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Omara Durand and her fast golden legs in Lima
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Omara Durand showed again his impressive sprinter skills, crossing the 100 meters T12 (deep visual weaknesses) of the VI Parapan American Games in 11.76 seconds, his best time of the season.

“It was very cold again on the track, I think more than yesterday (Sunday) or at least we feel it, but we always go out to look for the best race,” he told JIT as he passed through the mixed zone still wrapped in his flag and accompanied by the guide Yuniol Kindelán.

“Today they gave us some blankets after we were left with running clothes, I think there were protests these days because at night the temperature drops a lot. We had never competed like this, ”he said.

In the afternoon, with 11.99 seconds in the series 2 of the qualifiers, Durand and Kindelan recalled the date of November 13, 2011, when running alone became the first disabled woman able to lose 12 seconds. It happened in the edition of Guadalajara, Mexico.

«I feel good to repeat the gold in the 400 meters, although it has been a year of problems with training because of diseases. It also affected me a lot that in Sao Paulo they wouldn’t let me compete for problems with my classification, ”he explained.

The controversial decisions of some medical panels made her travel to the Grand Prix of Bydgoszcz, Poland, last July, to get her approval, a kind of humiliation for the five-time Paralympic champion and world recordist in all three distances.

«The dictates in Brazil affected me a lot psychologically. Thanks to the support of the Inder we were able to go and resolve that issue. We were very upset before and clearly that also influenced training, ”said the same owner of three golds at the debut at this level in Rio de Jandeiro 2007, in addition to winning twice in Guadalajara 2011 and three in Toronto 2015.

Wwe will compete in the 400 playoffs and 28 will be the final. It is a longer race, but beautiful and we hope to win the third gold, ”he said with confidence and smiles. On upcoming presentations, Omara said that after these Games, he will resume training for the World Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, scheduled for November this year. There I could extend to five consecutive the leaders of this level in which I reach the titles in the three tests. It all started in Chrischurch, New Zealand, in 2011. She closed the Cuban performance today, leaving Brazil’s Viviane Ferreira (12.41) and Gabriela Mendonca (12.45) relegated. On Monday, Leonardo Diaz’s silver was also reached on the F56 disc (chair), with 42.20 meters, and the bronzes of the Raciel González jumpers among the classified F47 (affected upper limbs), with 5.77 meters, and the of Lázaro Yarlo Rodríguez for the F63-64 with 5.54.

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