Estela Rodríguez remembers Fidel’s legacy (+ Audio)
2021-11-24 18:56:30 / [email protected] / Yordanis Blanco Calderín
In the memory of the former Antillean Jew Estela Rodríguez Villanueva, the memories of the three exchanges that she was able to hold with the Leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz survive.
Five years after the physical departure of the Commander-in-Chief, the woman from Santiago, the first world champion of Cuban Judo, explained to Radio Rebelde how those encounters were fostered.
The first, according to the indomitable, was when the title was made in the 1989 Belgrade World Cup, on that occasion Fidel sent her to look for Palma Soriano to get to know the ex-judoka closely, when the day of contact with him arrived, she was shocked having in front of a person of the stature of that giant.
In the Palace of Conventions, the second meeting of the Barcelona 92 Olympic runner-up with the Commander took place, just before leaving for that appointment, an event where the Father of Cuban sport stopped the Pioneers Congress to follow the final of Wake.
Finally, this sporting glory, he met for the third time with Fidel prior to his participation in the Atlanta 96 Olympic Games, a competition where the palm tree reached a silver medal.
These encounters marked me for all my life, Estela explained, since I learned very nice things from him, because with the Commander-in-Chief you had to have a lot of discipline, that’s why he still inspires respect, I classify him as my second father, he adds.
The ex-judoka from Santiago Estela Rodríguez Villanueva also sent a message to the large Antillean delegation that represents us in the first youth Pan-American games in Cali, Colombia.
Rodríguez recommended to the Cuban sports relay that they give everything, that they surrender, fundamentally to perpetuate the memory of the eternal Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz on the new anniversary of his physical departure on November 25.
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