Photo: Reuters.

A group of runners led by Roxana Gómez will represent Cuba this Saturday in

the III Félix Sánchez Athletics Classic 2023

, in the Dominican Republic.

In addition to the Olympic finalist in Tokyo 2020, Lisneidy Veitía (400 meters), Daily Cooper (800), Yunisleidy García (100 and 200) and past world youth finalist Yarima García (100 and 200) have been invited to the competition, according to confirmed to JIT the Cuban Athletics Federation.

Shainer Reginfo (100 and 200), bronze medalist in the junior world competition, and Yoao Illas (400 hurdles) complete the representation of the Island for a joust that bears the name of the legendary Dominican hurdler, double Olympic and world champion.

Reports from the headquarters point out that the call includes variations regarding the official distances, since

it includes tests of 300 and 600 meters, as well as a 300-meter race with hurdles.

The organizers confirmed the presence of local stars such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic runner-up in the 400 meters, Marileidy Paulino, along with Alexander Ogando and Fiordaliza Cofil.

The Paulino-Roxana duel would take place in the 300 meters

, a distance in which the hostess has a mark of 35.16 seconds since last March 17, the third best in the ranking of all time.

Roxana has not officially ventured into this type of test at the start of the season, in which she exhibits a time of 51.53 seconds as the best performance around the oval.

Athletes from 17 countries, including the United States, Jamaica, Canada and Great Britain, will be among the entertainers of this one-day rally that will be broadcast live on Panam Sports Channel.

“For us it is with great satisfaction to announce the third edition of the Classic, an effort that we make with the main objective of raising the level of athletics in the Dominican Republic.

This is a way of demonstrating that our country has the conditions to celebrate sporting events of the highest level”, Félix Sánchez himself told the press during the presentation of the event.

(Taken from JIT)