Fateful Day for Cuba in Rio 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug 18 (acn) The twelfth day of the 31st Olympic Games, under way in this South American city, was fateful for Cuban participants, whose intentions were winning two bronze medals.

In the morning session, the first and ambitious medal planned for Wednesday disappeared when kayaker Yusmari Mengana was eliminated in the preliminary round of the women's K-1 500 meters event after finishing sixth in her heat in 2:02,162 minutes.
Also in this sport, the men's pair composed of Jorge Garcia and Reinier Torres in the K-2 1000m could only reached the B finals, after ending last in their qualifying heat with 3: 23,466 minutes.
The other bronze medal was unachievable for boxer Yosbany Veitía (52 kg), who in a controversial decision by the judges lost 1-2 in the quarterfinal stage to Chinese Jianguan Hu, with which the Cuban boxing squad saw its chances to win reduced to only three gold medals.
In athletics, decathletes Leonel Suarez and Yordanis Garcia finished the first day of competition in positions 15th and 17th, with scores of 4 176 and 4 130 points, respectively, while Sahily Diago, Rose Mary Almanza and Lisneydi Veitía were eliminated in the first round of the women's 800 meters.
In addition, Roberto Skyers ranked 22 nd among runners attending the three semifinal series of the men's 200 m, a stage dominated by extraordinary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, while the surprise went to the non-classification to the finals of U.S. athlete Justin Gatlin, one of the favorites to the podium.
Finally, hammer thrower Roberto Janet had a discreet shot of 73.23 m and could not be included among the 12 finalists of this event.