Winner of gold medals in 5 consecutive Olympics: Legendary Cuban wrestler thanks Fidel Castro
Cuban athlete Mijaín López Núñez, who won the gold medal in the 130kg Greco-Roman wrestling category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and achieved the feat of winning this title five times in a row, thanked the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in his victory speech.
Cuban athlete Mijaín López Núñez, who won the gold medal in the 130kg Greco-Roman wrestling category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, thanked the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in his victory speech.
The legendary wrestler, who extended his record by winning a gold medal at his fifth consecutive Olympic Games, stated after the competition that his success was not due to 'individual talent' but rather owed to the socialist revolution that enabled everyone to engage in sports, saying, "I must thank our Commander-in-Chief (Fidel Castro) and the Cuban Revolution for this result."
GOLD MEDAL IN 5 CONSECUTIVE OLYMPICS
The Cuban athlete, who will turn 42 in two weeks, won gold medals in Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020, and now in Paris 2024. López Núñez has written his name into history as the first wrestler to win a gold medal in 5 consecutive Olympics.
News Source: 12punto
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