Montréal has a love affair with
sports and Olympic ideals that dates back over
a century and a half. It is one sports city that
loves its teams, big and small, professional and
amateur. Montréal has demonstrated on countless
occasions its technical and organizational savvy
to the world.
Among its many installations, Montréal
inherited the Olympic
Park (Stadium and pools), the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard and the Parc
Jean-Drapeau with its Olympic Basin, located
on Notre-Dame Island (rowing and kayaking) from
the 1976 Olympics. Other facilities include the Bell
Centre, the Maurice-Richard
Arena, the Equestrian Park in Bromont, the
Montréal Hippodrome racetrack and the Jarry
Park Tennis Centre. The Atlanta Olympic Games
Velodrome (bicycle track) was bought by local
promoters and rebuilt in Bromont, 40 minutes from
Montréal. University and college campuses also
offer first-class athletic facilities, including
major stadiums and arenas at both McGill University
and the Université de Montréal.
These facilities alone
are enough to make the city a choice destination,
but Montréal is particularly remarkable
for the warm reception it gives its visiting
athletes. In the past 30 years, the city
has hosted numerous major events, including
the World Track and Field Cup (1979),
the World Gymnastics Championships (1985),
the World Junior Boxing Championships
(1992) and many others. |
Important
Sports Event
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XI
World FINA Championships
The hosting of XI
World FINA Championships in 2005, contributeb to the
reconstruction of all the aquatic
installations of Sainte-Hélène
Island.
For the first time
in its history, FINA decided
to hold its most important event
in the Americas. It has chosen
Montréal to showcase this prestigious
competition: with 150 countries
and over 2,500 trainers, team
officials and athletes competing
for top honours in five disciplines.
Also taking part were 1,500
volunteers, several hundred thousand
visitors and an extraordinary
media contingent of more than
1,000 journalists.
Montréal 2005
welcomes the world and is, in
fact, a world where water rules.
It's a display of the incredible
mobilizing energy of sport and
the most eloquent demonstration
of pure waterpower. |
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