MORE CHANGES BEHIND THE SCENES! FLAMENGO FIRES GUILHERME KROLL, OFFICER OF THE OLYMPIC DEPARTMENT

Essential for child development, breast milk is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the “golden food”, giving rise to Golden August, a month to encourage breastfeeding. Thus, to reinforce support for the campaign, Flamengo's Social Responsibility department took, last Tuesday (27), water polo athlete Duda Martins, who is 26 weeks pregnant, and the club's mascots to meet the Maria Amélia Buarque de Holanda Municipal Maternity, a reference in humanized care for pregnant women, in the center of Rio.

As part of the activity program, the athlete received guidance on the breastfeeding process and the importance of breast milk in child development and in building bonds together with other pregnant and postpartum women cared for by the maternity ward.

“Flamengo's presence here today is extremely important because all actions aimed at Agosto Dourado aim to support, promote and increasingly encourage breastfeeding. Encouraging breastfeeding on demand, increasing breastfeeding time allows society to understand the real benefit that human milk has for both babies and mothers”, said Carla Navarrete, coordinator of the Nutrition and Dietetics Service at the Maternity Hospital and president of the Unit's Breastfeeding Committee.

“Visiting the Maria Amélia maternity ward was an incredible experience, I could see that the maternity ward is really very intense. I answered questions, learned and prepared myself a little more, and had contact with other pregnant women. Each of us had different doubts and fears, which were fully welcomed by the team that welcomed us. It was a pleasure to be part of Flamengo's social responsibility action”, said athlete Duda Martins.

Production assistant Josiane Portugal, who is also pregnant and undergoes prenatal care at the maternity ward, added. “Today I learned that only breast milk is enough and no other milk is needed for the child to grow up healthy. I loved Flamengo's presence here today. I'm a Flamengo fan, my family is Flamengo fan and I was very happy to know that Flamengo supports breastfeeding”, she praised.

As part of the proposal to humanize motherhood, the athlete received a beautiful pregnancy painting, which allowed you to understand how your baby is positioned inside your belly.

Flamengo is in a presidential election year and, as a result, campaigns have begun to be publicized. Thus, one more person applied for the election: Delair Dumbrosck, who is part of the group "Nação Sem Fronteiras".

In publicizing the campaign, Delair Dumbrosck spoke about his projects and what he thinks about the growth of sports Olympics. Furthermore, the pre-candidate also showed a sustainable solution for building his own stadium. Finally, the candidate spoke about the alternatives to internationalize the club's brand on the world stage.

Delair is an entrepreneur in the market segment real estate. Within Rubro-Negro, the pre-candidate was already president of the club in 2009, when Márcio Braga left the position. Thus, at the head of the management that had Marcos Braz as manager and Adriano Imperador on the team, the candidate for the election won the Brasileirão that year.

In addition to Delair Dumbrosck, Rodrigo Dunshee, Luiz Eduardo Baptista, Maurício Gomes de Mattos, Pedro Paulo, Wallim Vasconcelos and José Carlos Peruano are also competing for the presidency of Flamengo.

The elections will be held on the day December 9, in Gávea. The time for members to vote will be from 8am to 9pm. Thus, during the day, members will choose the candidate who best fits the club's profile to lead the three-year period.

This Saturday (11), canoeist Isaquias Queiroz was champion of the Speed ​​World Cup, in Szeged, Hungary. The Flamengo athlete overcame all other opponents and represented Mais Querido well for the Brazilian team, where he competed in the C1 500m category, which is not in the Olympic program.

Isaquias has been a Mais Querido athlete since 2019. The Olympic champion in Tokyo He is one of the greatest Canoeing athletes in the world. With four medals in total, he is in the final phase of preparation for another Olympics, the one in Paris, where he hopes to expand his collection of Olympic medals and try to overtake sailor Robert Scheidt, who has five medals.

During the broadcast of the Premiere, viewers did not know which club canoeist Isaquias Queiroz competes for. Highlighting that it is important to identify the clubs that support Olympic sport in Brazil, as many athletes suffer from a lack of investment.

In addition to having Isaquias Queiroz As one of its representatives on Team Brasil, Flamengo also has many other athletes. Mais Querido is considered the largest multi-sport club in Brazil as it stands out in all sports. Rubro-Negro will have a high number of athletes in different sports in Paris.

Remembering that the world champion and gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, Rebeca Andrade is also part of the Mais Querido base and will represent the club once again at the Paris Olympics.