Cuban Delegation Participates in World Games in Los Angeles

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 22 (acn) A Cuban delegation participates in the World Summer Games of the Special Olympics under way since July 21 in the city of Los Angeles, California.

The 17 athletes making up the Cuban delegation, which left for the United States on Monday, were bid farewell at the capital's José Martí International Airport by Education Minister Ana Elsa Velázquez and Osvaldo Vento, vice-president of the National Sports Institute.
The Cuban athletes will compete in athletics, gymnastics, badminton, swimming and beach volleyball.
Cuba participates in the International Program of Special Olympics since 1983, the mission of which is to provide sports training and athletic competition to people with intellectual disabilities and provide a space for them to develop their physical possibilities.
The World Summer Games of the Special Olympics will end on August 3.