A first group of 23 Cuban athletes has arrived in Peru to participate at the
Lima 2019 Parapan American Games scheduled from August 23 to September 1 in the Peruvian capital.
The Cuban delegation is led by Paralympic swimming champion Lorenzo Perez, gold medalist in the 100m freestyle S6 at Rio 2016 and holder of a swimming world record in the same category.
Perez took gold at the Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, too.
A total of 48 Cuban sportsmen and women will take part in this new edition of the Parapan American Games.
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Published: 8/13/2019