2024-05-25 17:10:13
The Cuban wrestler, Ángel Pacheco, identified for competing within the 130 kg class, made the choice to go away the Antillean crew whereas he was in Croatia.
The actual fact was disclosed by sports activities professional, Roly Damaso, highlighting a earlier than and after within the profession of the 26-year-old athlete.
Initially from Havana, Pacheco was seen as one of many future guarantees of Greco-Roman wrestling in Cuba, even being Pan American champion in Ottawa in 2020 and acquiring a bronze medal in 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
“Ángel Pacheco, a younger man from the 130 Kg Greco-Roman crew, has simply left the nationwide crew in Croatia, the place he was a part of the athletes who have been chosen to assist the athletes certified for Paris 2024,” reads the publication.
Regardless of his achievements, the presence of established figures akin to Mijaín López and Oscar Pino represented important limitations to his promotion inside the nationwide crew.
In the meantime, it ought to be famous that the coaching base in Croatia was a part of the preparation for the subsequent Olympic Video games in Paris 2024, with the participation of already categorized athletes akin to López himself and Gabriel Rosillo, amongst others.
Pacheco, together with different athletes, was anticipated to assist the preparation of those athletes, outlining a path to the Olympic competitors.
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The departure of this Cuban fighter thus joins the lengthy checklist of athletes who’ve made the identical choices.
Final yr, three feminine wrestlers escaped from the island, and in the identical interval, the excessive variety of deserters included judokas, karatekas and a boxer.
Now, Pacheco embarks on a brand new chapter in his life and profession, in search of these alternatives that a lot of his colleagues have already achieved removed from the sports activities authorities of the Castro regime, which solely thinks about its personal advantages.
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