Holguin sport shooter Leuris Pupo Requejo became medalist in the ongoing Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador-2023.
The Olympic champion and silver medalist could not climb to the podium in the individual rapid pistol event due to a malfunctioning of his gun, although he later won the team gold medal.
This is Leuris’ eleventh gold medal in Central American and Caribbean Games and the sixteenth one in general; which confirms him as the most successful Holguín athlete in those events.
On the first day of the individual 25-meter rapid-fire pistol competition, Leuris had a malfunction in his gun, which pushed him to shared 14th place. In the second day he did not manage to fully recover, but he placed third.
As the first two places were the Cubans Jorge Álvarez and Jorge Grau, Leuris fell to fourth place, since, according to the regulations, a country cannot receive all three medals from the same event.
In a gesture of great significance, the Mexican Fidencio González, who won the bronze, gave that medal to the Holguin athlete, to whom, he estimated, it really belonged.
Leuris regretted what happened with his pistol, but was pleased that the gold and silver medals remained in the hands of the Cubans.
In the team tournament of this modality, in San Salvador, the Cubans conquered the top with 1,634 points, followed by Guatemala and Puerto Rico.
Until Tuesday, the Holguín athletes in San Salvador had won ten medals (two gold, five silver and three bronze).
Leuris Pupo Requejo became gold medalist in the Olympic Games of London and grabbed the silver medal in Tokyo.
He has also won medals in world tourneys, in Pan Am Games and Central American and Caribbean Games.
Sport shooter Leuris Pupo Requejo is the most winning athlete from Holguin province and in Cuba stands among the best sportpeople ever.
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