Cuban athlete Alejandro Rodríguez captured the bronze medal this Saturday at the Santa Fe Triathlon Continental Cup in Argentina.

“El Kenya,” as he is also known, stopped the clock at 54:30 minutes in the sprint distance event.

He was pushed to his limits by Brazil’s Kaue Willy (54:19) and Ecuador’s Gabriel Terán (54:22), who took gold and silver, respectively.

With that third-place finish, Rodríguez led the performance of the two island representatives in the competition.

The medal added another standout result to the Havana native's season, following his victory in May at the Ixtapa Americas Cup.

On that occasion, he prevailed with a time of 55:11 minutes, ahead of American Porter Middaugh and Mexican Darrell Zúñiga.

Rodríguez, a World Triathlon scholarship holder, holds among his credentials a silver medal from the 2025 Huatulco World Cup. This year, he also won the national championship, finishing ahead of Marcos Fernández and Jorge Alemañez.

In the women's event in Santa Fe, Leslie Amat finished sixth with a time of 1:03:32 hours. The Cuban athlete put up a strong fight against the podium finishers, led by Venezuela's Rosa Elena Martínez (1:01:31) and Chile's Dominga Jácome and Rafaela Capa, who took second and third with times of 1:01:54 and 1:02:26, respectively.

Amat entered this event after claiming the same position at the Callao-Lima Americas Cup and the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo. In the continental competition in Anzoátegui, Venezuela, she had finished seventh.

The Santa Fe Continental Cup was contested in the sprint format, featuring a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer cycle, and a 5-kilometer run. The final time encompasses all three segments along with the two transitions: from water to bike, and from bike to run.

Setúbal Lagoon and the East and West coastal promenades hosted the route, centered around Parador Santa Fe, headquarters of the Santafesina Triathlon Association. The iconic Suspension Bridge formed part of the connecting cycling route to the transition zones.

The overall event drew 105 athletes from 18 countries across three continents, divided between the elite and junior competitions. This figure accounts for the entire event and not exclusively the races involving the Cuban athletes.

For Rodríguez and Amat, this appearance forms part of their return to the international circuit following the Central American and Caribbean Games. Their competition schedule aims to build momentum in preparation for the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima.

The announced calendar includes their participation, alongside Marcos Fernández, at the San Pedro de la Paz World Cup in Chile on November 1. One week later, they are scheduled to compete at the Iquique Continental Cup, also in Chilean territory.