Program of the opening ceremony
Opening Ceremony , Competition Center
12th August 2010
17.15
Arrival of the teams
Hoisting of the Finnish flag
Arrival of the CISM flag
Wrestlers’ oath, Tiina Ylinen FIN
Referees’ oath, Jari Koivusalo
Official CISM representative Gen Jacques Renaud
Opening of the Championship, Minister of Defence of Finland Jyri Häkämies
Entertainment, Armour Band and Flying Circus
End of the Ceremony
Wrestlers’ oath
“In the name of all competitors, I promise we shall take part in these World Military Wrestling Championships, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs, in the spirit of true sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.”
Referees’ oath
“In the name of all the judges, I promise that we shall officiate in these World Military Wrestling Championship with complete impartiality respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship.”
