Olympics Spotlight – Danell Leyva, Gymnastics

(Editor’s note: The Olympics Spotlight is a weekly feature that we’ll be publishing from now until the end of the London 2012 games. The stories, highlighting U.S. Latino Olympic athletes,  are produced by NBC Latino and re-published here with their permission. Look for them every Tuesday.)

By NBC Latino Staff

Olympic gymnast and 2011 world champion, Danell Leyva, has his eyes set on the gold. Leyva shares with NBC news about escaping form Cuba as a young child and what drives him to be the renowned gymnast that he is today.

This video was first published in NBC Latino.

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