自1976年蒙特利尔奥运会起,古巴一直雄踞奥运金牌前八名,这不能不说他们创造了一个奇迹。拿古巴人自己的话说,按人口计算,古巴人均金、奖牌数均居世界第一。 去年古巴体育风波不断,田径、棒球、举重项目上的优秀运动员在国际大赛中先后出现兴奋剂问题,跳高名将索托马约尔被停赛,泛美运动会举重62公斤级冠军瓦尔加斯、69公斤级冠军德尔加多、105公斤级亚军的莫·桑切斯和一些棒球运动员在加拿大温尼伯泛美运动会上都被查出使用兴奋剂。10月在美国休斯敦举行的世界业余拳击锦标赛中裁判争议达到顶点,古巴选手不断以点数落败,在67公斤级决赛中,埃尔南德斯又以点数被剥夺金牌,卡斯特罗总统下令古巴代表团退出比赛,迫使国际拳联重新审视裁判错误;改判金牌给古巴人。与此同时古巴向国际奥委会作出强烈反应:假如国际奥委会不能保证必要的条件,古巴将 Since 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, Cuba has been the top eight Olympic gold medal, which can not but say they have created a miracle. According to Cubans own words, Cuba’s per capita gold and medal rank the highest in the world by population. Cuba’s sports troubles continued last year, athletics, baseball, weightlifting athletes in the international competition has doping problems, high jump Sotomayor was suspended, the Pan American Games weightlifting 62 kg champion Wurguas, 69 Kilo champion Delgado, 105kg runner-up Mo Sanchez and some baseball players were found to be using doping at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. In October the culmination of a refereeing dispute at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, United States continued with the loss of points by the Cuban players. Hernandez was again deprived of gold by points in the 67kg final, and President Castro ordered Cuban delegation to withdraw from the game, forcing the International Football Federation to re-examine the referee error; to change the gold medal to the Cubans. At the same time, Cuba reacted strongly to the International Olympic Committee: If the IOC can not guarantee the necessary conditions, Cuba will