Lester Lescay receives World Athletics permission to compete with Spain

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The length of the jumper Lester Lescayof the origin of Cuba and acquired Spain’s nationality in December, You can already compete with the Spanish team After receiving this Thursday the consent of World Athletics through the Nationality Review Panel, the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) reported.

LESCAY23 years old and born in Cuba, a country he represents at Tokyo Olympic Games, He arrived in Spain in 2022 and initiated nationalization methods by marriage. Despite this, he has not been able to play international competitions that represent Spain during this time. After getting Spain’s nationality in December 2024, Lescay, a silver medal in length at the U-18 Nairobi World Cups in 2017, competed twice this January, with a Spanish passport. The first in Astana (Kazakhstan) with 7.91 and the second mark in Belgrade (Serbia) with 7.95.

Thus, Lescay, who is competing for Castellón’s beaches, already has the status of Spain and can take full selection in March in Europe of the Cover of Apperoorn (Netherlands) and play the World Cups in Nanjing Room (China).

Source: La Verdad

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