Cuban Marcos Alejandro Fern\u00e1ndez won the gold medal in the Under-23 Sprint category at the Bridgetown 2026 World Triathlon Regional Development Cup, held in Barbados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fern\u00e1ndez clocked 58 minutes and 28 seconds after completing the 750-meter swim in 9:56, the 20-kilometer bike ride in 31:12, and the 5-kilometer run in 16:38, according to the Facebook page Camino a Los \u00c1ngeles 2028<\/em> (Road to Los Angeles 2028).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guatemalan Jorge Ra\u00fal Cabnai finished second with a time of 59:21 (9:34, 31:35, and 17:22), and Barbados native Luke McIntyre took third place with a time of 59:36 (9:59, 30:52, and 17:37).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the competition, which featured 17 triathletes from the region, the young Cuban was the only one to break the 59-minute barrier, thanks to a consistent performance throughout the three segments leading up to the final stretch, securing his victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marcos Alejandro\u2019s win marks a promising start for Cuban triathlon in the 2026 season, and it was especially valuable for him as a gauge of his physical condition, given the cancellation of the traditional Havana Triathlon Cup on February 21st due to the difficult situation facing Cuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cuban Marcos Alejandro Fernández won the gold medal in the Under-23 Sprint category at the Bridgetown 2026 World Triathlon Regional Development Cup, held in Barbados. Fernández clocked 58 minutes and… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[42],"class_list":["post-10090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"authors":[{"term_id":42,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"radio-habana-cuba","display_name":"Radio Habana Cuba","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10092,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10090\/revisions\/10092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10090"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiorebelde.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}