Paris.— It is very likely that no one had in mind this golden medal, or rather, no one but him. "The only thing that crossed my mind was that I would win the fight. I knew I couldn't stop punching, without being careless, because he is a great boxer."
Erislandy Álvarez, moreover, did not want the flagship of Cuban sport to go blank. That was his motivation.
"Courageous and combative, as they say in good Cuban Spanish, Erislandy Álvarez has taken a gold disputed until the last punch. That's how you fight and that's how you win, even with the odds against you. With courage, passion and joy. Cuba celebrates and dances with you for this beautiful victory," said in X, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
We asked the Viking from Cienfuegos how he felt as leader of the most medal-winning Cuban squad in Olympic Games.
"I am not the leader, I have only won a gold medal, we have to keep fighting; the leaders are all of us in the team, in which we help each other in any circumstance," Erislandy assured.
When we told him that, with his gold medal, Cuba moved up to 21st place in the medal standings, he assured that there will be more than two more medals to come.
It was an evening decorated by the brightness of the awards of Yusneylis Guzmán and Gabriel Rosillo, silver and bronze, who received the embrace of Diaz-Canel, through the networks.
It is no coincidence that the medals were won in boxing and wrestling. Just as Cuba does not stop fighting, in Paris, sport also continues to fight.
