The first time they started calling her Marileidy, Yisneidy Alcántara still did not know that one day she would end up playing the Olympic champion in front of a camera. At that time she was just an Azua girl who liked to run, jump and play sports. At 11 years old she played softball and, as she said, she was not thinking of turning that sport facility into a race. “I played softball before, like at 11 years old. I always liked to be jumping a l…
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The first time they started calling her Marileidy, Yisneidy Alcántara still did not know that one day she would end up playing the Olympic champion in front of a camera. At that time she was just an Azua girl who liked to run, jump and play sports. At 11 years old she played softball and, as she said, she was not thinking of turning that sport facility into a race. “I played softball before, like at 11 years old. I always liked to be jumping a l…