The Cuban team of weights successfully completed its performance at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi 2019, after the 2 participating athletes showed their strength, quality and refined technique to obtain a total of 2 gold medals, 2 silver medals, 1 bronze and 1 fourth place.
The weightlifter Yaritza Parrado won the gold medal in the squat (silver) and silver medals in Deadlift (deadlift) and Bench Press (bank), thus achieving another gold medal in the combined total, for a total of 2 medals of Gold and 2 of Silver.
The weightlifter Yoandy Beltrán obtained 1 Bronze medal in Deadlift (deadlift), with a personal record of 160 kg, and a Fourth place in Squat (crouching).
Both athletes have received a wide recognition and admiration by the public and other athletes present at the awards and at the venue of the event, highlighting that being a small delegation of only 2 athletes have obtained several medals of all colors, which evidences the high quality of Cuban sport.