Cuba in Lima: July 31 Summary

Lima, August 1 (RHC) – This Wednesday, the Cuban athletes that are taking part in the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games in Peru, suffered more than they enjoyed, since losses haunted them in almost in discipline. Nevertheless, good results were achieved in some of the events.... More


Bronzed Gymnastics for Cuba

Lima, August 1 (RHC) – Young Gymnastics athletes Alejandro de la Cruz, in Men´s Vault, and Huber Godoy, in Men´s Horizontal Bar, gave Cuba two epic bronzed medals in the Gymnastics final day of competition in the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games.... More


Lima, July 31 (RHC) – The Cuban Softball team was defeated this Wednesday by Mexico in a closed game, in the sports Semi-Finals in the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games.... More


Cuba in Lima 2019: Tuesday Review

Lima, July 31 (RHC) – The Cuban delegation in the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games won, this Tuesday, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals and went down from 5th to 7th place in the standings with 5 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze medals.... More


Lima, July 31 (RHC) – Cuban Osleni Guerrero has been eliminated from the Men´s Singles badminton tournament in 2019 Lima Pan-Am Games. ... More


Lima, July 31 (RHC)--The Cuban baseball team has been officially eliminated from the Lima 2019 Pan-Am baseball tournament, after losing their second consecutive game, this time against current champions Canada by score of 8-6.... More


No golds in Tae-Kwon-Do for Cuba

Lima, July 30 (RHC) – Cuban 2-time World Tae-Kwon-Do champion Rafael Alba defeated this Monday Mexican Carlos Sansores in the Semi-Finals of the sport in the Lima 2019 Pan-American Games. In a rematch of this year´s World Championship Finals in Manchester, England, Alba won the bout by a score of 33-25. World champion in Puebla 2013 and Manchester 2019, Alba faced in the Tae-Kwon-Do Finals in Lima American Jonathan Healy, who the Cuban had defeated earlier this year in Manchester. Rafael Alba, who won the gold medal four years ago in Toronto 2015, could not validate his title against Healy, who took home the crown in the +80 kg division with a score of 13 to 6. ... More


Pupo aiming for success in Lima

Lima, July 30 (RHC)-- "I have a lot of confidence in this event,” Rapid Pistol Olympic Champion Leuris Pupo stated when asked about his form towards this edition of the Pan-American Games Lima 2019. During an exclusive interview with Radio Havana Cuba journalist Raul Rodriguez, the veteran athlete commented that he has been having the best preparation in the history of Cuban Sports Shooting, with training camps held in El Salvador and during the sport´s World Cup in Munich.... More


Lima, July 30 (RHC) – Cuban rapid pistol athletes Laina Perez and Jorge Grau, joined their guns in the Mixed Doubles category to give Cuba another gold medal in the shooting events of Lima 2019 Pan-American Games.... More


Lima, July 29 (RHC) – The Cuban baseball team has added another disappointment to its recent record by losing 6-1 in their debut in the Lima 2019 Pan-Am baseball competition. ... More


Lima, July 29 (RHC)-- Cuba obtained its fifth Gold Medal at the XVIII Pan-American Games Lima-2019. The latest medal -- Number 5 -- was won by the canoeing team made up of Mahivianet Borges and Katherin Nuevo in the C-2, for a distance of 500 metros.... More


Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Cuban veteran Eglys de la Cruz, in the Three positions 50 meters air rifle, held a dramatic battle against American Sarah Beard, who eventually scored half a point more than the Cuban to leave her with the Silver medal. De la Cruz broke the Cuban National Record for the sport with 454.2 points and left American Virginia Thrasher (444 points) in third place. ... More


Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Laina Perez gave the Cuban delegation its first gold medal this Saturday in the Lima 2019 Pan-American Games, after shattering the Pan-American record in the 10 meters air pistol competition and assured a place in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. On the same day and modality, 24-year old Sheyla Gonzalez won a bronze medal, in her first regional competition. ... More


Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Cuban Leydi Laura Moya won a Bronze medal this Sunday in the Pentathlon of the XIII Pan-Am Games Lima 2019. With this result, the 27-year-old Havana native has qualified for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and became the first Cuban athlete in winning Central-American, Pan-American and Olympic medals in the sport. ... More


Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Cubans Dailin Belmonte and Yudileivis Castillo finished nowhere close from the podium in the XVIII Pan-Am Games marathon. Belmonte finished the race in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 8 seconds, while Castillo finished 16th in her first official marathon by stopping the clock in 3 hours, 3 minutes and 51 seconds. ... More


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