Golden moment: Alberto Juantorena wins the 800m at the Montreal Olympics Alberto Juantorena paused for thought: "I don't know why I'm telling you all this. If your country did all these things, and ...

Alberto Juantorena, nicknamed "The Horse", became the first and only athlete to have won the 400m and 800m double at an Olympic Games. His feat at the 1976 Montreal Games also saw him break the ...

Michael Johnson is one of the greatest sprinters in the history of the track and field world. From being the only male athlete to have won both the 200m and the 400m event in the same Olympics, to ...

HAVANA — They were the Lion and the Horse, a fighter and a runner who emerged from the island of Cuba and provided the moments that made the Olympics something special back in the 1970s. Teofilo ...

June 13 - Alberto Juantorena, Cuba's prodigious double Olympic champion at the 1976 Montreal Games, is the latest athletics legend to be named as one of the 24 inaugural members of the International ...

MELBOURNE, Dec 26 AAP - Peter Moody is convinced an impressive win on Boxing Day at Sandown is the start of better things to come from lightly raced Juantorena. The four-year-old, who started $3.60 ...

ATLANTA — They made an interesting pair, standing down on the field at Olympic Stadium Monday night. Michael Johnson, on the medals platform after his 400-meter victory, receiving the gold medal from ...

That familiar figure who slipped in and out of Orlando several months ago was Alberto Juantorena, former Olympic 400- and 800-meter champion and one of the world’s most respected track athletes.

San Juan, 18 may (EFEUSA).San Juan, 18 may (EFEUSA). — Las autoridades puertorriqueñas mediarán para que el excampeón olímpico de los 400 y 800 metros y actual presidente de la Federación Cubana de ...

The announcement of this honour comes followed the Ibero-American Championships in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, where the Cuban team won eight titles and a total of 18 medals for second place on the medal ...