No,\u00a0Dayron\u00a0Robles\u00a0is not\u00a0a soccer player, but\u00a0until further notice\u00a0he\u00a0will compete\u00a0defending the\u00a0colors of the\u00a0French club\u00a0AS\u00a0Monaco, worldwide recognized for\u00a0its soccer power,\u00a0although in recent years its\u00a0dominance\u00a0has diminished,\u00a0a\u00a0story that should\u00a0change\u00a0in a few months.<\/p>\n
But\u00a0first\u00a0let’s talk\u00a0about\u00a0Dayron, who\u00a0has confessed\u00a0his\u00a0interest on definitely going to the\u00a0Stade\u00a0Louis\u00a0II\u00a0to witness\u00a0a\u00a0soccer game\u00a0of\u00a0his new club\u00a0and taking pictures with stars\u00a0of the caliber of\u00a0RadamelFalcao;\u00a0his main goal\u00a0is to show\u00a0the\u00a0world\u00a0that he still retains\u00a0the qualities that allow him to become Olympic champion\u00a0and world record\u00a0holder\u00a0in\u00a0the 110-meter hurdles.<\/p>\n
For a moment, I thought\u00a0it would cost\u00a0him\u00a0a lot to race\u00a0again due to Alberto\u00a0Juantorena\u00b4s statements\u00a0on behalf of the Cuban Athletics\u00a0Federation,\u00a0in which\u00a0Dayron\u00a0was accused of indiscipline\u00a0andunethical conduct\u00a0after\u00a0his involvement in\u00a0the\u00a0Primo
\nNebiolo\u00a0Memorial in Turin, where he run representing himself.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0the event\u00a0he\u00a0competed without\u00a0sponsors\u00a0and\u00a0without representing\u00a0any\u00a0association\u00a0or institution, which led to\u00a0a string of criticism from\u00a0his native\u00a0Cuba,\u00a0supported\u00a0then by IAAF\u00a0and its regulation, which specifies\u00a0that no athlete may participate\u00a0in international competition\u00a0unless being affiliated to a\u00a0club\u00a0or\u00a0a\u00a0country federation.<\/p>\n
But the novel came to its end\u00a0, faster\u00a0than I expected,\u00a0and Robles,\u00a0to the delight\u00a0of many,\u00a0will\u00a0jump\u00a0again\u00a0to\u00a0the tracks at the Ville\u00a0de Reims Athletics\u00a0Meeting,\u00a0northern France.<\/p>\n
”\u00a0Thank God\u00a0I belong to\u00a0AS\u00a0Monaco and\u00a0I\u00a0am very happy.\u00a0Now I am under the\u00a0jurisdiction of\u00a0the French federation\u00a0and\u00a0all I want is to\u00a0compete, “the\u00a0Cuban hurdler\u00a0said,\u00a0whose only immediate outlook isat least\u00a0getting closer\u00a0to the records that\u00a0placed him\u00a0among the elite\u00a0.<\/p>\n
Precisely\u00a0competing\u00a0out of shape\u00a0and leaving a\u00a0bad image, as\u00a0happened a couple\u00a0of weeks ago\u00a0in Turin,\u00a0would be the only\u00a0unforgivable thing for\u00a0Robles,\u00a0who\u00a0hoards\u00a0class and a\u00a0brilliant record\u00a0which is not\u00a0worth\u00a0to\u00a0stain\u00a0just to\u00a0“prove something” to\u00a0someone.<\/p>\n
He must\u00a0compete\u00a0with\u00a0any club,\u00a0in\u00a0any\u00a0meeting, but he must do it plenty of shape,\u00a0without\u00a0being surpassed by\u00a0low level\u00a0opponents, because\u00a0this could tarnish his\u00a0mediatic image.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0Cuba\u00a0some\u00a0regret\u00a0the\u00a0simply\u00a0fact of him\u00a0to compete, some\u00a0because they\u00a0refuse to\u00a0see him without\u00a0the\u00a0national jersey and others because they\u00a0would\u00a0suffer\u00a0when watching Robles winning medals for other country.\u00a0A year ago, Santiago Antunez, who was\u00a0Robles\u00b4 coach during\u00a0his golden period,\u00a0had\u00a0recognized\u00a0that “it was\u00a0a big mistake\u00a0to miss\u00a0an athlete of\u00a0that level.”<\/p>\n
Another group\u00a0will\u00a0plenty enjoy\u00a0each Dayron\u00b4s presentation, but\u00a0I repeat,\u00a0they\u00a0will not tolerate\u00a0repeated failures\u00a0against weak\u00a0opponents\u00a0or performances far from the ones of the\u00a0leading exponents\u00a0of the discipline.<\/p>\n
When just dealing with the possibility\u00a0of seeing\u00a0Dayron\u00a0to\u00a0compete under\u00a0another flag in a\u00a0World\u00a0Championship\u00a0or\u00a0Olympic\u00a0Games\u00a0would\u00a0motivate\u00a0other analysis because\u00a0although the former\u00a0world record holder\u00a0said in an interview\u00a0to AFP he was eager to return to\u00a0those\u00a0competitions, he must still\u00a0wait for two\u00a0years for defending the colors, for example,\u00a0of France,\u00a0a\u00a0nation\u00a0he\u00a0praised\u00a0and thanked.<\/p>\n
”\u00a0Anything is possible.\u00a0What I want\u00a0is to compete in World Championships and Olympics.\u00a0Currently,\u00a0France\u00a0is\u00a0helping me\u00a0very much and\u00a0I\u00a0hope\u00a0this\u00a0to continue\u00a0and\u00a0that always creates\u00a0an affinity\u00a0“,but he insisted\u00a0he will not change\u00a0his Cuban nationality.<\/p>\n
“I do\u00a0not\u00a0change\u00a0my\u00a0Cuban nationality; in fact\u00a0I do\u00a0not\u00a0lose it,\u00a0perhaps at some point in my\u00a0life I\u00a0have to adopt another\u00a0nationality to compete.\u00a0In this\u00a0world top level competition, I must\u00a0represent anotherfederation.\u00a0And if\u00a0Cuba\u00a0does not like it, well …\u00a0“he said.<\/p>\n
However, he stressed\u00a0that\u00a0he did not nor won\u2019t abandon\u00a0the people of\u00a0Cuba.\u00a0“I will never\u00a0leave the country\u00a0where I was born\u00a0and which\u00a0made\u00a0as an athlete.\u00a0That\u2019s a fact. ”<\/p>\n
One last thing: where\u00a0has Dayron gone\u00a0exactly?<\/p>\n
Simply\u00a0to the\u00a0Association\u00a0Sportive de\u00a0Monaco\u00a0Football\u00a0Club, an institution that\u00a0has\u00a0made\u00a0\u200b\u200b\u00a0its greatest\u00a0laurels\u00a0in soccer, but they\u00a0also have an\u00a0athletic\u00a0department.<\/p>\n
The economic terms of the agreement are yet known by public,\u00a0but it is valid\u00a0to note that\u00a0during the last month\u00a0the\u00a0AS Monaco has\u00a0spent\u00a0an awful lot of\u00a0million Euros in\u00a0signing star players for\u00a0its soccer team, supported by\u00a0the\u00a0pockets\u00a0of\u00a0Russian tycoon\u00a0Dmitry\u00a0Rybolovlev, who\u00a0studied medicine\u00a0,\u00a0but\u00a0made\u00a0\u200b\u200b\u00a0his\u00a0wealth through\u00a0chemicals and
\npotassium\u00a0fertilizers\u00a0and thanks to\u00a0privatization of\u00a0many\u00a0companies in his country.<\/p>\n
On March\u00a02013\u00a0his\u00a0fortune was estimated\u00a0in 9.1\u00a0billion euros,\u00a0according to Forbes,\u00a0and\u00a0he\u00a0is currently the largest shareholder of the Bank\u00a0of Cyprus.<\/p>\n
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No,\u00a0Dayron\u00a0Robles\u00a0is not\u00a0a soccer player, but\u00a0until further notice\u00a0he\u00a0will compete\u00a0defending the\u00a0colors of the\u00a0French club\u00a0AS\u00a0Monaco, worldwide recognized for\u00a0its soccer power,\u00a0although in recent years its\u00a0dominance\u00a0has diminished,\u00a0a\u00a0story that should\u00a0change\u00a0in a few months. But\u00a0first\u00a0let’s talk\u00a0about\u00a0Dayron, who\u00a0has confessed\u00a0his\u00a0interest on definitely going to the\u00a0Stade\u00a0Louis\u00a0II\u00a0to witness\u00a0a\u00a0soccer game\u00a0of\u00a0his new club\u00a0and taking pictures with stars\u00a0of the caliber of\u00a0RadamelFalcao;\u00a0his main goal\u00a0is to show\u00a0the\u00a0world\u00a0that he still retains\u00a0the qualities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2213,"featured_media":10280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[13930],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[33652],"class_list":["post-10594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technologies-of-communication-and-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n