Cuba, Russia sign new sport agreements
HAVANA,05/11 - The National Volleyball Federation of Russia signed with its Cuban counterpart and the Sports Medicine Institute (IMD) of Cuba, cooperation agreements for the 2005-2008 Olympic Cycle, said the local press Tuesday. The document signed at this capital considers the scientific exchange through athletes and coaches, to raise the technical and competitive level of the teams from both countries. The program also includes the preparation of training bases for the women`s and men`s teams of each country in each other`s facilities, as well as the participation in exhibition games that include the junior teams. Russia will participate in the Cuban olympiads with their best teams during the four-year period, while beach volleyball teams will have training bases in Cuba from October to March, and will participate in the national circuit. Cuban media added Tuesday that the beach volleyball teams of Cuba will take part in the Saint Petersburg tournament as part of this scheme. The agreement between IMD and the Russian Federation includes the advice of Cuban doctors to Russian specialists and the attention of athletes from the European country in a rehabilitation center of Cuba. One of the document was signed by doctor Mario Granda, the IMD Director, and Rebeca Moreira, expert of this institution, and Russian sports-science adviser Apoligen Oleg. The other document was signed by President and Secretary General of the Cuban Volleyball Federation Omelio Castillo and Jorge Enrique Luzon, in this order, and Russian Volleyball Federation`s Director General Yuri Sapega. Humberto Rodriguez, President of the Cuban Sports, Physical Education and Recreation Institute (INDER) said this agreement will further strengthen the bilateral sports relations, and said that sport "contributes to happiness, hope and peace among nations."
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