Diablero
01-31-2004, 04:22 AM
I just arrived with my team from Salinas – Ecuador, where it took place the 2nd Olympic Festival “Salinas 2004”. This event is promoted by the Ecuatorian Olympic Committee and in its second year invited our sport of Paintball to join them as an exhibition sport.
12 teams were invited from Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Ecuador to compete against each other in a 5man format under NPPL rules. The event ran smooth with no major reffing problems at all and after 2 days of rough competition it came to a happy ending.
The Ecuatorian Olympic Committe decided to extend this invitation for 2005 and were very supportive in helping us contact directly our Olympic Committes (Colombian, Peruvian and Venezuelan). Maybe if all of us paintballers unite and start pushing our local Olympic Committes we could be seen in the 2008 Olympics as an exhibition sport. I heard we missed the 2004 Athens Olympics for just a few votes. Lets unite our forces and see each other in 2008 in the Olympics.
Just my opinion but share your two cents here
Has this happened before in any other country?
Is it maybe our first steps to become a recognized sport in the Olympic Committe?
Even though most of the info is in spanish, check the following links to see the photo gallery and results.
Photo Gallery
http://www.monosalvaje.com/pb/fotos.htm
Events News and Scores
http://www.monosalvaje.com/pb/noticias.htm
Results (as posted on the Ecuatorian Olympic Committe site)
http://www.ecuadorcoe.org.ec/segundo_festival/htm/resultados_paintball.htm
12 teams were invited from Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Ecuador to compete against each other in a 5man format under NPPL rules. The event ran smooth with no major reffing problems at all and after 2 days of rough competition it came to a happy ending.
The Ecuatorian Olympic Committe decided to extend this invitation for 2005 and were very supportive in helping us contact directly our Olympic Committes (Colombian, Peruvian and Venezuelan). Maybe if all of us paintballers unite and start pushing our local Olympic Committes we could be seen in the 2008 Olympics as an exhibition sport. I heard we missed the 2004 Athens Olympics for just a few votes. Lets unite our forces and see each other in 2008 in the Olympics.
Just my opinion but share your two cents here
Has this happened before in any other country?
Is it maybe our first steps to become a recognized sport in the Olympic Committe?
Even though most of the info is in spanish, check the following links to see the photo gallery and results.
Photo Gallery
http://www.monosalvaje.com/pb/fotos.htm
Events News and Scores
http://www.monosalvaje.com/pb/noticias.htm
Results (as posted on the Ecuatorian Olympic Committe site)
http://www.ecuadorcoe.org.ec/segundo_festival/htm/resultados_paintball.htm