Juan Miguel Echevarría’s Long Jumps

In the early morning hours of September 28, 2000, in La Guernica, a “trouble-making barrio” in the north zone of the city of Camagüey, a few fanatics were awake, cursing the luck of a hairy Australian. Jay Taurima, an electric and unknown jumper, was stealing Ivan Pedroso’s Olympic glory. There was silence in the narrow … Continue reading Juan Miguel Echevarría’s Long Jumps