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11th World Sport for All Congress

International sports personalities are starting to arrive in Cuba to attend the 11th World Sports for All Convention being held from November 1 to 3 at the Havana Convention Center.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) representatives Anton Geesink, from the Netherlands, and Juan A. Samaranch, from Spain, are scheduled to arrive Sunday.

They will be followed on Monday by IOC officials Walter Trogger, from Germany, president of the Sports for All Commission; Anita Defrantz, from the US; and IOC sports director, Kelly Fairweather, from Switzerland.

The organizing committee has stated that 1,119 delegates from 119 nations are expected to attend the event, including 24 IOC members and 7 former National Olympic Committee presidents.

Source: Granma


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