The delegations that will represent Cuba at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were flag bearers today in this capital in a ceremony held at the Plaza de la Revolución.
At the base of the monument to National Hero José Martí, four-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling Mijaín López, escorted by archer Hugo Franco and swimmer Andrea Becali, received the national ensign from the hands of the President of the Republic, Miguel Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, accompanied by other senior government and state leaders, the president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder) Osvaldo Vento Montiller and the French ambassador to Cuba, Laurent Burin des Roziers, were present at the ceremony.
The summer event under the five rings, which will begin on July 26, will be attended by 62 Cuban athletes in 16 sports and were designated to carry the national flag in the inaugural parade in addition to Lopez, judo Idalys Ortiz, gold medalist in London 2012, who is currently in Europe.
Sprinter Omara Durand, with eight gold medals, and Tokyo 2020 champion Robiel Yankiel Sol, both world record holders, also received from the Cuban president the Lone Star flag, which they will carry in the opening parade of the Paralympic Games, starting on August 28.