Dayron Robles: El poder de Cuba en atletismo (PERFIL)

PERFIL OLÍMPICO: Dayron Robles, poder cubano
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Dayron Robles, nacido en Guantánamo, Cuba, posee la plusmarca mundial de atletismo de 110 m vallas con un tiempo de 12,87 segundos.

El atleta fue subcampeón en 60 m vallas en el mundial en pista cubierta de Moscú en 2006 . En 2008, en el Campeonato mundial de atletismo de pista cubierta, siendo favorito para ganar el oro, fue eliminado en las series al frenar su carrera pensando que había ocurrido una salida nula.

La plusmarca mundial la realizó en la Reunión Atlética de Ostrava (República Checa), con una marca de 12 segundos y 87 centésimas (viento favorable: 0,9 m/s), el jueves 12 de junio de 2008, mejorando así la anterior del chino Liu Xiang con 12,88 segundos, que databa de mediados del 2006.El 21 de agosto de 2008, Robles se coronó campeón olímpico en Beiging.

Para 2010 consiguió la medalla de oro en los 60 metros vallas en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo en Pista Cubierta en Doha. Dayron ganó con un tiempo de 7.34 segundos para acabar por delante de los estadounidenses Terrence Trammell y David Oliver.

Frase: "Tengo que seguir motivado para hacer el último esfuerzo en la parte más importante que es el verano", afirmó a la agencia informativa AP, Dayron Robles. "Estoy decepcionado por muchas cosas, quiero terminar la Olimpiada y matar (retirarme) ahí mismo ya".

En Londres, Robles piensa mantener el título olímpico ganado en Beijing y romper su propio récord anterior en esta especialidad.

PERFIL OLÍMPICO: Dayron Robles (CUB)
Cuban athlete Dayron Robles (R) competes(01 of13)
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Cuban athlete Dayron Robles (R) competes at the men's 60M hurdles event during the XL Galan Stockholm Indoor meeting 2012 on February 23, 2012 in Stockholm. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Cuban athlete Dayron Robles (C ) crosses the finish line in first place together with Italy's Emanuele Abate (L) (4th place) and Sweden's Philip Nossmy (5th place) at the men's 60M hurdles event during the XL Galan Stockholm Indoor meeting on February 23, 2012 in Stockholm. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Dayron Robles of Cuba in action during the Aviva Grand Prix at the NIA Arena on February 18, 2012 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Cuba's Dayron Robles on his way to victory in a heat of the Men's 60m Hurdles during the Aviva Grand Prix athletics meeting at The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on February 18, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Cuba's Dayron Robles (C) competes to win the Gold Medal in the Men 110m Hurdles during the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, on October 28, 2011.AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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FILE This Wednesday, July 4, 2007 file photo shows Dayron Robles from Cuba in action to win the 110 meters hurdles race during the IAAF International Athletic Meeting in Zagreb, Croatia "I want to enjoy everything about the Olympics, as if I had never participated before," Robles said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I want to win, but I also want to take in the whole event so that I can share with athletes from different countries and cultures. This is a beautiful, emotional thing." The challenges for Dayron Robles come from all angles, and the Cuban hurdler knows all about the possibilities for upsets or bad luck. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) (credit:AP)
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FILE This Sunday, Aug 20, 2006 file photo shows Cuba's Dayron Robles in action to win the men's 110 meters hurdles during the Herculis track and field meeting in Monaco. "I want to enjoy everything about the Olympics, as if I had never participated before," Robles said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I want to win, but I also want to take in the whole event so that I can share with athletes from different countries and cultures. This is a beautiful, emotional thing." The challenges for Dayron Robles come from all angles, and the Cuban hurdler knows all about the possibilities for upsets or bad luck. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (credit:AP)
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In this photo taken March 12, 2012, Cuba's athlete Dayron Robles, 110 meters hurdle Olympic champion and world record holder, warms up during a training session in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes) (credit:AP)
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FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2011 file photo, Cuba's Dayron Robles reacts after crossing the finish line first in the Men's 110m Hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. A Cuban track official said on Monday March 5, 2012 that Olympic hurdling champion Dayron Robles will skip the world indoor championships in Turkey next weekend due to a minor leg problem. Robles was to return to Cuba on Tuesday to recover and is preparing to defend his Olympic crown in the 110-meter hurdles in London. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) (credit:AP)
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Dayron Robles of Cuba, right, winning the 60 meter hurdles, with Emanuele Abete, Italy, left, who placed fourth, during the XL-Galan Indoor athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo / Fredrick Persson) SWEDEN OUT (credit:AP)
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Wrapped in his country's flag, Cuba's Dayron Robles gestures as he kneels on the track after winning the men's 110m hurdles event at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:AP)
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Cuba's Dayron Robles, center, wins the men's 110m pole vault event at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Colombia Paulo Villar, left, finished second. At right is Dominic Berger, of the United States. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:AP)
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Cuba's Dayron Robles (547) celebrates after winning the men's 110m hurdles at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Back left is Dominic Berger, of the United States and at right Puerto Rico's Enrique LLanos. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) (credit:AP)

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