Cuba is celebrating the 61st anniversary of the National Sports Institute, INDER, with multiple recreational festivals in all provinces of the country.

Havana, February 23 (RHC)-- Cuba is celebrating today the 61st anniversary of the National Sports Institute, INDER, with multiple recreational festivals in all provinces of the country.

Children, young people, adults and senior citizens will perform choreographies, giant simultaneous chess games and inter-neighborhood basketball, soccer and 3×3 volleyball matches to commemorate the date, among other activities.

In addition, during the presentations of the Baseball Series games, allusion will be made to the creation of Inder and recognition will be given to those who gave their lives for a superior work in physical culture and sports.

The honorees will receive the INDER 60th Anniversary Commemorative Seal and the work of the most outstanding in the attention to the mountain plans and the repair and maintenance of facilities will be recognized.

Likewise, the results of the virtual festivals of gymnastic compositions and of the different contests organized to support the confrontation with the Covid-19, among other projects, will be announced.

The easternmost of Cuba's provinces, Guantanamo, a model in sports, physical and recreational programs, organized last night the cultural gala for the 61st anniversary of INDER, at the Guaso Theater.

That evening recognized the work of champions, coaches and feats of the sports movement on the island and abroad, who contributed to the individual and social growth of people.

The organization was established on February 23, 1961, under Law 936 of the Cuban government to manage sports, physical education and recreation in the national territory.

In its more than 60 years of existence, it has contributed to universalize education, promote more options for the massive practice of sports in order to bring health to the people and turn the country into a power with world-class results.

Cuba boasts exponents of the stature of former runner Alberto Juantorena, double Olympic champion in Montreal 1976; former javelinist María Caridad Colón, queen in Moscow 1980, wrestler Mijaín López, four-time champion in the five rings, and world record holder in the high jump Javier Sotomayor.