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SANTIAGO DE CUBA.- As a symbolic honorary medal, the Cuban delegation to the XXIII Games of Central America and the Caribbean of Barranquilla, Colombia, received the national banner and increased its commitment with the people and with Fidel, before the monolith It enriches the inheritance of the commander-in-chief, in the cemetery of Santa Ifigenia, in this city.
Olympic champions, world monarchs and other international champions witnessed, with athletic glories, new athletes, coaches, referees, judges and directors. all bearing in such a special moment the red, the blue and the white which, with the letters of Cuba, will distinguish them in the regional rendezvous.
"This flag is much more special than the three Olympics in which I carried our banner,
because now we affirm in front of the greatest Cuban athlete, Fidel, that the confidence in the victory that & # 39; 39, he always transmitted to us is in our hearts, that we will come back with the shield and with the s medals, "condemned the triple holder of the summer fight Mijaín López, who received the national flag.
A similar emotion experienced Olympic and world champion Idalis Ortiz, who read the oath of the athletes. "More than a commitment is an oath of honor," said Artemisa's judoka, " because they are the first central Americans in which we will not have their physical presence, but by receiving here their heritage, their energy and their example, we have no choice but Barranquilla, who is still the same Cuba as the unbeaten Fidel. "
For his part, Manrique Larduet, one of Cuba's most talented and talented young sportsmen today, without looking far from the rock of the monument, said that his first time in front of the commander did not could express an eternal gratitude for his work in the sport. "I want to convey my desire to contribute the maximum of medals for the purpose of winning these important Games," said the gymnast.
A Experienced international competitor, Frederich Cepeda, recalled that the flag had never been made in Havana. "Bringing the ceremony to Santiago is something very pleasant, but sad at the same time, as there is no There is no way to imagine that Fidel is not physically ahead of us, because in times like that he's jaranear, he sets goals for us. life if necessary. "
The Cuban delegation arrived in the morning in the indomitable city and received a warm welcome from the people of Santiago, who followed the trip from Antonio Maceo International Airport to the necropolis, where they joined on the the nation's founders' path the hot sun and the martial arts impressive change of the honor guard of the ceremonial unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
The broad representation of the 537 athletes participating and the other members of the delegation, amounting generally to 780 compatriots, placed after the kiss and shake them close to the heart, the roses in front of the monolith that holds the ashes of Fidel, and in the funeral monument of Martí, Mariana and Céspedes. 19659002] "It is a time of reflection, meditation, commitment and loyalty to the country," said Dr. Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, after giving the flower to the elder father, because it's the first time that he's not out of a sports delegation with such a commitment, and the answer will be to deliver everything, fill the country and s & # 39; To conform to it.
Precisely, Dr. Antonio Becali, president of Inder said that the battle will be very hard, but that, far from intimidating us, it will be an additional stimulus to give people the victories that they expect.
"We bow down to such greatness and confirm our will to triumph, no obstacle will affect us, like the design of a calendar that will force us to reverse the tensions or the inclusion of evidence unrelated to the Olympic and Pan-American programs or the ongoing interest of the enemy in articulating actions to discredit us Becali
Having proclaimed with the troubadour Raúl Torres in Riding with Fidel, recognizing that They will accompany it forever, the delegation visited the old Moncada barracks to feel the spirit of struggle and love of the homeland of these young people .The Centennial Generation , the one led by Fidel undertook, almost 65 years ago, the irrevocable path of victory.
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