I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.

I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.

You never know the limit of a human being.

And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, training hard, go to bed early, don't drink alcohol, don't take drugs, it's very important to have a policy for educating against doping.

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.

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.