• Submitted by: manso
• Sports
• 06 / 10 / 2011

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2011.06.09 - 12:01:02 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, CUBA.- Cuba is gearing up for the upcoming Olympic Day Run, scheduled this year for June 18 in the 169 municipalities of the country.

The Olympic Day Run will serve as the opening event of a series of activities organized by the Cuban Olympic Committee and the Cuban Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) for the summer of 2011.

This year, it will also coincide with the inauguration of the National School Games and the program includes competitions and festivals in all the sports facilities of the nation.

Olympic Day Run is an international activity promoting mass participation of sports organized by National Olympic Committees (NOCs).

In 1987, in an effort to encourage all NOCs to commemorate and celebrate Olympic Day, the Sport for All Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched the Olympic Day Run concept with the objective of promoting the practice of participation in sport by men, women and children from all corners of the world and all walks of life, regardless of athletic ability.

The first Olympic Day Run was held in 1987, over a distance of 10km, with 45 participating NOCs. Today, more than 160 NOCs promote Olympic Day Run, which is usually held during June 17–24.

(ACN)