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The athlete from Camagüey has been on the rise since leaving the Island and settling in Puerto Rico, the country she hopes to represent. 14ymedio, Havana, June 1, 2026 — Cuban athlete Davisleydi Velazco shattered the triple jump record at the International Meeting of Forbach, France, on Sunday, breaking a mark that had stood for … Continue reading “Davisleydi Velazco, Triple Jumper Expelled from Cuba, Breaks a Record by 50 Centimeters in France”

14ymedio, Havana, 6 October 2023 — “The migration of athletes and coaches has affected us,” acknowledged the general director of High Performance of the National Institute of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder), José Antonio Miranda, at the Round Table last Tuesday. From 2022 to September 2023, 191 athletes broke off their relationship with the … Continue reading “1,053 Athletes Have Fled Cuba in a Decade, 82 of Them So Far This Year”

14ymedio, Havana, 5 October 2023 — Cuban baseball player Franky Quintana escaped this Thursday from the hotel where the Island’s team is staying to participate in the fifth edition of the Caribbean Baseball Cup in Puerto Rico. The athlete “didn’t report with the group” to board the bus that took them to the Francisco Negrón … Continue reading “A Cuban Baseball Player Escapes in Puerto Rico and a Triple Jump Medalist Arrives in the United States”