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Cuba at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
At the 1996 World Championships, Annia Portuondo became the first Cuban gymnast to win a medal, earning bronze on vault.[1] Five years later at the 2001 World Championships Charles León Tamayo and Erick López would become the first male Cuban gymnasts to win a medal at the World Championships, earning bronze on vault and silver on parallel bars respectively.[2] During the 2003 World Championships, which took place in Anaheim, California, three Cuban gymnasts defected.[3][4][5] As a result, Cuba opted to stop sending gymnasts to the World Championships or Olympic Games. Cuban gymnasts would later return to these large international competitions, starting with the 2015 World Championships.[6] At this competition Manrique Larduet won two medals, a silver in the all-around and bronze on horizontal bar.[7][8] Medalists
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