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Sport
Updated
18/11/09
Time
09:01 a.m. |
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World Champion Yargelis Savigne Invited to IAAF
World Athletics Gala |
Cuban two-time World Triple Jump Champion Yargelis
Savigne has been invited to participate in the annual
World Athletics Gala of the International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF), scheduled for November
20th through the 23rd in Monaco.
Sources from the Cuban Athletics Federation told ACN
that it is an honor for the Osaka 2007 and Berlin 2009
world champion to attend this meeting as only the top
athletes of the year were invited.
Savigne jumped 14.95 meters in the German capital
earlier this year to become the only Cuban gold medalist
of the Berlin 2009 IAAF World Championships.
Accompanied by her trainer, Milan Matos, the Spain 2008
Indoor world champion will travel on November 17th to
Monte Carlo, where the IAAF will announce the Best Male
and Female athletes of the year.
Other female athletes invited include Russian pole vault
specialist Yelena Isinbayeva, American Sanya Richards
(400 meters), New Zealand’s Valerie Vili (Shot Put),
Croatian Blanka Vlasic (High Jump) and Polish Anita
Wlodarczyk (Hammer Throw).
Meanwhile, among men, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is
the favorite to receive the award. Sources from the
Cuban Federation announced that during an extraordinary
meeting of the IAAF Council scheduled for Monaco later
this month, Cuba will be represented by twice-Olympic
champion and IAAF member Alberto Juantorena. |
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