We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world.

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.

I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner.

You never know the limit of a human being.

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world.