WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP
Fournier: Just a step away from Río
Cuban rower Ángel Fournier finished third in the Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinal Q1 on September 2, after covering two kilometers with a time of 6:59.73 minutes
OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY OF CUBA CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Resultados de búsqueda
20 resultados.
CUBAN JUDO
No breaks on the tatami in the lead up to Río
The Pan American Judo Championships came to an end in Havana on April 30, with Brazil once again coming out on top (7 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze medals), this time with Canada in second place (2-5-3), followed by the United States (2-2-1) and Cuba (2-1-8)
Yarisley Silva: reaching new heights
Yarisley’s sequence, at the World Athletics Championships in August 2015, Beijing…provided us with another winning performance, as she surpassed the 4.90m mark
Sights set on Río de Janeiro
Cuban wrestlers looking to Olympics
Cuba is an indisputable global wrestling powerhouse; as demonstrated by its six gold, five silver and seven bronze medals, placing it 15th on the discipline’s historic Olympic medal chart...thus understandably, our gladiators have high hopes of qualifying for the Río de Janeiro Games
CUBA CUP & INDOOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Stops on the way to Río de Janeiro
The end of March was a special time for track and field at two different latitudes. The Cuba Cup took place in Havana’s Pan American Stadium, while in the Portland Convention Center, 547 athletes from 148 nations competed for world titles
Memorable moments for Cuban sport in 2015
Granma provides a selection of some of these moments of glory, marking solid steps on the path toward Friday, August 5, 2016, when the world’s eyes will be fixed on Rio.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL FINAL
Búfalos: nine time champions in slam dunk victory
Ciego de Avila secured a ninth championship and definitive victory in the Superior Basketball League in the final quarter with a score of 68-64 over longstanding rivals Capitalinos of Havana
CUBA’S TOP ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
An evening of awards, dreams and new efforts for 2016
Cuban boxer Julio César La Cruz and gymnast Manrique Larduet shared the prize for best male athletes of Cuba in 2015, while pole vaulter Yarisley Silva won the women’s award
CUBAN ATHLETICS LOOKING TOWARD RÍO
Goals, preparation, victory
Sports is once again a hot topic in 2016. Río de Janeiro and its Christ the Redeemer will welcome more than 10,000 athletes competing in over 360 events August 5-21
Alberto Juantorena elected IAAF vice president
The UK’s Sebastian Coe was elected President of the organization. Kosovo and South Sudan were accepted as new IAAF member federations, bringing the total number of affiliates to 214
