Athletics: Robles advances to final
Cuba’s Dayron Robles, looking to make up for being stripped of the gold medal at the world championships.
GUADALAJARA:
Cuba’s Dayron Robles, looking to make up for being stripped of the gold medal at the world championships, cruised through the Pan-American Games high hurdles semi-finals. The Olympic champion and world record holder, disqualified for barging past China’s Liu Xiang as he won the world championship final in Daegu in August, clocked a comfortable 13.22 seconds as the fastest qualifier for the final. Meanwhile, compatriot Alexis Copello, who was fourth in the triple jump in South Korea, won the Pan-American title with a leap of 17.21 metres ahead of Yoandris Betanzos, who took the silver medal.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 29th, 2011.
Cuba’s Dayron Robles, looking to make up for being stripped of the gold medal at the world championships, cruised through the Pan-American Games high hurdles semi-finals. The Olympic champion and world record holder, disqualified for barging past China’s Liu Xiang as he won the world championship final in Daegu in August, clocked a comfortable 13.22 seconds as the fastest qualifier for the final. Meanwhile, compatriot Alexis Copello, who was fourth in the triple jump in South Korea, won the Pan-American title with a leap of 17.21 metres ahead of Yoandris Betanzos, who took the silver medal.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 29th, 2011.