Sri Lanka's third 'CISM joint tri-service marathon run, organized under the aegis of Brussels-based International Military Sports Council (Conseil International du Sport Militaire) and the Navy, more widely known as ‘CISM Day Run,’ got underway early this morning (16) at Colombo Light House premises, with the participation of 300 tri-service personnel, headed by respective tri-service Commanders and Senior Officers.
Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Navy, Chiefs of Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Deputy Chiefs of Staff of tri services and a large gathering of senior officers contributed to the event.
One hundred personnel from each service, Army, Navy and Air Force, including 32 military sports women from each wing, led by respective tri-service Commanders, took part in this year's ‘CISM Day Run’ marathon that covered a distance of about 4 km in Colombo. The event adds a special significance and symbolizes the international recognition of sport capabilities of the Armed Forces in Sri Lanka.
All the runners on completion of the 4 km run entered three earmarked separate lanes to receive medals from veterans in the marathon field before certificates were awarded to them by tri-service Commanders calling them afterwards to the special stage at Colombo Light House premises. Renowned athletes of the country and tri-services greeted the runners after their successful completion of the inaugural marathon.
CISM with its motto, “Friendship through Sport” as one of world’s largest multidisciplinary organizations, dedicated to promote world peace by uniting armed forces through sport, organizes diverse sporting events of this nature for the armed forces of 133 member countries world-wide annually.
This is the second time the Navy, as the pioneering major organizer for the arrangement, organizes the annual ‘CISM Day Run’ event in Sri Lanka with the support of sister services and the Defence Services Sports Board.
The end of the event saw participants receiving a certificate. Commander of the Army was also associated with the distribution of certificates.
Both CISM President and Secretary General in Belgium have sent their greetings to Sri Lanka’s ‘CISM Day Run’ in Colombo, coordinated by the Navy Sports Board.
In the year 2010, a 70-member group of tri-service sportsmen and women from Sri Lanka took part in the 5th Military World Games, organized by CISM in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil showcasing and sharing the remarkable spirit of friendship and solidarity for sports.
The CISM annually organizes over 20 Military World Championships for different sports in which all member nations can contribute. To its credit, the CISM holds the most-reputed World Military Games every 4 years, in cooperation with Para Olympic organizations and other international sport organizations. CISM attracts more than one hundred countries as participants in World Military Games, for which the Defence Services personnel from Sri Lanka too had contributed during the last couple of years.
Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Navy, Chiefs of Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Deputy Chiefs of Staff of tri services and a large gathering of senior officers contributed to the event.
One hundred personnel from each service, Army, Navy and Air Force, including 32 military sports women from each wing, led by respective tri-service Commanders, took part in this year's ‘CISM Day Run’ marathon that covered a distance of about 4 km in Colombo. The event adds a special significance and symbolizes the international recognition of sport capabilities of the Armed Forces in Sri Lanka.
All the runners on completion of the 4 km run entered three earmarked separate lanes to receive medals from veterans in the marathon field before certificates were awarded to them by tri-service Commanders calling them afterwards to the special stage at Colombo Light House premises. Renowned athletes of the country and tri-services greeted the runners after their successful completion of the inaugural marathon.
CISM with its motto, “Friendship through Sport” as one of world’s largest multidisciplinary organizations, dedicated to promote world peace by uniting armed forces through sport, organizes diverse sporting events of this nature for the armed forces of 133 member countries world-wide annually.
This is the second time the Navy, as the pioneering major organizer for the arrangement, organizes the annual ‘CISM Day Run’ event in Sri Lanka with the support of sister services and the Defence Services Sports Board.
The end of the event saw participants receiving a certificate. Commander of the Army was also associated with the distribution of certificates.
Both CISM President and Secretary General in Belgium have sent their greetings to Sri Lanka’s ‘CISM Day Run’ in Colombo, coordinated by the Navy Sports Board.
In the year 2010, a 70-member group of tri-service sportsmen and women from Sri Lanka took part in the 5th Military World Games, organized by CISM in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil showcasing and sharing the remarkable spirit of friendship and solidarity for sports.
The CISM annually organizes over 20 Military World Championships for different sports in which all member nations can contribute. To its credit, the CISM holds the most-reputed World Military Games every 4 years, in cooperation with Para Olympic organizations and other international sport organizations. CISM attracts more than one hundred countries as participants in World Military Games, for which the Defence Services personnel from Sri Lanka too had contributed during the last couple of years.
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