The flame that will travel the country for three months before arriving at the mythical Maracana Stadium to inaugurate the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, arrived on Brazilian soil on Tuesday, at the President Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport in this capital.

Asley Gonzalez, Cuba's best judoka at the moment will not participate in the Judo Pan-American Championship that takes place in this capital. Gonzalez, Olympic runner-up in London 2012 and world champion in Rio de Janeiro 2013 in the 90kg division, is feeling pain in his right shoulder; therefore he will not participate in the competition taking place in Havana's Ciudad Deportiva.

With the objective of assessing the implementation of the new program of Young Athletes in Cuba, Claudia Echeverry, Regional President and Managing Director of Special Olympics for Latin America, began today an official visit to the island.

According to an investigation by the Brazilian Ministry of Civil Aviation, August 22nd will be the busiest day for the 10 main airports serving the 2016 Olympic Games, which expect approximately 405,000 passengers.

Scientists affirmed that exercise keeps the brain ten years younger, hence in Baracoa an increase is observed in the practice related to fitness, physical activity of repeated movements that is planned and regularly followed in order to improve or keep the body in good condition.