The IV Panamerican Master Championships starts next Tuesday, Nov. 8th, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This time it will have, besides swimming (pool and open water), also diving, synchronized swimming and water polo competitions.
Total number of registered competitors up to 2500 of which 1656 in swimming (919 from Brazil, 178 from Argentina and also 47 from the USA).
This is the largest Panamerican event up to now, and one of the largest ever held in the Americas (with the exception of the FINA World Championships)
Next one, the V Panamerican competition is scheduled for 2013 in Sarasota, FL.
Everyone seems to have good things to say about the Worlds when they are in Italy. With the weak dollar Italy will be expensive. Rio was also expensive but but not out of line w/ the cost of the Worlds in Stanford in 2006. Everyday in Rio I experienced something new. It was a vacation, an International meet and an educational experience. It was worth the money.
Everyone seems to have good things to say about the Worlds when they are in Italy. With the weak dollar Italy will be expensive. Rio was also expensive but but not out of line w/ the cost of the Worlds in Stanford in 2006. Everyday in Rio I experienced something new. It was a vacation, an International meet and an educational experience. It was worth the money.
