{"id":14747,"date":"2019-09-19T11:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T10:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/special21.org\/albufeira-vai-receber-mundial-de-natacao-de-sindrome-de-down-em-2022\/"},"modified":"2019-12-09T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:01:52","slug":"albufeira-to-host-down-syndrome-swimming-world-championship-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/albufeira-to-host-down-syndrome-swimming-world-championship-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Albufeira to host Down Syndrome Swimming World Championship in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_fb_nbmwdufn\" class=\"cmsmasters_featured_block\">\n<div class=\"featured_block_inner\">\n<div class=\"featured_block_text\">\n<div id=\"js_1d\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{\">\n<p>Competition returns to Albufeira, where it was held in 2008<\/p>\n<p>This follows a bid submitted by the National Association of Sport for Intellectual Disability (ANDDI) on behalf of the Portuguese Swimming Federation, the Football Club of Ferreiras and the Town Hall of Albufeira.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which was previously held in Albufeira in 2008, will be attended by over 300 swimmers representing 25 countries.<\/p>\n<p>In the DSISO World Championships in Canada in 2018, Futebol Clube de Ferreiras (FCF) \u2013 had swimmers representing their country where they had remarkable success, with the athletes from the club bringing home the title of World Runner-up in the 50 breast stroke and the bronze medals in the 4 \u00d7 50 Styles and 4 \u00d7 100 Styles Relays.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Carlos Rolo, Mayor of Albufeira, has already responded to this news.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abIt is an honor and a challenge for us to be able to welcome and collaborate in the organization of such an important event for the second time &#8211; 2008 was the year in which DSISO first took place in Portugal, in Albufeira &#8211; which confirms that Municipal Pools continue to fulfil all the requirements imposed on championships of this nature and these dimensions and that Albufeira is an inclusive city, which is committed to a policy of integration of citizens with disabilities\u00bb, &#8220;he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Carlos Rolo stresses that &#8220;this successful bid is the result of a concerted work between various entities and now is the time to continue this partnership so that we can repeat or enhance the success of 2008&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also leaves a word for the \u201ceffort, work and persistence of these athletes and their families in overcoming all difficulties, both in their daily lives and in terms of sports competition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Futebol Club de Ferreiras, which is part of the organization of the event, took the first steps in adapted swimming in 2015 and more recently the \u201cSpecial 21\u201d project, whose main objective is to bring athletes with Down Syndrome to the Paralympic Games. Thus ensuring that all the club\u2019s attention is focused on the activities of DSISO &#8211; an organization created to promote competitions for athletes with this type of disability by offering swimmers opportunities in world-class competitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_divider_0p00yh8srg\" class=\"cl\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_button_d2k5k1fiae\" class=\"button_wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sulinformacao.pt\/2019\/09\/albufeira-vai-receber-mundial-de-natacao-de-sindrome-de-down-em-2022\/\" class=\"cmsmasters_button cmsmasters_but_clear_styles cmsmasters_but_icon_divider cmsmasters-icon-custom-arrow-right\" target=\"_blank\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 11th edition of the Down Syndrome Swimming World Championship &#8211; DSISO &#8211; will be held at the Albufeira Municipal Swimming Pools in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15088,"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14747\/revisions\/15088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/special21.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}