Cuban athletics

From dominance to decline: Cuba finishes third in Santo Domingo 2026 and disappoints in its flagship sports

Jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría will not compete in Santo Domingo 2026

Hernández Luján: "Cuban sports decline every four years."

Marlies Mejías gives Cuba its first gold medal at the 2026 Central American Games in Santo Domingo

Dayron Robles reveals what his true motivation was for training in athletics in Havana

Yasmani Copello: "The 400-meter hurdles taught me how to compete; training teaches me how to transcend."

Cuba bets on its tradition to shine again in Central American athletics

Cuban showdown in Doha: Davisleidy Velazco defeats Leyanis Pérez with a spectacular jump

Omara Durand receives an Honorary Doctorate in Sports Science from the University of Oriente

Cuban Jorge Hodelín soars to 8.46 meters, achieving the best mark of his career in France

Cuban triplist Davisleydi Velazco confirms her great moment with a victory in France

Runner Maher Salah becomes the National Champion of Cuba but ends up without a medal due to an unusual circumstance

Dionisio Quintana, coach of Osleidys Menéndez and a historic figure in Cuban javelin, has passed away

Her attitude towards life is surprising: this Cuban thinks this way and everyone applauds her

Cuban Jorge Hodelín narrowly misses the world podium with a brilliant fourth place finish indoors

From Cuba to world gold with Italy: Andy Díaz is crowned in the triple jump

Cuban Leyanis Pérez crowned at the World Indoor Athletics Championship

"We saw missiles from the balcony": Cuban ex-athlete Orlando Ortega recounts days of terror in Doha

Arián Iznaga: “I see through my ears; I just wish I could see my four children.”

Leyanis Pérez and Julio César La Cruz, the top individual athletes from Cuba in 2025

Cuba finishes in 30th place at the Deaflympics in Tokyo

Juan Francisco Centelles, an emblematic figure in high jump in Cuba, has passed away

The Cuban Orlando Ortega bids farewell with an Olympic legacy for Spain

Cuban Ulicer Aguilera wins silver and sets a continental record at the World Parathletics Championships

Cuban Robiel Yankiel Sol reaffirms his reign with a world gold medal in the long jump

Cuba ends the World Athletics Championships with its best performance in years

Gold for Portugal, bronze for Cuba: Two Cubans shine at the Athletics World Championship

Cuban Leyanis Pérez wins gold in the world triple jump and dethrones Yulimar Rojas

Yipsi Moreno after competing in the Tokyo World Championship: “I am not disappointed... I will return to Albania and try again.”

Yipsi Moreno eliminated in the Athletics World Championship... now representing Albania

Bronze for Cuban discus thrower Silinda Morales at the Tokyo Athletics World Championship

Yipsi Moreno will compete again in a World Athletics Championships, without wearing the colors of Cuba

Researcher and statistician Eddy Luis Nápoles: "Cuban athletics needs to get on the bandwagon of modernity."

Pan American Record!: Cuban takes gold in the 3,000 meters steeplechase

She was a champion, today she fights for her life: Cuban athlete urgently needs help

Another promise of Cuban athletics abandons delegation in Spain

Sotomayor, 32 years after 2.45: “Thanks to those who never forget”

Javier Sotomayor receives the Gloria Leyenda Deportiva Iberoamericana Award in Madrid

Javier Sotomayor will receive recognition as a Legend of Ibero-American Sport

Cuban sprinter Reynier Mena dominates the Diamond League with his best mark of the year

Juan Miguel Echevarría soars again: 8.24 meters in Salamanca and signs of recovery

Cuban heptathlete Marys Patterson leaves delegation in Europe before competing in Gotzis

Silence is golden: misinformation from the delegation leaves Cuban para-athlete without a medal in Colombia

Physiotherapist Miguel Enrique Durand: "Cuban boxing has had to undergo forced renewals."

Young Cuban achieves incredible feat: Runs 160 km from Guanabo to Varadero

Leandro Civil Jarvis, former Cuban athlete and architect of Ana Fidelia Quirós's successes, has passed away

The U.S. denies visa to part of the delegation for the World Athletics Championship: Only two competed for Cuba

Cuban triple jumpers Leyanis Pérez and Liadagmis Povea win gold and silver at the athletics world championship

Cuban triple jumper Andy Díaz is crowned world champion with Italy

Only three Cubans will compete in the World Indoor Athletics Championships

Cuban jumper Lester Lescay can now compete for Spain

Lázaro Arístides Betancourt, a key figure in Cuban athletics, has passed away

A new leaked photo of Alberto Juantorena shows significant physical deterioration of the Cuban two-time Olympic champion

Javier Sotomayor celebrates his 57th birthday excited and surrounded by admiration

Prominent Cuban athletics coach Enrique Eulalio Díaz Gómez has passed away

Husband of Ana Fidelia Quirós passes away in Italy: A love that lasted 26 years

Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo wins the Diamond, Lázaro Martínez off the podium

Omara Durand retires from competitive sports: "We are going to embark on other paths."

A legend of Cuban athletics bids farewell

Cuban Olympic silver medalist Hermes Ramírez passes away