(FILES) Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino wins the women's 400m during the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Suzhou on April 27, 2024. Cuba's Mijain Lopez, four-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, stands out in a select group of nine athletes chosen by the Pan American Sports Organization (Panam Sports) as ambassadors of the American continent for the Paris-2024 Olympic Games. In addition to the Cuban wrestler, the Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade (Olympic champion Tokyo-2020), the Dominican sprinter Marileidy Paulino (Olympic silver), the Canadian swimmer Margaret McNeil (gold in Tokyo-2020), Argentine rugby player Marcos Moneta (World Player of the Year 2021), Saint Lucian runner Julien Alfred (World Champion), Mexican diver Osmar Olvera (World Champion 2024), Chilean tennis player Nicolas Jarry, and US discus thrower Valarie Allman (Tokyo 2020 gold). (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)