Sport

Sancti Spiritus baseball player Raisel Echemendía is currently attending the First World Sub-15 Championship, to take place in several Mexican cities until August 26th.»

The London 2012 Olympics have ended with a spectacular musical closing ceremony and the official handover to the next host city, Rio de Janeiro. The three-hour show featured some of the biggest names of British pop from decades past, including the Spice Girls, George Michael and Elbow.»

The Cuban delegation was placed 16th in the medal standings by country of the 2012 London Olympics. The athletes from the island, totalling 110, got 14 medals in the big event: 5 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze.»

In a moved semifinal, with more than enough exchanges and effective blows, Cuban boxer  Lazaro Alvarez lost 19-14 to Irish John Kevin and could not access the title dispute in the 56 kg division, in the 2012 London Olympics.»

Cuban decathlete Leonel Suarez climbed the podium again in London 2012, in a night where Bolt became the first athlete in history to get to renew his Olympic titles in 100 and 200 meters, and the Kenyan David Rudisha led the best 800-meter race in history.»

Mijain Lopez remained the Olympic champion in men’s 120-kg of the Greco-Roman wrestling after beating Estonian Heiki Nabi for the gold medal in London. Thus, Cuba climbed to the 13th place in the medals standings by country with 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.»

Cuban Yarisley Silva grew big in London 2012 by soaring over 4, 75m and obtaining the silver medal in the women’s pole vault final, even ahead of Russian star Yelena Isinbayeva, the best ever in this specialty.»

Cuban judoka Idalys Ortiz got the gold medal in the +78 kg division in the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, and  ameliorated her bronze of 2008 Beijing.»

Cuban athlete Leuris Pupo reached the gold medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol and equaled the world record, setting an unprecedented moment in the history of the sport in his nation.»

Cuban Asley Gonzalez (90kg) was defeated in the gold medal contest by South Korean Song Dae-Nam, and ended up with the silver medal in the judo tournament of the 2012 London Olympic Games.»