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• 08 / 13 / 2008

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The letter was read in front of a representation of those athletes, the direction of the delegation, and in the presence of several of the island's Olympic figures during an act held at the Beijing's Casa Cuba.

Council of Ministers vice president and Cuban Olympic Committee president Jose Ramon Fernandez, Sports Institute President Christian Jimenez, and Cuban ambassador Carlos M. Pereira attended the activity.

"You have been the director of the team, the greatest homerun hitter and the unbeatable gladiator of this huge project, an exceptional strategist, promoter and prophet since the beginning," states the text read by judoka Driulis Gonzalez.

The Caribbean island's sportspeople expressed the great privilege of having been born in a country that has achieved maximum dignity for the Cuban people, and how the Cuban leader's message has turned into inspiration and incentive for the sports delegation.

The activity was also used to honor a group of athletes for their sports results.

(PL)