The first group of athletes that will represent Cuba at the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games will leave today for El Salvador, whose capital will host the oldest regional multisport event in the world.

Cuban weightlifters Elizabeth Reyes and Juan Columbié added to their country’s medal tally after winning four bronze and two gold medals, respectively, to close the IWF Grand Prix held in this city.

Another podium filled by representatives of the region resulted from the most recent category disputed in the Grand Prix of Weightlifting in Havana, an Olympic qualifier that will conclude on Sunday.

The University of Cuban Sport and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) agreed on an agreement to create a weightlifting academy in Havana, part of a global system in development.

Cubans Maydenia Sarduy, in the women's division, as well as men Hugo Franco and Juan Jose Santiesteban, will compete today in the individual matches of the Archery World Cup to be held in Medellin, Colombia.

The Cuban women's volleyball team, whose players are currently short-listed for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games of San Salvador, lost 0-3 to Argentina in the third game of the bilateral match that both teams are playing in several cities of the South American nation.

With a mark of 65.06 m, which improved by almost two meters her previous personal record (63.17m), Cuban discus thrower Silinda Morales finished first at the athletics meeting held in Castellon, Spain.

Cuban high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas won at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting in Kladno, Czech Republic.

Cuba will be present in 365 events of the Central American and Caribbean Games scheduled for June 23 to July 8 in El Salvador.

 The race and walk for the Olympic Day will be held in Cuba next Saturday, June 17, convened by the Cuban Olympic Committee (COC) and the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym).

With no major setbacks, the Chilean team crushed the Cuban senior national team 3-0 in a FIFA Date match played at the Ester Roa stadium in Concepcion.

With the three gold medals of Eko Yuli Irawan, Indonesia reached five and took the lead in the medal standings of the Grand Prix of Weightlifting in Havana, an Olympic qualifier.

Cuban runner Roxana Gomez, finalist in Tokyo 2020, won the 400m race in the Iberdrola Club Athletics League, based in Madrid, Spain.

San Salvador Central American Games 2023 will grant 142 tickets for the Pan-Am games to be held in Chile October 20-November 5 , said Cuban high-performance sports director Jose Antonio Miranda.

The Cubans made the expected qualitative step forward in the Panamanian capital thanks to the new concepts applied in the preparation of their athletes, government aid and the policy of turning sports into a right for all citizens, as the late sports chronicler Enrique Montesinos refers in his text The Oldest Regional Games.

The Cuban men's national team will face Italy today, in the continuation of the first week of Pool 1 of the Nations League, based in Ottawa, Canada.