Cuba targeting Tokyo glory amid pandemic problems
China Daily |
Updated: 2021-04-12 09:54
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Cuban sport shooter Laina Perez, 32, has her sights firmly set on a "dream" Olympic debut as she trains at a bio-secure bubble in Havana ahead of this summer's postponed Tokyo Games.
Perez won the gold medal in the 10-meter air pistol discipline at the 2019 Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru, becoming the first woman to stand on the podium for the Cuban delegation at the event.
The Tokyo Games, scheduled for July 23-Aug 8, will be her first Olympics.
"This is a dream I had long been waiting for. I feel like a winner already," she told Xinhua.