Cuban swimmer Lorenzo Pérez Escalona will try today to make it to the 400 m final for the first time in the Tokyo Paralympics after his failed attempts in the 50 m and 100 m events.

Cuban sprinter Omara Durand qualified today to the 100 m semifinals in athletics, category T12 (profound visual impairment) as part of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 31 (ACN) Cuban national team will face India today, in one of the matches for 9-16 places in the U19 boys' volleyball World Championship, which will conclude tomorrow in Tehran, Iran.

The Cuban national team lost 0-3 to India in the match for the 9 to 16 places in the U19 men's volleyball World Championship, which will conclude tomorrow in Tehran.

Omara Durand maintained on Tuesday her triumphant pace in events under the five rings, winning gold in the 400 meters in the T12 category and achieving for Cuba the second crown in the XVI edition of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Cuban long jumper Robiel Yankiel Sol Cervantes, barely 18 years old, gave the first gold medal to Cuba in the XVI Paralympic Games taking place until September 5 in the Japanese city of Tokyo.

Cuban Chess Champion Lisandra Ordaz is part of the America Team which will contest the Women’s Championship by teams scheduled for September 26 through October 3 in the Spanish city of Sitges.

Cuban sprinter Omara Durand, winner of five Paralympic titles, advanced today to the final of the 400 meters (m) in athletics, category T12 (profound visual impairment), in the world event hosted by Tokyo until September 5.

Cuban volleyball team lost today 0-3 to Russia, in the round of 16 of the U19 men's volleyball World Championship, which will conclude next September 2 in Tehran, Iran.

 Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez offered Cuban Paralympic athletes his congratulations on their medal-winning victories in Tokyo.

The Cuban men's national team will face Russia today in the round of 16 of the Volleyball U19 World Championship, held in Tehran, capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Leinier Savón won the silver medal Sunday in the long jump at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo with a personal best of 7.16 m to give Cuba its first medal in this event.

Cuban discus thrower Leonardo Díaz won the bronze medal on Sunday at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Cuban sprinter Omara Durand, winner of five Paralympic titles, will make her debut today at the Tokyo Games in the first round of the 400 m in athletics, category T12 (profound visual impairment).

In the first performances of the Cuban delegation at the 16th Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, weightlifter Leydi Rodriguez Rodriguez finished without a valid exercise and table-tennis player Yunier Fernandez lost in his debut in preliminaries.

Cuba will be opposite Argentina today in Pool D of the tournament hosted by Tehran, capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, until September 2.