The legendary Cuban hammerist Yipsi Moreno, who during her glory years was a fervent defender of the regime, has been in Europe for months with her family.
The ex-athlete herself shared on her wall Facebook two photos, one of them with her husband and son, taken in Belsh, a municipality in Albania.
The 43-year-old from Camagüey, who in 2022 said that many athletes who emigrate later regret it because "There comes a time when the money they earn in foreign clubs is not enough for them.", has been in Europe recently with part of his family, as revealed by sports journalist Yasel Porto Gómez.
Yipsi, world and Olympic medalist in the hammer throw, is one of the leaders of that discipline in the world.
After leaving active sport, she was appointed in 2018 to head the National Athletics Commission, until four years later She was released from office by "personal will", amid criticism for Cuba's low results in international competitions and accusations of mistreatment, after a video was released in which He could be heard verbally attacking students at the High School of Athletic Improvement (ESPA).
"I found out about my replacement on television"he confessed in an interview with CyberCuba days later, in which she denied being "despotic" and "rude."
In 2023 she was also excluded from the Council of State and lost her seat as a deputy of the National Assembly of People's Power, which also ended her participation in politics.
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