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Jeyvier Cintron is part of the “Famous Team”
The fiercest competition on the planet, Exatlón United States, returns to Telemundo with a new season that premiered on Tuesday, January 26. With more drama, euphoria, agony and enthusiasm, 24 athletes arrived willing to give it their all in a tough showdown to win more than a million dollars in prizes. This season, the Famous Team (Red Team) and the Contending Team (Blue Team) are made up of a combination of new participants who come in search of glory with some competitors returning for the second chance at the title. The intense family show this time has surprising circuits that test the physical and mental abilities of the participants in the biggest challenge of their lives. In this fifth edition, Frederik Oldenburg was greeted as the host, who is accompanied by the sportsscaster and the first champion of the program, Marisela “Chelly” Cantú.
Will there be two winners this season?
At the start of the first circuit of the fifth season, presenter Frederik Oldenburg announced a spring: this is the first time that Exatlon USA will have two winners, a man and a woman, and both will receive a cash prize of $ 200,000.00 .
On the first night, the 12 athletes who returned for revenge fought each other in a very uniform fight with 12 new warriors in a season full of finely tuned circuits and new challenges that will test all their skills. .
There are two famous wounded. Who is?
The Famosos team came back giving everything, but, although they did not triumph on most days, they also had two injuries in their new warriors. This is the case of Jeyvier Cintrón, who suffered a cut on her hand, and Anny Garza, who had a sprain that forces her to rest, so both are under medical observation and temporary rest.
Meet Jeyvier Cintrón and Anny Garza
One of the new faces of the competition is Jeyvier Cintrón. The 25-year-old comes from Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and is a professional boxer, and his dream is to become a world boxing champion. He was the first Puerto Rican to represent the island in two Summer Olympics, including 2012 and 2016. In 2017, he launched himself as a professional boxer participating in world-famous wrestling.
Anny Garza, in turn, is a Latin pride at the age of 32, being recognized for being the first Mexican woman to be recruited in a women’s soccer league in the USA called Legends League. He currently resides in Austin, Texas and is a member of the Austin Acoustic Team.
The audience can enjoy the full episodes of Exatlón United States live from Tuesday, January 26, or you can catch up with the Telemundo app available in the Google Play Store and Apple Store or by visiting Telemundo.com. Fans can join the conversation on social networks on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, in addition to obtaining content exclusively in Telemundo.com/Exatlon.
Exatlón United States, produced by Acunmedya for Telemundo, is an adrenaline-fueled program that aims to find the participant with the strongest physical and mental abilities through a series of obstacle courses, extreme living conditions and total isolation from the rest of the world.