Cuban discus thrower Yaimé Pérez performs the longest throw in the world since 1989

The Cuban disco ballYaime Perez last Saturday he achieved aimpressive launch of 73.09 meters, which ranks it as the longest in the world since 1989, at the Oklahoma Throwing Series athletic meet in Ramona, San Diego County, United States.

Pérez, who left his ties with Cuban sports in 2022 and settled in the United States, not only surpassed the 70-meter barrier for the first time, butreached three meters beyond that mark.

The sequence of her throws began with a foul, but the Doha 2019 world champion threw, on the second opportunity, her discus at 71.96 meters, breaking her previous mark of 69.39 meters, set in 2019 itself.

In the third round, the discus landed further and with a winning mark, up to 73.09 meters. The other throws were 69.13 meters and 71.50 meters, before culminating in a failure.

32 years old,the Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2020, on this occasion broke the North American record ofValarie Allman of 71.46 meters and now rises to tenth place on the world all-time list.

Pérez, who was the main figure that led Cuba to the World Athletics Championships in the American city of Eugene, Oregon, held in August 2022,He left the delegation shortly before returning toto island.

The Cuban official press, although trying to minimize the impact of this leak, said that it was considered “serious indiscipline.”

In her first competition in the United States, held in April of last year, “La Rusa,” as Yaimé is also known,won third place in the field and track tournament held at the Tritón stadium, in La Jolla, California, with 66.97 meters.

At the annual California invitation-only competition,The Cuban achieved such a record in her sixth throw, after starting the test with 64.81 meters. The next attempts were 64.12 m, 66.12 m, 66.76 m and a fault.

That same year, but in June,The athlete won the New York Grand Prix, at the Ichan Stadium, with 67.44 meters, which is his best mark in the last two years.