Fue una emoción muy linda la que sentimos porque en cada uno de ellos vivimos las emociones de las olimpiadas.
Cada cubano estuvo luchando junto a Mijaín para alcanzar su quinta medalla de oro olímpica, con Erislandy tiramos piñazos a diestra y siniestra para noquear a los adversarios.
Junto a la más pequeña de la delegación bailamos y lloramos de alegría por su medalla plateada con ribetes dorados y subió su estatura de gigante al convertirse en la primera medallista mundial de la lucha cubana. De igual manera nos contagiamos de la alegría de Milaymi Marín y no dejamos de luchar junto a ella para que la lucha femenina hiciera historia y alcanzara dos medallas en una misma justa olímpica.
Luis Orta y Gabriel Rosillo nos enseñaron lo que es la vergüenza deportiva y sus lágrimas y sus sinsabores deportivos fueron los nuestros, a pesar de saber el valor de una medalla olímpica y de disfrutar de todas las alegrías que ellos nos han regalado.
Con Arlen López disfrutamos de su tercera medalla olímpica que, esta vez no pudo ser de oro, pero ese bronce lo pone a la altura de los grandes campeones del boxeo cubano y lo convierte en el segundo cubano en ganar tres medallas olímpicas en divisiones diferentes.
Rafael Alba hizo gala de su apellido y nos alumbró el alba de un nuevo amanecer al regalarnos una medalla de bronce que no estaba en los planes y que sirvió para subir a la delegación en la tabla de medallas y, para él, convertirse en el único de taekwondo con dos metales olímpicos.
Con Yarisleidis Cirilo vivimos cada una de las paletadas en el canal de remo y empujamos tan fuerte como pudimos para llegar entre las primeras a la meta. Tal parece que en cada esfuerzo estábamos buscando la gloria olímpica o no quedar fuera de las medallistas olímpicas.
Unidos a ellos vino el grueso de nuestros atletas. Los que lo intentaron y no pudieron, los que nos ilusionaron, los que son el futuro.
Para todos, mi agradecimiento eterno por lo que me regalaron, en medio de tantas dificultades y problemas.
Ahora vienen momentos de análisis, valorar causas de los problemas y saber qué debemos hacer para mejorar en las próximas olimpiadas. Es cierto que se pudo alcanzar un mejor resultado, pero, ustedes lo intentaron y sencillamente, no pudieron o el rival fue mejor.
Decía José Martí que Quien no tenga el valor de sacrificarse, debe tener al menos el pudor de callarse ante los que se sacrifican.
Esas palabras bastarían para callar a los que nunca en su vida han practicado deportes o saben del valor del sacrificio.
Clave: He utilizado el traductor DeepL Translate.
ENGLISH
Another adventure of the Olympic Games is over and, beyond what our athletes did and the analysis that must come now, the truth is that we feel an immense joy to see all our champions getting off the Air France plane that brought them back home.
It was a very nice emotion that we felt because in each one of them we lived the emotions of the Olympics.
Each Cuban was fighting with Mijaín to achieve his fifth Olympic gold medal, with Erislandy we threw punches left and right to knock out the opponents.
Together with the smallest of the delegation we danced and cried with joy for her silver medal with gold trimmings and she raised her stature as a giant by becoming the first world medalist of Cuban wrestling. Likewise, we were infected by Milaymi Marín's joy and we did not stop fighting with her so that women's wrestling could make history and achieve two medals in the same Olympic Games.
Luis Orta and Gabriel Rosillo taught us what sporting shame is and their tears and their sporting sorrows were ours, despite knowing the value of an Olympic medal and enjoying all the joys they have given us.
With Arlen Lopez we enjoyed his third Olympic medal which, this time could not be gold, but that bronze puts him at the level of the great champions of Cuban boxing and makes him the second Cuban to win three Olympic medals in different divisions.
Rafael Alba showed off his surname and gave us the dawn of a new dawn by giving us a bronze medal that was not in the plans and that served to raise the delegation in the medal table and, for him, to become the only taekwondo player with two Olympic medals.
With Yarisleidis Cirilo we lived each of the strokes in the rowing channel and pushed as hard as we could to reach the finish line among the first. It seems that in every effort we were looking for Olympic glory or not to be left out of the Olympic medalists.
Together with them came the bulk of our athletes. Those who tried and could not, those who gave us hope, those who are the future.
To all of them, my eternal gratitude for what they gave me, in the midst of so many difficulties and problems.
Now come moments of analysis, to evaluate the causes of the problems and to know what we must do to improve in the next Olympics. It is true that a better result could have been achieved, but you tried and simply could not, or the rival was better.
José Martí used to say that whoever does not have the courage to sacrifice himself, should at least have the modesty to remain silent before those who sacrifice themselves.
Those words would be enough to silence those who have never played sports in their lives or know the value of sacrifice.
Key: I used the translator DeepL Translate.