Cuban long jumper youngest man to win field event at world indoor athletics championships

Juan Miguel Echevarria’s leap of 8.46 metres was a personal best as he won gold in the men’s long jump at the world indoor athletics championships.

Cuba’s Juan Miguel Echevarria celebrates after winning the long jump at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England | MICHAEL STEELE/ GETTY IMAGES FOR IAAF

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Sighting. Sport and nature: a perfect combination

Enjoy some of the moments of the Titan Tropic Cuba …

Cyclists pedaling for stage four-Viñales Viñales (73 km), in Pinar del Rio, the first edition of the Titan Tropic Cuba by GAES of Mountain Bike. (Calixto Llanes / Juventud Rebelde)

Cuban Sports Scientific Research Center inaugurated

The opening ceremony was presided by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and José Ramón Fernández. The Center is located near to the Manuel Fajardo University of Physical Culture and Sports | Anabel Díaz

By Jorge Carlos De la Paz Espinosa

The application of scientific knowledge for the development of sports is vital to raising the global prestige of this highly important sector for the country.

On this basis, the Cuban Sports Scientific Research Center (CIDC) was inaugurated on Wednesday, September 21, dedicated to generating knowledge for the benefit of sport.

After Río: What we have learned

The Cuban delegation to Río earned the applause of its people, finishing 18th out of 206 nations on the country medal table | Oscar Sánchez Serra

This Day. Fidel and the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games

CERRO PELADO 50TH ANNIVERSARY | The United States attempted to prevent Cuban athletes from participating in the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1966. Prohibited from arriving by air, the delegation traveled by sea aboard the Cerro Pelado and went on to win 77 medals | Ciro Pérez Hebra*

Cuban athletics, a David versus Goliath story

The upcoming induction of seven Cuban athletes and two coaches to the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Confederation (CACAC) Hall of Fame stands as a tribute to the 110th anniversary of the first athletics competition on the island, on December 3, 1905

Since 2003, a total of 47 Cubans have been recognized. The first Hall of Fame induction, from left to right, Pérez Sarría, Maria Caridad Colón, Silvia Chivás. Ana Fidelia, Leonard, Figuerola and Molina. Photo: L. Anaya, José

By Enrique Montesinos Delvaty

How the revolution transformed sports in Cuba

The following is an edited version of the speech made by Rigoberto Zarza, Consul of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Jamaica, at the Media Launch of the 12th Annual Renewal of the Wesley Powell National Track & Field Meet in Jamaica. This article was first posted on this website on December 11, 2014 and is being reposted on the occasion of the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.