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Date: December 13, 2017
Media: CISM News
Theme: CISM 49th WMC Swimming – Rio de Janeiro (BRA) - Update - Opening Ceremony
“The Opening Ceremony of the 49th World Military Swimming Championship was held on December 11 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in presence of 131 athletes from 12 countries (Germany, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Iraq, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, and Ukraine). The competition will be held in the venues built for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Brazilian Air Force Sports Commission (CDA).”
Last month we had on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the beach volleyball championship. Now, we have another championship happening there. Swimming time! The military swimming world championship is taking place from 11th to 15th of December.
“The championship is organized by the Ministries of Defense and Sports together with the Brazilian Military Sports Commission (CDMB) and CDA. Some famous swimmers are present in this event such as the Russian Anton Chupkov, bronze medalist on the 200 m breaststroke at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and World Champion in Budapest, the French swimmer Marc-Antoine Olivier, bronze medalist in the 10 km open water marathon at Rio 2016 and also world champion in Budapest.”
Ours las post was about swimming, so if you wanna know more about the modality, go check it out, here the link: https://cismvpamericas.wixsite.com/cismamericas/single-post/2017/12/06/Getting-to-know-swimming
“During his speech, the Vice Admiral Marine Paulo Martino Zuccaro evoked the challenge of hosting a competition of this caliber: “The organization of such a significant sports competition is the result of the collaboration between people and institutions who, considering the importance of this event, gave actively supported and contributed to the implantation of this event that gathers twelve high quality delegations, which stand in front of us at this moment”.”
“The competitions started yesterday, December 12th , and will end on Friday 15. The access to the competition is free and open to the public. The qualification heats will be held in the CDA Olympic swimming pool while the finals will be held at 5 p.m. and will be transmitted online on the FAB Facebook page.”
Do you want information about the 49th CISM WMC Swimming? Check the OC Official Website.
The 49th CISM World Military Swimming Championship transmission is available in livestreaming on the Força Aérea Brasileira Facebook Page.
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