MADRID, 4 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Delegate Councilor for Sports of the Madrid City Council, Sofía Miranda, presented this Saturday the trophies of the 42nd edition of the Municipal Sports Games, in an act in which she highlighted the organizational success of the City Council this season “which is one of the the biggest challenges in the city”, and that, this year in which Madrid has become the World Capital of Sport, “helps to strengthen the organizational skills and love for sport of the people of Madrid”.
In this sense, Miranda also thanked the “parents of the kids” for their involvement with their children in promoting the sport, as well as the great work that the area’s technicians have done to organize this championship. “They are the best example of what we do every day at the Madrid City Council for municipal sports,” she said.
CDM Wilfred Agbonavbare in Puente de Vallecas hosted this Saturday the finals of the junior category (athletes born in 2010, 2011 and 2012) of the 42nd edition of the Municipal Sports Games, the largest popular competition in Europe, which held simultaneously on the same day and in the same Municipal Sports Center.
Of the 4,377 collective sports teams registered in this 42nd edition of the Municipal Sports Games, a total of 659 correspond to the juvenile category (athletes born in 2010, 2011 and 2012).
In addition to being the category of minors that brings together the largest number of teams (659), it is also the category that is convened in the largest number of team sports modalities (9): basketball, handball, baseball, soccer 7, futsal, hockey, rugby, volleyball and water polo.
During the current 2021-2022 season, 75,000 athletes have participated and the competition has had 29 sports disciplines in the 21 Madrid districts, 12 team sports (basketball, handball, baseball, soccer, futsal, soccer 7, hockey, kayak polo , rugby, volleyball, beach volleyball and water polo), and 17 in individual modalities (chess, athletics, badminton, cross country, fencing, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, karate, wrestling, swimming, artistic swimming, canoeing, rowing, rescue and first aid, tennis and table tennis).
The 42nd edition of the Municipal Sports Games started on October 23, 2021 after a last edition marked by the pandemic in which the Madrid City Council made an enormous effort to make the competition take place after a hard planning process with all the security measures to comply with the required health regulations.
