HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 9 (ACN) Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, flagged off today the Olympic and Paralympic delegations that will attend the Paris 2024 Games.
At the Jose Marti Memorial in the Revolution Square in Havana, Diaz Canel handed over the banners that will be carried by Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez and judo athlete Idalis Ortiz, and paratriathletes Omara Durand (100, 200 and 400 meters) and Robiel Yankiel Sol (long jumper), in that order, at the Parisian multi-sport event.
The ceremony was also attended by Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister, Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella, Deputy Prime Minister, who was in charge of the main remarks of the ceremony, in which he urged them to compete at the height of the Revolution and the people who admire them so much and will follow them during all the days of competitions.
Laurent Burin Des Roziers