HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 14 (acn) The most outstanding Cuban athletes, teams and sports in 2016 will be announced today in a press conference at Havana´s Sports City Coliseum.
Obviously, most of those chosen will be the medalists at Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where Cuban accumulated five gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
Greco-Roman wrestlers Ismael Borrero and Mijail López and boxers Julio Cesar La Cruz, Arlen Lopez and Robeysi Ramirez, golden quintet at that event, are the candidates to best male athlete in individual sport.
The same happens with judoka Idalis Ortiz and discus thrower Denia Caballero, winners of silver and bronze medals, respectively, in Rio, but among women.
The rest - silver and bronze medalists - will surely appear in the top 10, chosen by the vote of specialists from the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, and the Circle of Sport Writers from the Association of Cuban Journalists.
Yasmany Lugo -Silver/ Freestyle wrestling -must join the list, like the three others who finished third in Rio Olympics: boxers Joahnys Argilagos, Erislandy Savón and Lázaro Álvarez.
There could also be included the shooter Leuris Pupo, gymnast Manrique Larduet or beach volleyball players Nivaldo Díaz and Sergio González, all deservers of that recognition, although the latter two also opt for the best team sport award.
None of them reached the podium, but they proved to be in the elite of their respective sports.
Boxing and beach volleyball should receive the most votes to decide the men's individual and team sport, respectively, while boxers may repeat as a team.
The mystery will be in the designation of the female athlete and team sport, the latter without presence in the Olympic event.
There will also be announced the best junior and handicapped athletes, led by sprinter Omara Durand, Paralympic champion in the women´s 100, 200 and 400 m in Rio, where she set new world and Paralympic records.
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