President Danilo Medina met with the president of the Puerto Plata Swimming Club Juan Carlos Morales and his son Juan Carlos Jr. at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Monday 23 June 2014.
Following the visit, Juan Carlos Morales Jr. told reporters that they had discussed the growth of sports tourism in the Puerto Plata area in open water swimming.
He said that their conversation focused on initiatives by the Puerto Plata Club in a long distance swimming competition to be held in Sosua on July 6, when deputy sports minister Marcos Diaz, famous for his international long distance swimming feats, would be declared an “adopted son” of the club.
He went on to say that open water swimming helped to develop discipline in young people and promoted sports tourism nationally and internationally.
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