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  • 02 / 21 / 2015


Orlando Ortega and Dayron Robles won first and third place in Pedro's Cup in Poland. Only the American Aries Merritt got in the way. However, as to leave no room for doubt that this season is looming successful, Cubans dominated the last meeting held in indoor stadium.

This is the third consecutive victory for Ortega, 24. He debuted in Berlin (7 seconds and 52 hundredths), then went to Polish soil (7.45 best record of the year) and now in Stockholm, Sweden, stopped the clock at 7.52. These elements dictate to clear his state of grace, because times are its historic highs in 60 meter hurdles.

On the lid, Cuban said that despite the cold felt good, "It was a pretty good race. What has pleased me most is stability. I am calm about it and I think at some point must come top brands ".

On the possibility of attending the World Championships in Athletics, agreed to Beijing, which has raised several questions, Olympic finalist also expressed via Facebook: "We do not know anything about that. I still have no idea if I can attend or not. Hopefully, for me it would be a pleasure and a dream come true. But still I have nothing clear, I can wait for the Olympics ".

For the summer monarch in 2008, Dayron Robles, has seen much higher than a few months ago, although the lack of power that brought him to stardom note. Now he reached the finish line in 7.56 seconds away from your main result of 7.33, the second universal dimension, just three hundredths behind world record of Britain's Colin Jackson in 1994.

The next competitive level of both pass the upcoming February 25 in the athletic meeting of Malmo, Sweden.

Source: OnCuba


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