The Caribbean nation will have a presence in wushu, basketball and soccer, according to the Cuban Sports Institute (Inder).
In the last two disciplines, the statement states, competition will be carried out using the new “phygital” method, which combines the physical environment with the virtual one, and in which the sum of the results in each one defines the final location.
For this multi-sports event “around five thousand participants from more than 90 countries are expected to attend, including those belonging to the BRICS – a political and economic alliance made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – and invited nations.”
In total, 27 sports will be competed. In addition to those mentioned, there are athletics, swimming, diving, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, canoeing, rowing, judo, fencing, tennis, weightlifting, badminton and wrestling.
Likewise, there will be action in disciplines such as artistic swimming, horse riding, sambo, boxing, chess, karate, and table tennis, and there will also be competitions in acrobatic rock’n roll and breaking (dancing to the rhythm of funk and hip hop with pirouettes), the latter among the attractions of the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
According to the organizers, the main objective of the fair will be to strengthen the sporting-friendly ties between the nations that make up the Brics and the invited countries, based on the principles of equality and non-discrimination regarding the eligibility of participating athletes.
This event will serve as a prelude to the Brics Summit, which will be held next October in the city of Kazan, capital of Tatarstan.
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