As was the case last year, a host of Cuban athletics legends turned out in Havana for IAAF Run 24-1.
Race manager Alberto Juantorena, the 1976 Olympic 400m and 800m champion, was joined by city captain Javier Sotomayor, the high jump world record-holder, in the Cuban capital along with fellow Olympic medallists Ana Quirot, Dayron Robles, Maria Caridad Colon and Roberto Hernandez.
Los medallistas mundiales en La Habana compiten juntos para ayudar a mejorar la calidad de vida en Cuba💪#FirstMile pic.twitter.com/xXiXPYtixb
— IAAF (@iaaforg) June 2, 2019
They were among the 500 participants lining up at the Paseo del Prado on a warm and sunny day in Havana, the Central American leg of IAAF Run 24-1.
The focus, though, was more on the people who were running their #FirstMile
