Brazilians visit ANOC Headquarters to discuss World Beach Games

By Philip Barker
Wednesday, 22 March 2023

Representatives from ANOC and COB met to discuss Brazil's preparations for the 2023 World Beach Games ©ANOC

Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President Paulo Wanderley and COB director of communications Paulo Conde have visited the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) headquarters in Lausanne to finalise preparations for the ANOC World Beach Games in Bali and discuss logistics for hotels and training camps at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

They were greeted by ANOC Secretary Gunilla Lindberg who assured them of "strong support" in preparing for the Games.

Brazil is set to be one of the largest teams at the 2023 Beach Games with 67 athletes already qualified.

#OnThisDay in 2019, @timebrasil 🇧🇷 men and @DIFidraet 🇩🇰 women won the golds in the #beachhandball competition! @ihf_info #ANOCWorldBeachGames #AWBG2019 pic.twitter.com/5B7Jer5oyW
— ANOC World Beach Games (@AWBG_official) October 16, 2020

At the 2019 edition in Qatari capital city Doha, the Brazilians won gold in beach soccer, beach tennis, beach handball, beach wrestling and open water swimming.

They also won four silver and three bronze medals and left Qatar as the second most successful nation behind Spain.

The ANOC Beach Games are scheduled to open in Bali on August 5.

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