| DID YOU KNOW ...
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| | Championship was boycotted by Cuba. The
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| Taismary Aguero was born and raised in
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| | place: South Korea. For the first time
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| Cuba before becoming a naturalized
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| | since 1978, volleyball players from Cuba
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| Italian citizen. She is one of the most
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| | did not part in an Olympic tournament.
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| famous volleyball players in the 2000s.
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| | The team Cuban did not defend its world
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| Under the hands of Taismary Aguero, Cuba
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| | title it had won in Rome two years
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| won the gold medal in volleyball in the
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| | before.
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| 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. However,
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| | Cuba sent 120 athletes to the 1973 World
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| she escaped to Italy in 2001 and having
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| | Student Games, which were held in Moscow,
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| won a national team call-up became the
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| | USSR (currently Russia).The Cuban
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| first naturalized volleyball player to
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| | contingent participated in nine Olympic
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| score for Italy. Perhaps her greatest
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| | sports: basketball, athletics, fencing,
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| triumph was captaining her new country to
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| | gymnastics,volleyball, waterpolo, diving,
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| their first World Cup triumph in Tokyo,
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| | tennis and wrestling. The best athlete
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| Japan, in 2007. Ironically, Italy, led by
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| | was Alberto Juantorena, who won a gold
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| the amazing play of Taismary Aguero,
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| | medal in the men's 400 meters.
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| defeated Cuba 3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-16)
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| | The Second Baseball World Cup was played
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| in the finals.
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| | in 1939 in Cuba. Three teams took part
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| Cuba did not sent a boxing team to the
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| | and the hosts beat Nicaragua in the final
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| 1985 World Cup in Seoul, South Korea's
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| | in Havana.
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| capital. Why? Because Fidel Alejandro
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| | In 2006, Osmany Juantorena Portuondo was
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| Castro Ruz did not recognize South Korea
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| | the 18th Cuban athlete to be disqualified
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| as an independent and sovereign country.
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| | for drugs. He is Alberto Juantorena's
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| There were many famous boxers who did not
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| | grandson.
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| go to Korea: Juan Torres Odelin, Pedro
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| | The Cuban dictatorship restricts the
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| Orlando Reyes, Arnaldo Mesa Borell, Jesus
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| | sports people's contacts with non-allies
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| Sollet Tomasen, Adolfo Horta Martinez,
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| | nations (especially South Korea, Poland,
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| Eduardo Correa Ferrer, Candelario
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| | Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Hungary and the
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| Duvergel Odelin, Angel Espinoza Capo,
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| | Czech Republic). It allows few Cuban
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| Julio Quintana Martinez, Pablo Romero
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| | athletes to travel outside the country.
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| Hernandez and Teofilo Stevenson Lawrence.
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| | DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT:
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| Ramon Fonst Segundo has won more Olympic
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| | Like Alexandre Alekhine (France), Bobby
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| gold medals than Teofilo Stevenson
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| | Fischer (USA) and Garry Gasparov
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| (boxing), Alberto Juantorena Danger
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| | (Russia), Jose Raul Capablanca y Graupera
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| (track and field), Mireya Luis Hernandez
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| | is considered by experts as one of the
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| (volleyball) and Felix Savon Fabre
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| | most important chess players of the
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| (boxing).Who is he? Ramon Fonst was a
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| | twentieth century. He won the title of
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| famous fencer in the 1900s, 1920s and
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| | world chess champion from 1921 to 1927.
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| 1930s. He was born into a
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| | Where was Jose Capablanca born? He was
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| sports-oriented family in the Cuban
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| | born on November 19, 1888, in Havana.
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| capital of Havana on August 31, 1883. His
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| | The problem of illegal drug usage among
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| father was a sportsman in the 1870s and
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| | Cuban athletes closed the competition in
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| 1880s. Like Jose Raul Capablanca (chess)
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| | the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas,
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| and Eligio Sardinas Montalvo (boxing), he
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| | the capital city of Venezuela. The most
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| was an athlete who always competed with
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| | notable disqualification was Cuban
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| love for Cuba. Ramón Fonst obtained 125
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| | weighlifter Daniel Nunez, who had won a
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| medals in competitions held in Europe,
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| | gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in
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| Latin America and North America. In the
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| | Moscow, URSS. He was voted athlete of the
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| 1900 Olympic Games in France, Ramon won
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| | year for 1982 by Prensa Latina.
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| the gold medal in the epee event, and in
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| | Jorge Enrico Blanco was one of the Cuba's
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| the 1904 Summer Olympics in the United
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| | best known and well-loved boxers. Why? In
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| States, he won three gold medals. In
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| | 1967, he won the Pan American lightweight
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| 1926, he won two gold medals at the
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| | title.
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| Central American and Caribbean Games in
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| | In the Olympic Games of 1904, the Cuban
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| Mexico City. Certainly, Ramon Fonst is
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| | fencing team won 8 medals (3 golds, 2
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| the greatest Latin American athlete of
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| | silvers and 3 bronzes).
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| the 20th century.
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| | Maria Teresa Mora Iturralde was a famous
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| In the early 1990s, large number of
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| | chess player. In 1922, she won the
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| athletes began leaving their country
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| | National Chess Championship of Cuba.
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| because of poor economic conditions there
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| | From 1954 to 1968, Bertha Diaz won 258
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| and severe treatment by the secret
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| | gold medals. At the Pan American Games in
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| police. Many sought refuge in the United
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| | 1955, she won the 60-meter sprint and
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| States, Spain and Canada.
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| | qualified for the 1956 Olympic Games.
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| Cuba sent 2 athletes to the 2003 World
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| | Unfortunately, she escaped from Cuba in
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| University Games, which were held in
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| | the 1960s when it became a communist
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| Daegu, South Korea. They were Yordanis
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| | dictatorship. In 1956, she set a new Pan
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| Arencibia and Yurileidys Lupetey ( judo).
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| | American record of 11.20 seconds in the
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| The 1987 World Junior Volleyball
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| | 80-meter hurdles.
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