{"id":203567,"date":"2019-08-04T16:53:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T20:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=203567"},"modified":"2019-08-04T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T20:53:23","slug":"whats-left-of-lima-halfway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/whats-left-of-lima-halfway\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s left of Lima: halfway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States is going full speed ahead, Mexico is a strong candidate to enter the Top-4, and Brazil and Canada are vying for the second place at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, in which Cuba, despite the <\/span>overwhelming pace in boxing<\/span><\/a>, is a step below the advanced group and with the feeling that it will not meet any of its goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps from within the delegation they still cling to the possibility of retaining the fourth place of Toronto 2015, or equaling Canada\u2019s 36 gold medals, but the island\u2019s fans, who suffer and enjoy the Games from a distance, hardly believe it\u2019s possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

One might think it\u2019s a pessimistic vision, but in reality we are facing an indisputable reality when coming face to face with the numbers. Halfway, Cuba has a considerable deficit of titles compared to Toronto, taking into account only finished sports.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Canada, 13 gold medals were won between artistic gymnastics, taekwondo, weightlifting and canoeing, disciplines that now contributed two golds. The negative difference is 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

Somehow, boxing has stood up for the country with its eight gold medals, and shooting, which is not yet over, has also contributed more than expected. In the particular case of the boxers, they exceeded by far their Toronto performance, when they climbed six times to the top of the podium.<\/span><\/p>\n