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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructures, Francisco Barnabas, said today at the Yacht Club of Los Alcázares the "Mar Menor this weekend becomes the national capital of Paralympic sailing" with the holding of the first round of the IV circuit Iberdrola Paralympic Sailing and only scoring of this circuit for the election of the athlete who will represent Spain in class 2.4 mR Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro race.
Bernabe said that "if the sport is synonymous with excellence, sacrifice and perseverance, in the case of those values ​​Paralympics charge a lot more sense because we must redouble our efforts and therefore deserves greater recognition."
The counselor encouraged the 12 young participants in this trial "to hurry these days of competition at the Club Nautico Mar Menor Los Alcázares, so as to leave the best representative of Spain for the Games of Rio de Janeiro and Spain follow It is one of the major world powers in this field ".
He stressed the "firm commitment" of the regional government for "everything that has to do with enhancing the lagoon by practicing water sports and now especially with everything that has to do with the field of accessibility, one of the main objectives of the regional government. "
Francisco Barnabas made the remarks at the opening of the activities of the test, in which also participated the president of Club Nautico Mar Menor, Damian Martinez;
the mayor of Los Alcazares, Anastasio Bastida;
Iberdrola delegate in the Region of Murcia, Patricio Valverde;
the director general of People with Disabilities, Ana Guijarro, and the general director of Sports, Alonso Gómez.
After the inauguration of the activities, the counselor accompanied the young athletes to the pier where sailing vessels remain with which they will compete in the circuit, which belong to the class 2.4mR (PWC).
The race will begin tomorrow with the first three tests and will continue on Sunday, with three others.
Of these, the travel time will be settled on the evidence and the degree of disability to determine the winner of the race.
On the occasion of this circuit, the Club Nautico has installed a floating dock to ensure full accessibility to participants.
The specific situation is the spring visitors with accessible route for wheelchair users and wider than two meters free passage.
It will also have another dock at the sailing school.
Club Nautico Mar Menor is a sports club more than 60 years of experience in the sport of sailing, which currently has the best sailors in the Laser class and cruise the region.
His team has the runner-up laser 4.7, Rafa de la Hoz, and other sailors as the world champion in the 420 class in 2014 Jose Manuel Ruiz and runners-up of world class ORC, Ramón Illán and Maribel Sivera.
In addition, this entity is closely linked to the practice of nautical sports by people with disabilities, with the organization of the charity race in favor of the Association for the Treatment of People with Cerebral Palsy and Related Pathologies (Astrapace).
Source: CARM
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