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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.”

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