![]() ![]() Only two athletes, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya (2008), and Caster Semenya of South Africa (2018), have come within a second of Kratochvílová's mark since it was set. In 1983, she set the world record for the 800 metres, which still stands and is currently the longest-standing individual world record in athletics. She won the 400 metres and 800 metres at the 1983 World Championships, setting a world record in the 400 m. Jarmila Kratochvílová ( Czech pronunciation: ( listen) born 26 January 1951, in Golčův Jeníkov) is a Czech former track and field athlete. They represent Cuba and the Cuban people.Czech former track and field athlete (born 1951) Jarmila Kratochvílová "Even though they’re a private business, they’re doing work that shows our nation’s dignity and being private or state-run isn’t relevant,” Quirós said. The Clandestina collection’s theme appeared wisely chosen - pride in the nation’s sports glory is common to virtually all Cubans regardless of their attitudes toward the government or political beliefs. When Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visited Cuba, Cuesta hosted a tasting of offers from private restaurants.ĭuring a visit by the Spanish royal family this month, she wore a dress made by Dador, another small, private Cuban fashion label.įormer 800-meter star and two time world champion, Cuban Ana Fidelia Quirot, wears a creation from "Clandestina." This, today, is an advance.”Ĭuban first lady Lis Cuesta has become a quiet, high-profile promoter of Cuba’s private sector. "This is all a process that comes out of entrepreneurship in Cuba and this today is very favorable for us and for our customers. "This couldn’t have been done in the past in Cuba,” said Clandestina designer Gabriel Lara.Ī model presents a creation from Clandestina collection during a fashion show in Havana. Models wear creations from "Clandestina," the first Cuban independent urban fashion brand.ĭespite that, Clandestina was able to win permission to debut its 2020 "Glories of Sports” collection in the 4,000-seat Fonst arena, with the participation of athletes seen as national heroes, in a sign that at least some members of Cuban officialdom are increasingly accepting the legitimacy of private enterprise. The Cuban private sector is legal but highly restricted by law, thickets of bureaucracy and official views of private enterprise as either a necessary evil, a potential threat to the socialist system, or both. Runway models included stars from the glory days of Cuban amateur sports, including world record high jumper Javier Sotomayor, Olympic champion runner Ana Fidelia Quirot and Regla Torres, considered by many to be the best female volleyball player in history. The four-year-old fashion label Clandestina on Friday night debuted a new collection, based on Cuba’s legacy of international athletic achievement, in the Ramon Fonst arena in Havana’s Revolution Plaza, home to the most powerful Cuban state institutions.Ī model wears a creation from "Clandestina," the first Cuban independent urban fashion brand. Thousands of young Cubans packed a Havana arena to witness a small step forward in the tumultuous relationship between one of the world’s last communist states and its small but vibrant private sector. Cuba's track and field athlete and two-time 800m World Champion Ana Fidelia Quirot presents a creation.
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