Cuban pole vaulter Yarisley Silva is expecting a child: “I never thought that pregnant women would go through all this”

The outstanding Cuban pole vaulter Yarisley Silva Rodríguez She is 37 weeks pregnant and will soon be the mother of a boy.

“It is a beautiful process. I never thought pregnant women went through all this. That's why it is said that there is only one mother," said the Olympic runner-up, who he told the official website Cubadebate How did he suddenly leave athletics when he heard the news?

Silva, who has had threats of abortion and premature birth throughout the process, does not rule out returning to the sport.

“My son is my Olympic gold medalist. But you have dreams, goals, you are not satisfied. “My aspiration has always been to finish high, to be remembered as that athlete who achieved championships and medals,” he said.

When Mother's Day is celebrated in Cuba, the athlete did not want to stop congratulating Cuban mothers and also thanked her family for their support.

“I want to take advantage of this interview to congratulate Cuban mothers and those who are going to be mothers. Now that I'm going through this, I know it's a unique experience. The greatest treasure a mother has is her child. In these nine months I have been able to feel that love, although I have not yet had the baby in my arms,” said the woman from Pinar del Río, visibly moved.

“I would like to send greetings and thanks to my family for their support in this process, especially to my husband, Yoandri Alberto Lescay, 400 meter racer. Even in the midst of his duties, he has been attentive to me and that has comforted me a lot,” he added.

Silva's child will be called Elías, a biblical name that corresponds with his Christian faith.

“I send a kiss to the people of Cuba, to the people who remember me with love and affection. “To all, a big hug,” he concluded.

In this interview of Cubadebate, where Silva assures that she would rejoin the Cuba team last October, it is not mentioned that in April of last year the athlete and her coach, Alexander Navas Páez, They had requested the withdrawal of the national athletics team.

At that time, the statements of the journalist from Radio Havana Cuba Raúl Rodríguez, who described the news as “regrettable.” “They should never have said goodbye in that way to the sport to which they contributed so much for years,” he wrote.

“Although we would never have wanted their goodbye to be this way, they have the eternal applause and recognition of Cubans and athletics lovers,” he stated.

The news was known shortly after Silva Rodríguez decided not to participate in the 18th edition of the World Indoor Athletics Championships, held in March 2022 in the Serbian city of Belgrade, after failing to get his poles - which were in Spain - They will arrive on time for the competition.