Radio Havana Cuba | Estelar Leonel Suárez reaches his first gold medal in Centrocaribes games

Barranquilla, Colombia, July 31 (RHC) The decathlete Leonel Suarez, one of the great Cuban athletes of recent years, won his first title in regional games on Monday. , crowned in a fiercely contested final at Barranquilla-2018, was demanded to the maximum by Colombian José Gregorio Lemos.

Leonel, a double Olympic medalist and world medalist, had never won a medal in regional games, despite a successful race, with two Olympic medals and the same amount in the world whole.

Despite his great deficit in training at the so-called Golden Gate of Colombia, the illustrious son of Holguín exceeded for the umpteenth time his long career. Barrier of 8000 points, demonstrating once more his mastery in the moments of summit.

He reigned with 8026, relegating to second place local Lemos (7913, best personal mark) and Cuban also Briand Rivero (7858)

He started sixth in the first test in the 100 meters and few as soon as he got up to take second place, behind Lemos, in the penultimate lap, the javelin, to complete the victory with a spectacular closing in the 1500 meters.