Yasmani Fernandez, one of Cuba's top athletes in the hammer throw, defected from the communist Castro dictatorship during a layover in Paris, France on his way to Hungary for the Budapest World Athletic Championship. Suarez joins dozens of other Cuban athletes who have escaped the Castro regime's chains of slavery this year. Via CubaNet (my
Cuban Yaimé Pérez, one of the best Discus Throwers in the world, defected to the United States while on her way home from the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.