delegation to the Sixth Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile, who are already in the headquarters to complete training sessions prior to the start of the competition, from November 17 to 26.
Yaimé Bongo Medina and Pablo Ramírez Barrientos, from weightlifting, as well as their coach Bárbaro Silva Velázquez, along with Noralvis De las Heras Chivás and Daniel Milanés Videaux, both from athletics, in addition to judoka José Manuel Romero Martínez will seek to make history in the versionfor differently able people, in Santiago 2023.
Among the possible candidates for the podium, the experienced Noralvis De las Heras stands out, champion in the shot put and discus throw in Mar del Plata, 2003, runner-up in Lima 2019 in the F69 discus throw and multi-laureate in world and Paralympic competitions.
Yaimé Bongo arrives at her first multiple games with excellent physical shape, after obtaining silver medals this year at the World Para Powerlifting Cup (WPPO) in Veracruz, Mexico, in the 86 kg, with records of 105 and 205
kg.
José Manuel Romero, Lima 2019 bronze medalist in the U66 category and champion of the Pan American Championship in Edmonton, Canada 2022, will seek his first regional title in multiple games.
Completing the list are Pablo Ramírez, runner-up in the Para Powerlifting World Cup in Veracruz, and Daniel Milanés, winner of the Para athletics Opens in Mexico and Colombia, in 2022, and bronze in the Fifth Youth Parapan American Games in Bogotá held this year.
The Cuban delegation in Santiago 2023, an event that will be attended by 2,000 athletes from 33 countries, is made up of 53 representatives in 10 of the 17 sports i competition such as taekwondo, athletics (main), table tennis, cycling, archery, judo, swimming, badminton, powerlifting and shooting sports.
According to the newspaper JIT, the aspiration of the Antillean delegation is to achieve 12 to 14 titles, six silver and 15 bronze medals.
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Translated By Ilia Charon
