Cuba, once a sports superpower, now celebrates every gold medal at the Pan American Games. Two of them came Friday with two-time Olympic boxing champions and kept the team from the Communist island in competition with its Caribbean rivals the Dominican Republic.
Cuba’s Julio La Cruz celebrates beating Brazil’s Keno Machado in the men’s boxing 92kg final bout at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Cuba’s Julio La Cruz celebrates beating Brazil’s Keno Machado in the men’s boxing 92kg final bout at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Cuba’s Julio La Cruz, right, and Brazil’s Keno Machado fight in the men’s boxing 92kg final bout at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.
Cuba, the Dominican Republic and host Chile are in a bitter fight for the 6th place in the medal table as the largest multisports event in the continent reaches the midpoint.
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