The Cuban Pedro Luis Fernández Gamboa is the great hope of Puerto Rico for the sailing event in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Although Cuba did not qualify any of its athletes in this discipline for the competition, the young man born on June 12, 1997, in Havana, will compete under the Puerto Rican flag, like the other 20 athletes who will represent other countries in the Olympic event.
Pedro Luis Fernández Jr. competes this Sunday, July 28, for Puerto Rico, a country he arrived in along with his father in 2008 and where he has developed his entire sports career.
This talented sailor has participated in World Cups in Miami (United States) and Melbourne (Australia).
In addition, he was the flag bearer for Puerto Rico at the first Central American and Caribbean Sea and Beach Games in Santa Marta, Colombia, 2022, where he won a silver medal.
This year, he also competed in the regional multi-sport event in El Salvador.
He arrived at the Island of Enchantment in 2008 along with his father and coach, of the same name, who was part of the Cuban team in this discipline for many years.
A total of 21 Cuban athletes will represent other delegations at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reflecting the unstoppable exodus of athletes in recent years.
Thirteen nations have the talent of those born on the island, while two representatives were selected to join the Refugee Team: canoeist Fernando Dayán Jorge and weightlifter Ramiro Mora.
Puerto Rico will have the Cuban basketball player Ismael Romero and the sailor Pedro Luis Fernández Jr. within its sports delegation.
The largest of the Antilles will present its smallest team since Tokyo 1964, with only 62 members, although it aims for five titles and to place among the top 20 nations in the overall standings, according to authorities from the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER).
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games were inaugurated on Friday and will end on August 11, with the participation of around 10,500 athletes from more than 200 National Olympic Committees.
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