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The former professional tennis player Nicolás Almagro, the player of the Spanish Basketball Team Laura Gil, the Olympic medalist Antonio Peñalver and the captain of the Spanish BSR Team, Sonia Ruiz, are some of the professionals who have participated.

'Win the Coronavirus Party'.

This is how the video released this morning by the Murcia City Council is titled, starring Murcian athletes or professionals who compete in municipal teams, in which minority sports figures have also participated, who have sent a message of encouragement to all Murcians during this period of confinement.

"Many athletes have joined this initiative to send a message of hope to all Murcian families who are being an example of bravery and courage, an example of civility in these hard times we are living," said the Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, adding that "we are playing the most important match: beating the coronavirus."

Special mention to health professionals

Under the hashtag #GanarElPartidoAlCoronavirus, the video refers to the important work that health professionals are doing, with phrases such as' we also send much encouragement to the professionals who take care of us, the health workers.

We are going to win this race as a team.

Together, Murcia is going to get ahead. '

Participants

The former professional tennis player Nicolás Almagro, the player of the Spanish Basketball Team Laura Gil, the Olympic medalist Antonio Peñalver, the professional soccer player Pedro León, the marcher and Olympic athlete Miguel Ángel López, as well as the young tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, current Champion of Tennis of Europe sub-16, are some of the participants.

They have also joined the captain of the Spanish BSR Team, Sonia Ruiz, the former Olympic athlete and current president of the Murcian Athletics Federation, Juanma Molina, the former captain of the Spanish Futsal Team, Kike Boned, the former professional player Futsal, Fran Serrejón, the president of Real Murcia CF, Francisco Tornel, athletes from Club Cronos and players and coaches from Real Murcia CF, UCAM Murcia CF, Real Murcia Basketball, UCAM MURCIA CB and UCAM Murcia BSR.

Also participating were Luismi Castillo, FIBA ​​and ACB international referee, former Olympic Team boxer Felipe Martínez, judoka Mario Sierra, World Master champion (Ámsterdan 2015), the current Spanish runner-up from Campo a Través María Martínez, the president from the Murcia table tennis sports club, Benjamín Garcés, as well as athletes from the Gymnos' 85 rhythmic gymnastics club and the Twirling Majorettes Monteagudo club.

The preselected sprinter athlete for the Olympic Games, Sergio López, the current Nordic Walking Promise Category National Champion, Sandra Ribes, the player of the Spanish American Football Team, Conrado Sánchez, the World Paddle Tour players have also joined this project. , Ara Martínez and José David Sánchez, the current World Champion of the 1,500 m Master, José Antonio Alcaraz, and the vice-president of the Murcian Boxing Federation, Benjamín López.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia