著名航海家哥伦布发现的新大陆——拉丁美洲各国,近年来体育运动发展很快,有的项目已达到世界水平。在本届洛杉矶奥运会上,拉丁美洲的体育健儿将与欧洲和美国的明星们决一雌雄,争个高低。古巴是拉美各国中田径运动水平最高的国家。早在一九七六年蒙特利尔奥运会时,该国中距离跑运动员阿尔贝托·胡安托雷纳就曾荣获男子400米和800米两项冠军.并以1分43秒50的优异成绩创造800米世界新纪录。胡安托雷纳的成就一时间震动了国际体坛,使五大洲中距离跑明星暗然失色。蒙特利尔奥运会之后,胡安托雷纳的运气不佳,接连不断的伤病,使他 The new continent discovered by the famous navigator Columbus - all countries in Latin America has witnessed rapid development of sports in recent years and some projects have reached the world standard. At this year’s Los Angeles Olympics, Latin American athletes will compete with the stars in Europe and the United States. Cuba is the highest level of athletics in all Latin American countries. As early as the Montreal Olympics in 1976, Alberto Juan Torres, a middle-distance runner from the country, won two men’s 400m and 800m and won with a score of 1:43:50 800 m world record. Juan Torres’s achievements for a time shocked the international sports, so that the five continents running star stunned. After the Olympic Games in Montreal, Juan Torreina’s bad luck, a series of injuries, so that he