Cuba and its two bets to gold in discus throw

Havana, April 30 (RHC)-- The official site of the Olympic Games considers Cuban discus throwers Yaime Perez and Denia Caballero as two of the main candidates for Olympic gold in Tokyo.  "Cuba and its two bets for gold in discus throw," headlined the olympics.com portal in an extensive article dedicated to highlighting the brilliant career of the Cubans.

Cuba is a serious candidate to win medals in the discus throw in Tokyo 2020 this summer, thanks to the power of its athletes Yaime Perez and Denia Caballero, who are among the best in the world ranking in the event and know the taste of glory in major international competitions.

Pan American, World and even Olympic podiums. With the discus, Yaime Perez and Denia Caballero have taken Cuba to the top in all kinds of scenarios, and now both are hopeful of gold for the island in Tokyo, according to the Tokyo Games website.

In the world ranking, Perez is in first place, while Caballero is not far behind Croatian Sandra Perkovic, double Olympic champion (London 2012 and Rio 2016).

Tokyo 2020 promises to be an exciting competition between these three title favorites, olmpics.com underlined.

At the Doha 2019 World Championships, the Cubans made it one-two, with Perez's gold (69.17 m) and Caballero's silver (68.44 m).