Medalists honor the Paralympic Festival, which takes place this Saturday
Scheduled for this Saturday (4), from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm (Brasilia time), in 70 cities in 25 states of the country and the Federal District, the Paralympic Festival will have the participation of medalist athletes in the Paralympics of Rio de Janeiro, in 2016, and from Tokyo (Japan), between August and September this year. The event allows children and teenagers from eight to 17 years old, with or without disabilities, to try out Paralympic sports.
Paralympic Festival @loteriascaixa will have the participation of Paralympic medalists in activities with children with disabilities: https://t.co/LzZk1h5NTV pic.twitter.com/xi0Suzl07T
— Brazilian Paralympic Committee (@cpboficial) December 2, 2021
The Paralympic Training Center, in São Paulo, is the venue that will have more medalists attending the Festival. Sprinters Vinícius Rodrigues and Verônica Hipólito, javelin thrower Raíssa Rocha and judoka Lúcia Teixeira had their presence confirmed by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB), which organizes the event.
“I've participated in two festivals and the energy is very good. I go out even more recharged than children. It's a nice time. And it is important for the children to be there, playing with them, because if they have access to the athlete they see on television, having him by their side is motivating", commented Vinícius, silver medalist in the 100 meters of the T63 class (unilateral amputation) in the Japanese capital.
The city of Rio de Janeiro will have centers at the Almirante Adalberto Nunes Physical Education Center (Cefan) and at Vasco da Gama. The first one will have the presence of the weight thrower Wallace dos Santos, gold in Tokyo in the F55 class (in wheelchairs). In the second, the participating medalist will be the swimmer Douglas Matera, class S13 (low vision), silver in this year's Games in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay.
The swimmer Gabriel Geraldo, champion in class S2 (athletes with a severe degree of physical-motor impairment), will be an attraction at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), in Belo Horizonte. At the Instituto dos Cegos da Paraíba Adalgisa Cunha, in João Pessoa, sprinter Petrúcio Ferreira, from the T47 class (arm amputees), and the 5-year-old soccer player (visually impaired) Damião Ramos, both gold medalists in Rio de Janeiro, will be present. like in Tokyo.
Paralympic Festival goes beyond sports practice and promotes inclusion among children with and without disabilities: https://t.co/q8dPoy38KW @loteriascaixa #LoteriasCaixaEsportes pic.twitter.com/BJ2mUeCahp
— Brazilian Paralympic Committee (@cpboficial) December 1, 2021
Each site will offer three modalities to be tried out. The idea is that the materials used in the activities are adapted, serving as an example for teachers from regular schools to integrate students with disabilities in sports practices.
“Inclusion goes far beyond building ramps. Inclusion is also putting people with and without disabilities in the same environment, practicing equally”, summarized Luiza Fiorese, bronze medalist in Tokyo in seated volleyball, who will participate in the event at the Colatinense Association of and for the Visually Impaired (ACDV), in Colatina (ES).
The Festival would be held on September 22, National Paralympic Athlete Day, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic (covid-19), the same reason it did not occur in 2020, and was rescheduled following the International Day of Persons with Disabilities , celebrated last Friday (3). The first edition took place in 2018 and brought together around seven thousand children and teenagers in 48 cities. In 2019, more than ten thousand young people were mobilized in 70 locations.
Text translated using artificial intelligence.
