The competition was launched yesterday in a grandiose ceremony in Douala presided by the Sports Minister.
The 20th edition of the Grand Prix International Chantal Biya will kick off today with a criterium in Douala with ten teams from Europe and Africa taking part. Presiding at the launch of the race at the campus of IUG-Douala, the main sponsor of the event, the Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, said the fact that the launching was taking place in an academic milieu is proof of the marriage between sports and education, " a healthy body in a healthy mind", he said. He said the hosting of the competition serves as a rehearsal for the organisation of sports events especially with the upcoming African Nations Championship and Africa Cup of Nations due to take place in Cameroon. He said sports is a factor of living together and the international rayonnance of the country.
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