{"id":315603,"date":"2024-12-28T12:56:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T17:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=315603"},"modified":"2024-12-28T12:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T17:56:58","slug":"paris-2024-glory-and-a-dose-of-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/paris-2024-glory-and-a-dose-of-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris 2024: glory and a dose of reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris captured all the <\/span>sporting attention in 2024<\/b><\/a>. The events were a real show for the fans, who once again experienced the athletes\u2019 exploits from the front row after the contained experience of Tokyo 2020, where the pandemic slowed down the popular avalanche in the stadiums. Now, with the stands full in most competitions, the summer competition had a different air and recovered its splendor, without detracting in the least from what was achieved in the Japanese capital three years earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Cuba, the Games in the City of Light had a special flavor because of the golden closing of two authentic legends of global sport: Mija\u00edn L\u00f3pez and <\/span>Omara Durand<\/b><\/a>. Invincible for the umpteenth time, the wrestler and the runner gave all the glory in the world to the small Caribbean island, which had other outstanding stars, although in general the present event under the five rings showed the many seams of a movement with many uncertainties for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Olympic table of medals, Cuba fell to 32nd place with only two titles and nine medals, a quantitatively and qualitatively inferior performance to that of Tokyo and below the expectations and forecasts of the executives. This dose of reality, added to the withdrawal of several leading referents in recent cycles, as well as the decline of important figures and specialties, places Cuban sports facing the defying challenge of reinventing itself and surpassing itself in order to preserve at least the trail of the power that it once was.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba en Par\u00eds 2024, m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del rendimiento y las urgencias<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n