Some 29 years ago a demigod was born in Cuba: Mijain Lopez. Of these half human, half immortal children of Zeus, who wander the earth with superlative powers and dedicate their lives to delight the crowd with extraordinary genius.
On Monday August 6, 2012, The great Caribbean Achilles weighing 120 kilograms delighted millions of Cubans with his gold medal at the London 2012Olympics, despite being surrounded by mysticism and scepticism, but which removed any doubt about who the best Greco-Roman wrestler of the world, pound for pound, is nowadays.
Gossip went: he lost to the Turkish in the last world championships, that his motivation was not the same that from his youth, that he was lacking stamina and strength, he owes to training, that his knees were depleted, that yesterday and today are antagonistic … malicious nonsense and omens, pure speculation, blah, blah, blah.
In the British capital Mijaín left no doubt of his historical significance. There, the four-time world champion (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010) swept all opponents without allowing a single point against. Once again he demonstrated his divine hierarchy and was crowned Olympic champion for the second time in his life: Beijing-2008 and London-2012.
The wrestling phenomenon celebrated his victory as if it were the first of his career, and this time actually had to maximize his innate abilities to crush his rivals because the competition was strong, but above all to shut the mouths of those who lost confidence in him or maybe never had it to begin with, and covered themselves behind Turkish Riza Kayaalp to elect their Antichrist.
Certainly the Turkish managed to sit on the throne at the World Championships held in 2011 in Istanbul, one of the major cities of Turkey, but his reign lasted little when he lost unquestionably in the Olympic semi-final against the Titan Lopez.
“I feel unbeatable”, said the Cuban born in the town of Los Palacios in Pinar del Rio, before admitting that "the fight with the Turk was a final moved ahead, and it was one of the best fights of my life."
In the battle for the title he only needed to get on the mattress of the ExCel Arena to frighten his opponent, Estonian Heiki Nabi, who barely made Mijaín resistance and was happy with his silver medal, which certifies him as "the best fighter of the other league.”
Yes, because in a league athletes of bone and flesh compete, and the other is intended solely for the immortals, those who will star again and again allegories to his name, and will pass from generation to generation leaving a legacy of glory.
Now only one question remains: Will Mijaín fight for his third Olympic title in 2016 Rio de Janeiro? That will have to leave it to Chronos or Zeus himself, the almighty god that inhabits Olympus.
Author
Yasiel Cancio Vilar
