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"I Already Want to Be Operated on": the Paused Dream of Being an Athlete of a Cuban Child

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Havana, Cuba In a period of time in Havana, the Cuban child Juan José Guilarte runs and jumps like any 10 year old child, although he has a prosthesis on his left leg. His dream of being a paralympic athlete is paused by surgery still dateless, due to the energy crisis on the island. Juan José was born with a congenital malformation: his left leg only developed to the femur and the patella, but that condition never stopped him, according to his …
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Havana, Cuba In a period of time in Havana, the Cuban child Juan José Guilarte runs and jumps like any 10 year old child, although he has a prosthesis on his left leg. His dream of being a paralympic athlete is paused by surgery still dateless, due to the energy crisis on the island. Juan José was born with a congenital malformation: his left leg only developed to the femur and the patella, but that condition never stopped him, according to his …

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udgtv broke the news on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
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