Cuban Javelin Thrower Wins in Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

HAVANA, Cuba. Cuban Osleydis Menendez, Athens 2004 Olympic champion, won the gold medal this Sunday in the javelin event at the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix, in Brazil.

Menendez showed she is recovering her shape and threw the implement to the 62.74 meter mark, enough to overcome her team-mate Yanet Cruz (62.65) and Romanian Mónica Stoian (59.91).

Meanwhile, triple jumper David Giralt, fourth place in Beijing Olympics, reached the top of the podium with a 17.39 meter jump, 20 centimeters more than Yoandri Betanzos and 28 than World and Olympic champion Portuguese Nelson Evora.

In the long jump event, Ibrahím Camejo, from Cuba, won with a discreet 7.93 leap, trailed by Namibian Stefhan Louw with 7.81, and Wilfredo Martínez (CUB- 7.80). In the women’s event Yargelis Savigne, who leads the world ranking this season in triple jump, finished in the fourth
position with 6.59 meters.

The Cuban athletes will compete again on May 20th in Urbelandia, in Brazil.

(Triunfa Osleydis en Grand Prix de Atletismo Río de Janeiro)
(Jesús Arrieta Alfonso)