The Cuban sprinter Shainer Reginfo was ruled out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after suffering an injury this Saturday during his training session in the city of Guadalajara, Spain.
Reginfo, the new national record holder in the 100-meter dash with a time of 9.90 seconds, had to receive medical attention for a fissure in the base of the fifth metatarsal of his right ankle.
"I was covering a morning strength training session at the gym when the accident happened as I was coming down from the bench due to an ankle inversion, which resulted in an injury. I was promptly attended to and am following the recommendations," explained the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER) in a statement.
According to the text published in JIT, the island loses a runner who had raised expectations among athletics followers, thanks to a record unprecedented for a Cuban sprinter.
In Salamanca, also in Spanish territory, the native of the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud surprised both locals and strangers with the aforementioned record, in an event where his teammate Reinaldo Espinosa stopped the clocks at 9.96 and also secured a spot at the appointment under the shadow of the five rings.
With the multi-awarded wrestler Mijaín López as its standard-bearer, Cuba aspires to conquer five gold medals in the upcoming Olympic Games and finish among the top 25 nations in the final standings table.
Three years ago in the Tokyo 2020 program, the largest of the Antilles finished in fourteenth place on the table, with a total of seven gold medals, three silver medals, and five bronze medals.
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