CISM - Conseil International du Sport Militaire - International Military Sports Council

One month to the 5th CISM MWG

CISM President with ARION, Mascot of the Games,
at the villages inauguration

The CISM President, Colonel Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, and a CISM Delegation were in Rio de Janeiro last week-end (11 to 13 June) to perform a last inspection visit at one month prior to the Games.

On that occasion, together with the Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson. A. Jobim, they inaugurated the Athletes Villages during a special ceremony at the Deodoro Complex, the central nucleus of the Games. The event got a very intense TV and Press coverage in Brazil. These villages will be used in 2016 for the Olympic Games to accommodate some officials and all the referees. Our athletes will have the optimal accommodation conditions in the villages.

During the next days, multiple meetings with the Organizing Committee and the Brazilian Delegation served to clarify the last questions regarding the protocol and different ceremonies in the Games, the repartition of the athletes in the villages or the TV broadcasting plans among other points.