Record of registration at the world master championships at Riccione

(de la página del mundial) "12,660 subscribers, here is the participant numbers for the world swimming event to Riccione. It includes nearly 9700 in swimming, over than 100 teams (1400 players) in water polo, about 2,300 athletes in open water swimming. From 3th of june, 25,000 athletes, trainers and technicians, and employed about 300 volunteers are expected. A week before the event, Riccione is ready for the masters swimming family: 76 countries on five continents. At the last edition in Gothenburg, there were 5700 swimmers for a total of about 7000 people. SWIMMING It will take place at the same facility in the municipal pool in Riccione Polisportiva in both basins of 50 meters indoors and outdoors. There are 16 categories from 25+ to 95+ yearsold 13 athletes in 90+ and even with 4 good swimmers. The oldest registrated is the Japanese Meiko Nagaoka born in 1914, while the youngest French born December 30, 1987, Gael METAY. Athletes are about 9700 members, including the name of Jim Montgomery the American swimming 70s star, the first man to go below 50" in the 100 freestyle, three Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal at the Olympics of Montreal in 1976, seven gold medals in the world championshipsof Belgrade '73, Cali '75 and Belgrade '78; considered as the heir of the legendary Mark Spitz, who will compete in the category 55 +. Other stars, the Russian Vladimir Selkov three silver Olympic medals in the 200 backstroke and 4x100 mixed in Barcelona '92 and Atlanta '96 on 4x100 mixed, but most of World Championship gold in Rome '94 in 200 backstroke, registrated in the category 40 +. The south African Ryk Neethling, remembering pleasant moments of Italian swimming sprinter, he finished third at the World Championships in Montreal in 2005 at 100 freestyle behindhis friend of the national team Roland Schoeman in silver, and Filippo Magnini, who won his medal gold first world (again two years later in Melbourne '07). The Olympic champiom won with the team in the 4x100 relay in Athens 04, and will compete in the 30+ category. Even the Ukrainian Oleg Lisogor 50 breaststroke world record short specialization courses, that reminds us of the greatbattles with the Italian Alessandro Terrin, who won a European gold in Budapest '06 in the 50 breaststroke". Menudo compromiso, no?? Inefables, a vencer!!