judoka Nathan Petit meeting schoolchildren

It is a visit that is part of the Olympic and Paralympic week, which promotes the values ​​of sport.

Throughout the day, in the motor skills room of the public school, with a very strict organization due to the health crisis, the 2021-va-de-nuez-news/” title=”Massification of sport and support for high performance, offers governor when delivering the State Sports Award 2021 – Va de Nuez News”>judoka, who arrived at the 5e place of the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021, made young people aware of the different Olympic and Paralympic disciplines, in order to promote sport and change the way people look at disability.

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Between fascination and curiosity, the students took advantage of the exchange with this high-level athlete to satisfy their knowledge with multiple questions, all very relevant: the athlete’s career, his visual impairment, the practice of other disciplines, life in the Olympic village, his encounters with other athletes, etc.

But during this day, it was also an opportunity for the students to witness the demonstration of his discipline, with the noble transmission of the value of respect.

The children then worked on some fundamentals of this martial art, before leaving with the certificate of participation in the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic week and stars in their eyes.

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