DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Coach Jose Ludwig Rubio (center with cap) and his athletes. Photo: Diario Libre/ Aneudy Tavarez

The Dominican Athletics Federation has excluded Jose (Ludwig) Rubio from the coaching staff for the Dominican team to the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador, Diario Libre reports. The games start on 23 June in San Salvador. Nine of the athletes who Rubio coaches say they will not compete in El Salvador without their coach.

Rubio produced 2012 Olympic silver medallist Luguelin Santos from scratch in Monte Plata. He is regarded as one of the better track and field coaches worldwide.

For the El Salvador Games, he is the coach of Fiordaliza Cofil (200m-400m and relays); Evelin del Carmen (400 meters hurdles), Marianny Otaño (100 m hurdles0, Franshina Martinez (4 x 400m), Jose Gonzalez (100m and 4 x 100m), Juander Santos (400 M hurdles), Robert King (400m and 4 x...