{"id":207066,"date":"2019-10-05T20:53:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T00:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=207066"},"modified":"2019-10-05T20:53:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T00:53:29","slug":"yaime-perez-overcomes-injury-and-becomes-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/athletics\/yaime-perez-overcomes-injury-and-becomes-world-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Yaim\u00e9 P\u00e9rez overcomes injury and becomes world champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the mysteries behind the great competitions and their protagonists are unimaginable to us. Sometimes, an injury, last-minute family losses or the most unthinkable stress out of the sports arena take out of circulation an athlete with the possibility of achieving a good result.<\/span><\/p>\n

The saddest thing is that these issues are not thought of too much when the athlete is defeated. Fans usually only care about who wins, without looking at the various factors that influence the outcome of each event.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the World Athletics Championship in Doha, for example, if discus thrower Yaim\u00e9 P\u00e9rez had a bad result, the instinct of the Cuban fan would be to criticize her, to question why she did not achieve her best mark in the summit event of the year. Few, in the first instance, would have wondered if the Santiago athlete had a problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And it turns out that Yaim\u00e9 did go through a limiting situation, a back condition that was about to deprive her of participating in the Qatari world championship, where all the forecasts placed her as a favorite to climb to the top of the podium.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Three days ago I suffered an injury, I thought I would not recover,” <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> Yaim\u00e9 tearfully to colleague Eyleen R\u00edos, shortly after impressing the world with a successful shot of 69.17 meters, achieved in the next to last attempt, almost when it was time to close the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I want to thank physiotherapist Abdel Murgu\u00eda, he helped me a lot in the recovery. Without his support none of this would be possible. That’s why I ran to the stands to hug him when the competition ended,” <\/span>added<\/span><\/a> the undaunted athlete, who reaffirmed herself as the undisputed queen of the discus throw in 2019, ahead of the also Cuban Denia Caballero and the stellar Croatian Sandra Perkovic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yaim\u00e9 came out on another hot night at Khalifa International Stadium, where she stamped a resounding 68.10 on her first attempt. With that distance she was the leader until the fourth round, when Caballero, Olympic bronze in Rio 2016 and world champion in Beijing 2015, achieved 68.44 and climbed to the top.<\/span><\/p>\n