A total of 400 athletes belonging to 48 sports clubs from 14 different autonomous communities cited in the championship of Spain Athletics for people with disabilities to be held in the city of Cartagena between 19 and May 22 will be given.
Participants compete in municipal facilities running track and tests will be conducted between 9:30 and 13:00, and 17:30 and 20:00.
This sporting event is organized by the Department of Sports City of Cartagena, laFederación by Spanish sports for people with intellectual disabilities FEddi by the Murcia Federation of sports for people with intellectual disabilities FEDEMIPSI, and Primi Sport sports club.
The Palace Hall has welcomed today, May 17, the presentation of this tournament has been attended by the Municipal Corporation deputy mayor and councilman Area Quality of Life of the City of Cartagena, Francisco Calderon;
Councillor for Sports, Ricardo Segado;
the Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez;
and the Councillor for Social Services, Carmen Martin.
Furthermore, this event was attended by the Director General of Sports of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, Alonso Gómez;
FEDEMIPS president Jose Lopez Zomeño;
and Vice President of Primi Sport, Isidro Martinez.
The mayor of Sports stressed that the Department of Sports City of Cartagena is always next to the sport, especially the minority sport and sport adapted and finished saying this championship shows the desire to improve and the values ​​of sport without barriers.
They will visit Cartagena delegations from the communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Valencia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Navarra, Basque Country and clubs in the Region of Murcia.
Therefore, the Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez, stressed that this sporting event will have an effect desestacionalizador improve hotel occupancy thanks to laspernoctaciones of athletes who will participate in this event as well as their relatives and companions.
Finally, athletes who participate in this tournament Athletics are not discapacidados are, according to Alonso Gomez, people who have other capabilities.
The Director General of Sports wished to earn it because the important thing is that kids enjoy doing sports activities.
Track and field
The tests will be performed in Cartagena part of the current Paralympic program and are male and female relay testing, fencing, running, discus, javelin, hammer, height, length in competition T20 and F20, Down syndrome T21 and F21, junior.
In addition to non-Olympic events in the T22 and F22 categories (adapted), T23 and F23 categories of sports skills, junior and junior category.
LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION
Spain championship athletics for people with intellectual disabilities will be divided into six levels of participation:
Level of competition is a high-level sports in which there are no modifications to dispute the evidence.
Level of competition intended down syndrome athletes with Down syndrome in a competition level unchanged.
Level adapted for athletes with lower level of skills and needs an adaptation of the rules.
Level of sports skills which includes athletes of a very low level of motor skills and adapts the legislation.
junior youth category to gradually introduce the sport to young people between 14 and 17 years.
children's category for young people between 10 and 13 years who have their first experience with athletics.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena