Over 1,600 contestants from 57 countries will participate in World Parachuting Championships dubbed Mondial 2012 to be held from Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 over Jumeirah skyline in Dubai. Addressing a press conference in Dubai, Ahmed Saad Al-Sharif, member of The Higher Organizing Committee of the FAI World Parachuting Championships Mondial 2012 said: “Dubai is promising an international championship that will be the talk of the sports world. The successful arrangements are a matter of pride not only to the UAE but also to the wider Arab world as the UAE is once again positioning itself on the world sports calendar. This mondial was held only once earlier where now it is doubled in the number of participants, which clearly shows the tremendous efforts being exerted by Dubai to organize an international event to be added to the Emirate’s record on the world stage.”
The championships feature 13 competitions including formation skydiving, accuracy landing, water speed skiing, free flying, free style and for the first time in the Middle East, para skiing.
“The public is invited to attend the event and we are organizing free transportations from and to the venue from a number of stations in the vicinity,” Al-Sharif added.
Mohammed Yousef, deputy director, FAI World Parachuting Championships Mondial 2012 and head of the Technical Committee said: “We would like to let you know that the international criteria adopted by Dubai was hailed by FIA while approving Dubai to host this event which ensured to the international sportive communities that it was a wise decision. Adding new competitions to the championship that wasn’t played earlier is also giving us a global edge. We have completed all preparations where the standards given to us by FIA were all adopted in due diligence.”
Yousef added that in Dubai the scene and experience that the players will feel is like no elsewhere where every player will see in his eyes The Palm, Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab as well as the sky towers in Jumeriah Beach Residence and people on the balconies hailing them. He added that six planes are already in place for the championship and two are prepared for any unforeseen incidents.
Mondial 2012 set to roll in Dubai
