Youth Olympian Alegna Osorio dies after being struck by hammer

Cuba’s Youth Olympics hammer thrower Alegna Osorio has died from head injuries he sustained in a training accident, the Cuban national sports institute said on Thursday.

The 19-year-old Osorio was struck by a hammer at a track and field stadium in Cuba in April.

And after going into coma, it has now been confirmed that she passed away on Tuesday as a result of her horrific head injuries.

“We share this unbearable pain with her family,” said Osvaldo Vento, the president of Cuba’s national sports institute.

Osorio placed fourth in the girls’ event at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympics and took bronze at the Pan-American under-20 championships two years ago.

The teenager’s death was noted at the Tokyo Olympics by United States hammer thrower Gwen Berry ahead of her event starting on Sunday.

Berry wrote on her Twitter account. “Sending love to her family during this time. This is so sad,”