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The Cno-civ is organizing the festivities this Saturday in Andé

Placed under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Patrick Achi and the sponsorship of the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Jean-Luc Assi, this event will see the participation of several Olympic sports federations including the federations of Taekwondo, karate, judo boxing, wrestling. and athletics which will make a presentation of “Kids’ Athletics”, an education project of the iaaf (now World Athletics) launched in 2005. It brings together a set of sports and games with the content of basic athletics children such as running jumping, throwing and walking according to the physical and psychological characteristics of children’s development. The program also includes a women’s football gala match between a selection of women from the Mé region and the national women’s team led by coach Touré Clémentine.

For several weeks, the Cno-Civ teams have been hard at work with the support of Senators Emmanuel Gbocho and Christophe Yapi, former vice-presidents of the Olympic Committee, for the success of the event supported by the Mutual Development Fund. ‘Andé. As part of the preparations for this day, the emissaries of Cno-Civ, Yapi Pépin, member of the Technical Commission and Kouassi François, former president of the Women’s Football Commission (CFF) at the Ivorian Football Federation (Fif) had working sessions with the Mayor of Agou, the village chief and the land chief of Andé. All welcomed the celebration of Olympic Day 2021 on their land. Also, they sounded the mobilization of the populations of these localities so that these sporting reunions around the Olympic values ​​are a beautiful communion.

Olympic Day is a mobilization action every year on June 23 around Olympic and sporting values ​​aimed at the general public, license holders, school groups and leisure centers. The first Olympic Day was celebrated on June 23, 1948 by nine National Olympic Committees which organized ceremonies in their respective countries. In 1987 the IOC “Sport for All” Commission established the Olympic Day race to encourage all national committees to celebrate this day and to promote the practice of mass sport.

Today Olympic Day is much more than just a race or sporting event. Its organization is based on three pillars: Move, Learn and Discover.

Alphonse Camara

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