Cuba’s Quirot Critical but Stable After Suffering Extensive Burns

Ana Quirot, Cuba’s star middle-distance runner, was reported in critical but stable condition Sunday from extensive burns suffered in what was described as a household accident.

A dispatch by the Mexican government news agency Notimex, monitored here, said Quirot was seven months pregnant and suffered burns on more than one-third of her body.

The dispatch did not say what caused the accident.

A midday bulletin by Hermanos Amejeiros Hospital in Havana said Quirot spent a comfortable night and was fully conscious and responding well to treatment. It said 10% of the burns were third-degree and the rest second-degree.

Quirot, 29, an Olympic, Pan American Games and World Cup medalist, was rushed to Calixto Garcia Hospital in Havana late Friday. She was treated and placed in an intensive-care burns unit at Hermanos Amejeiros.

Quirot won a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 1992 Olympics. She also won golds in the 400 and 800 at the 1987 Pan Am Games, in the 800 at the 1991 Pan Am Games and in the 400, 800 and 1,600-meter relay at the 1991 World Cup.