T&T's men's Olympic javelin cham­pi­on Keshorn Wal­cott left for a two-month train­ing stint in Cu­ba yes­ter­day. The trip is the sec­ond to the Span­ish speak­ing Caribbean is­land af­ter he first trained there in May, and qual­i­fied for the Olympics.

The 19-year-old went on to sur­prise many and up­set the favourites to take the men's javelin ti­tle at the Lon­don Olympics in Au­gust with a na­tion­al record throw of 84.58m.Join­ing Wal­cott on the Cuban trip will be Com­mon­wealth and Pam Amer­i­can Games mul­ti­ple medal­list Cleopa­tra Borel, Quin­cy Wil­son, Hezekeil Romeo and coach Ish­mael Lopez-Mas­trapha.