ALTHOUGH he will have to wait until August 20 to
run in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles in the
current Berlin World Championships, Dayron Robles,
Olympic champion and world record holder, affirmed
that "a medal would be a good birthday present for
the Commander in Chief."
|
Foto:
Ricardo López Hevia |
Talking over the phone, the 23-year-old athlete
from Guantánamo and his trainer Santiago Antunes
said that on August 13, Fidel’s birthday, they cut a
cake to celebrate that important day, and the idea
of the present came up.
Dayron has stated that his dream as a person and
athlete is to meet Fidel. "When I was a child and
saw on television the Cuban athletes giving their
medals to Fidel when returning from major meets, I
thought, one day I’ll do that too. For that reason,
he is in all of my victories."
"He is doing well and is calm, waiting for the
moment of the race; the world championship is one
more competition; he has to run it well like he has
done over the course of this season," said the
experienced trainer. Antunes also led Anier García
to two Olympic medals, the gold (2000) and the
bronze (2004), and Dayron to the world record of
12.87 seconds and a gold medal in Beijing. (A.M.G.)
