Leuris Pupo always thinks about the Olympic Games

Shooter Leuris Pupo is one of the few Cuban athletes who already has a ticket to Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which would be his seventh event under the five rings, although in a dialogue with CubaSí he admitted that he sees himself competing even in the 2036 Olympics.

“I have a lot of confidence, each cycle increases despite the fact that the conditions in Cuba are not the best are not the best for training, but mentally I go into competition mode and mentally and things go well for me.

“I feel fine, I always think about the Olympics, even if it’s years before, it’s my goal. Central Americans Games and Pan American Games, but always with my sights there.”

Your results are also a reference for your teammates, both in the pistol and in the other modalities…

“Having two medals also pushes the rest of the team and that’s why we are aware that regardless of the difficulties, the medals can come out because the potential is there.”

The Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile are now in their sights, but before that there will be other competitions.

“We are looking forward to compete and we will go to the World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan (from August 14 to September 1), a World Cup in Brazil (from September 8 to 19) and then the Pan American Games (from October 20 to November 5), where we plan to repeat the feat of Lima 2019, where Jorge Felix (Grau) and I finished 1-2.”

It will also be an opportunity to increase tickets to Paris 2024, do you think it’s possible?

“Yes. At the World Cup we have a chance to qualify as a team for Paris, last year we were ninth and this time as we will be several days early we this time, as we are going to be several days ahead of time, we think we can improve on that place for them to achieve their places. The World Cup gives us four and the the Pan American Games another two in individual, but as there are already shooters from Europe and Asia Europe and Asia, it could be that with an eighth place we can qualify in the first case. in the first case”.

The World Championship is the only important medal that is missing in your. Are you focused on getting it now?

“I always say that the important thing is to have a good run in the qualifying in the qualifiers, and anything can happen in the final. It’s a debt

I’m still in debt, but I’m not too obsessed about it, what I always have in mind is the Olympic Games. What I always have in mind are the Olympic Games.

So, in Olympic mode, is always Leuris Pupo, and thanks to that he has achieved his best results.

Thanks to that he has achieved his best results. Maybe Paris will see him on the podium again.

By: Lemay Padrón Oliveros (Cubasí) / Translated by Radio Angulo