Between June 11 and 23, the Russian city of Kazan will host the 7th edition of the BRICS 2024 Games, a multi-sport competition organized annually by the member countries of the bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, in addition to the recently incorporated Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates).
Brazil embarked with 112 athletes to compete in 15 sports modalities. A collaboration agreement between the Ministry of Sports and the Brazilian Confederation of University Sports (CBDU) allowed the sending of the delegation. The event will have the character of a mega-event because, in addition to the BRICS members, there will be around 60 invited nations.
There are 27 modalities in dispute: boxing, breaking, beach volleyball, beach handball, kayaking and canoeing, rowing, judo, karate, kuresh, athletics, table tennis, swimming, show jumping, sambo, synchronized swimming, skateboarding, wrestling, artistic gymnastics, tennis, wushu, fencing, phygital basketball, phygital football, rhythmic gymnastics, chess, weightlifting and badminton.
“Our team, without a doubt, will arrive in Kazan in full condition to achieve important victories, which will reaffirm Brazil’s position among the great sporting powers of the world. However, beyond the victories, our athletes will wear the colors of our flag. as a sign of harmony, like those who carry an unmistakable symbol of peace between nations,” declared the Minister of Sports, André Fufuca. In 2025, it will be up to Brazil to assume the presidency of the BRICS and organize the competition on Brazilian territory, a power that traditionally falls to the country that presides over the bloc.
DIFFERENCES – Some of the sports that will be practiced in Kazan are not very common in Brazil, but interest in them is growing and new followers emerge every day. Badminton, “phygital” games, sambo, belt wrestling and wushu are some of the modalities that will feature the participation of Brazilians.
Considered the fastest of the racket sports, badminton consists of hitting a shuttlecock so that it crosses the court over the net and falls into the opponent’s court. It can be played in doubles or singles, in areas separated by a net, similar to a tennis court. The speed of the steering wheel can reach almost 300 km/h. This Olympic sport is played in a total of three matches. Whoever wins two games first wins the match. Each game consists of 21 points.
Phygital games are new competitive modalities that mix real and virtual sports activities. The games begin in the video game and end in the traditional real sport, using the same athletes, who must perform in a hybrid way, both as game athletes and real sport athletes. There are more than ten phygital sports disciplines.
Of Russian origin, sambo is a modern martial art with combat sport techniques. There are two variants: sports sambo, focused on competitions and fighting, and combat sambo, oriented toward personal defense and military use. Wrestling mixes traditional martial arts, mainly judo, with belt wrestling styles practiced in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. The rules are similar to those of competitive judo.
An Olympic sport, belt wrestling uses grappling techniques, throws, takedowns, locks, immobilizations and other blows, which are practiced with two or more competitors. Belt wrestling techniques have been incorporated into other martial arts, as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems. As a sport, with the exception of athletics, it is the oldest known sport and has been practiced competitively for centuries to the present day.
Wushu is a Chinese martial art similar to kung fu. This modality is characterized by its attack and defense movements, which are expressed through routines (taolu) and combat (sanda), in order to improve both physically and spiritually.
2024-06-12 21:16:13
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