Down-the-line.com / Athletics. Cuban discus thrower Yayme Perez quit the national team as he returned from the world championships in Eugene, USA. Perez is the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist in the discus throw.

According to the BBCthe Cuban fled the national team when the team made a stopover in Miami.

She became the third athlete in the Cuban delegation who decided not to return to her country after the World Cup. Earlier, Yiselena Bellar (javelin thrower) and physiotherapist Carlos Gonzalez escaped from the national team.