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The Cuban delegation that will participate in the 23rd Central America and Caribbean Games, Baranquilla 2018, was defended on Saturday against the eternal flame that perpetuates the memory of the heroes and martyrs whose remains rest in the patrimonial cemetery of Santa Ifigenia, in the city of Santiago de Cuba
Mijaín López Núñez, three-time Olympic champion and five-time Greco-Roman wrestler, received the national banner of the labor hero of the Republic of Cuba , Lázaro Expósito Canto, first party secretary in the province, who led the ceremony with Dr.C. Antonio Becali, President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder), Niurka González, Secretary General of the Union of Education, Science and Sports, among others political and governmental figures, and the Cuban sports organization. López Núñez was escorted by the national flag of Liván Osoria of Santiago, and Ángel Fournier of Guantanamo, respectively of the disciplines of volleyball and rowing.
The 250 members of the Cuban delegation who went to the cemetery of the city of Hero the Republic of Cuba, out of the more than 700 that make up the representation of the Greater Antilles at the regional meeting, approved the pledge read by the judoka Idalys Ortíz, Olympic champion.
In his words, the athlete presented the decision to "Be worthy of the leadership of Fidel and Raúl, make every day a battle for the glory we have lived, and return to the homeland with the work lida , faithful to the legacy that will once again be prompted to raise the flag of lonely star. "
A few minutes earlier a wreath had been filed on behalf of the Cuban delegation at Baranquilla 2018 in front of the eternal flame of the necropolis of Santiago, accompanied by the athletes Manrique Larudet, vice-world champion and medalist of Pan American and Central American artistic gymnastics and Olympic baseball champion Frederich Cepeda, Athens 2004.
In the central words Dr.C. Antonio Becali badured that the Cuban sport's eternal commitment to Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz is multiplied by the flag ceremony at the Central Americans very close to the monolith that keeps its remains.
Likewise, reaffirmed the intention that animates the Cuban delegation to overcome all obstacles and come out victorious, while having "the necessary preparation sculpted on the rigor, the professionalism of its technicians and the rest of the specialists related to their training, as well as the political will of a social project "
He recalled that the battle for medals will be difficult and he cited in particular the cases of Colombia and Mexico, the first seat of the game and with the advantage of having a broad representation, and the second by tradition and stand out in different disciplines.
Especially moving was the performance of troubadour Ra Torres, who interpreted the song Riding with Fidel, composed during the first days of the news on the death of the historic leader of the Revolution.
At the end of the ceremony, the presents deposited flowers in front of the li they eternal rest of Fidel, the national hero, José Martí; Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Father of the Nation; and Mariana Grajales, Mother of the Nation, all located on the front line of the Santa Ifigenia Heritage Cemetery, which became the high altar of the nation's architects
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