Despite the time, it will not count as a Cuban record or take Mena to the World Cup.
Last year he broke with the Cuban national team and now has his base in Portugal and competes for the Lisbon club Benfica, according to Cuba.detailzero.com.
It was in a Continental Tour competition in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, that Mena had a show.
25-year-old Mena has been involved in athletics for a long time and finished third at the U18 WC 2013 in the then remarkable time of 20.79 as a 16-year-old.
Then not much happened in the development.
Ahead of this year's season, Mena's personal record was 20.26, something he lowered to 20.04 at the beginning of June.
Three top performances in a couple of hours
Almost shocked, he recorded a time of 19.63 in approved wind (+1.2 m / s) and took a place in the sprint race's fine room as tenth through the ages.
Before that, he had walked for ten seconds in 100 meters with a time of 9.99 (+1.6 m / s) for the first time after having 10.14 in headwind 1.4 m / s in the attempt.
In the same competition, Mena thus accounted for three top-class performances with the 200 m time as the icing on the cake.
- The more I think about it, to say the least, remarkable to put it mildly.
19.63 from nowhere, says Jeng who had never heard of Mena before the shock race.
- It is four tenths at that level.
Every tenth for 20 seconds is a barrier to cross.
It is an exponential development, says Jeng and feels the names that are on the top ten list a bit behind Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson: Noah Lyles, Walter Dix, Justin Glatlin, Tyson Gay and Andre De Grasse.
- These are all well-known names of runners that were known and had followed, Jeng thinks.