By: Moisés Pérez Mok, Special Envoy / Photos: José Meriño
Cuba´s performance resulting in 123 gold medals, 66 silver and 65 bronze re-established its athletic predominance and was proclaimed Champion of the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games of Veracruz, 2014. Even with a smaller delegation, composed of about 540 athletes, and without participating in 108 of the 446 events, the Island came in second to Mexico in the medals table, who finished with 115 gold medals, 106 sliver 106 and 111 bronze. “This time the general level of competition was much tougher”, said Antonio Becali, Cuba´s President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER).
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