![]() ![]() I always enjoy his company because he knows his tennis very well and I used to play in the fundraising tennis matches he’d put on. I’ve sat with Sir Cliff Richard in the stands a few times at Wimbledon because we’re both members of the club, which gets you a seat at Centre Court. But on that day, at the men’s quarter-finals, it was getting very frustrating and nothing was happening. They booed when the covers went on and cheered when they came off. Wimbledon crowds have always been quite animated when it comes to the weather, particularly in the days before the retractable roof was built. I remember the day was awful: just continuous rain. Lauren Billys and Castle Larchfield Purdy will compete in equestrian events.Tennis stars Pam Shriver, Liz Smylie, Martina Navratilova and Gigi Fernandez sub in as Cliff’s backing singers Yankiel Rivera Figueroa will represent Puerto Rican boxing. Andres Arroyo, Ryan Sanchez, and Wesley Vazquez will compete in track and field events. ![]() In all, there will be 37 athletes representing Puerto Rico in sports including baseball, swimming, table tennis, golf, judo, sailing, wrestling, shooting, skateboarding, tae kwon do, and diving. Dartmouth student Isalys Quiñones is another member of the women’s basketball team. Her grandmother lives in Puerto Rico, making her eligible for the team, even though she and her parents live in New Mexico. Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage will also play basketball. This is the first time Puerto Rico has sent a women’s basketball team to the Olympics. She played for Arkansas State and recently transferred to Illinois State before joining the Puerto Rican National basketball team. This year, Team Puerto Rico includes Jada Stinson, a Kentucky native of Puerto Rican heritage. There are also Puerto Rican athletes born and living in the States who represent Puerto Rico in the Olympics. ![]() Monica Puig, won the first gold medal for Puerto Rico in 2016. Puerto Rico has taken home nine medals, six of which were awarded for boxing. athletes have won 2,828 medals, the largest number by far for any nation. Jack Lopez, born in Puerto Rico, will play baseball for the United States this year. Tennis player Gigi Fernandez, a strong statehood supporter, won two gold medals in tennis for the United States. Puerto Ricans can and do participate as members of the United States team, as well. The International Olympic Committee did not accept their application. ![]() Surfing will be one of the events in this year’s Olympic games, and Hawaiian surfers applied to have a team specifically from the State of Hawaii (their application was in the name of the Kingdom of Hawaii). Statehood Wouldn’t Cost Puerto Rico Olympic Team, Olympics Official Assures Olympics officials have said that Puerto Rico’s political status is not an issue for eligibility for an Olympics team. There are other Olympics teams that don’t represent actual present-day countries: American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Guam, Aruba, and the Refugee Team. The Island has sent a team to every Summer Olympics event since then, and has also competed in several Winter Olympics contests. They have done so since 1948, when boxer Juan Venegas earned a bronze medal. Puerto Rican teams compete at the Olympics. ![]()
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