The Promotion Tour stopped this Thursday in Talavera within the ‘Castilla-La Mancha European Sports Region’ program. A total of five courts were installed on the Walls of Carnicerías Street where about 300 schoolchildren gathered to practice sports. The students came from the nearby Juan Ramón Jiménez and La Salle concerted centers, as well as from the Puerta de Cuartos and Ribera del Tajo secondary education institutes. As could be seen, all of them are close to the venue of this initiative.
Young people were able to enjoy wheelchair basketball, soccer-tennis, golf, cycling, badminton, zumba, American football, zumba or volleyball. The practitioners were distributed throughout the different disciplines with changes every ten minutes. In addition, a drone took images and videos that also serve to promote the sport and the city.
The Castilla-La Mancha Cycling Federation set up a tent where schoolchildren could practice a simulated race through virtual cycling with speed and power measurement. On the bike they ran on the flat and even climbed the hills. Some of the monitors told this newspaper the benefits of this initiative because it allows young people to practice sports outdoors and in an environment that is not the usual one at the school. Of course, one could see the enthusiasm with which they approached each of the disciplines.
Luxury guest. The surprise came on the BMX track with the presence of the freestyle champion Varo Hernández, European runner-up in 2021 and third in the continental competition in 2023; In addition, he went to Talavera fresh from the World Cup held in France.
On the other hand, the beginning of activities began with institutional presence. In this sense, there were the delegate of the Board in Toledo, Álvaro Gutiérrez, the general director of Sports, Carlos Yuste, the provincial delegate of Education, Culture and Sports, José Gutiérrez, the delegate of the Board in Talavera, David Gómez, as well as such as the councilors of Sports and Education, Antonio Núñez and Pepa Blázquez, respectively.
Álvaro Gutiérrez, in the statements he made to the media before also starting the sports tour, gave an example of this great acceptance and participation in sports this ‘Talavera Tour’ that “in which more than 300 students are playing sports in the streets of Talavera, a city to which we wanted to bring one of the great activities of the planned program, and give it the same prominence as the five provincial capitals of the region where this sporting event will take place.
The delegate of the Board in Toledo has defended that “today sport is much more than playing football, basketball or tennis and attending sporting matches or events” and “it is part of a lifestyle, it is health, it is education and it is tourism and today in Talavera all of this is also combined in this mini sports Olympics that is being held at the foot of one of its hallmarks such as the Walls.
In addition to the sporting success that the celebration of the European Sports Region is registering, the delegate has highlighted the economic impact that it is having because “today sport is also an industrial and business activity” and “we are talking about that in cities and “In the towns of the province that host sporting events, the impact is 5 million euros.”
The delegate of the Board has made the tour of the Talavera Promotion Tour practicing several of the different sports that the more than 300 students from the four participating educational centers have done.
In addition, he has invited all citizens to participate in this sporting activity that is open to all Talaveranos.
And the Councilor for Sports, Antonio Núñez, has assured that “the atmosphere is incredible among young people practicing eleven sports modalities” and has indicated that “the City Council will continue to collaborate to promote a healthier life among our young people and, above all, instill in them the values of sport.
2024-05-23 17:30:19
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