Open your masters swimming season in Latvia – welcome to the Baltic Masters Championship «Riga Amber Cup 2019»! The sports center “Daugava” with a beautiful 25-m swimming pool will host the famous international tournament on 16-17 February 2019.
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Riga Amber Cup is a biggest masters swimming tournament at the short course venue (25-meters pool / 6 lanes) in the Baltic States. Every year age-groups swimmers from 10-12 countries arrive to Riga in February to compete for memorable awards.
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10 best women and 10 best men scoring the highest number of points in two individual distances will be awarded prizes (according to DSV Master Performance Table).
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Main award of the team tournament – Amber Cup!
Each team must have 12 swimmers for a general club classification.
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Riga Amber Cup 2019
Baltic Masters Swimming Championship / SC 25m
16-17 February 2019 ⇒ Riga, Latvia
Sports Venue ⇒ Address: 107 Kr. Barona iela, Riga → Sporta komplekss «Daugava», 25m swimming pool, 6 lanes, electronic timing («Daugava Sports Complex»).
Look at the Regulations and send your Entry Form on organizers email (in Entry).
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Participants and age groups:
Each participant may take part in no more than 2 events in each session, except for the swimming relay, and in no more than 2 swimming relays.
There are 12 swimmers on each team, of which no less than 4 are women.
Best individual swimmers shall be selected by adding up obtained scores from two events according to DSV Master Performance Table 2013.
Age groups in individual events:
A 25-29, B 30-34, C 35-39, D 40-44 , E 45-49, F 50-54, G 55-59, H 60-64, I 65-69, J 70-74, K 75-79, L 80-84, M 85-89, N 90-94, O 95+
Age groups in team relays:
A 100-119, B 120-159, C 160-199, D 200-239, E 240-279, F 280-319, G 320+
Popular class:
Popular class (beginners) participants can start in 50m freestyle. Anyone who is not competing at a masters level competition can participate in this class. All of Open class, participants will be awarded with medals.
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Riga Amber Cup 2019 – competition program:
16 February (Saturday) – I Session
Registration in the pool ⇒ 12:00, Warm up ⇒ 13:00, Start ⇒ 13:30
50 m freestyle (beginners – women, men)
200 m IM (women, men)
50 m butterfly (women, men)
50 m backstroke (women, men)
100 m freestyle (women, men)
200 m butterfly (women, men)
200 m backstroke (women, men)
100 m breaststroke (women, men)
4×50 m medley relay (MIX)
17 February (Sunday) – II Session
Warm up ⇒ 9:30, Start ⇒ 10:00
50 m freestyle (athletes with disabilities)
50 m freestyle (masters women, men)
50 m breaststroke (women, men)
100 m backstroke (women, men)
100 m butterfly (women, men)
200 m freestyle (women, men)
200 m breaststroke (women, men)
100 m IM (women, men)
4×50 m freestyle relay (MIX)
Award ceremony in general classification → 30 min. after the last event.
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Keep calm & See you in magical Riga!
Organizer: © Jānis Plotnieks powered by Latvian Swimming Federation
European Sports Promoter: Andrzej Waszkewicz via Swim.by
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