As part of the 2024 Languages, Arts and Cultures Festival, an Olympic and Paralympic day was organized last Friday at the Albéric Richards stadium in the presence of hundreds of local students, all enthusiastic about discovering certain sporting disciplines present at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
It was in the presence of Christine Gangloff-Ziegler, rector of the Guadeloupe academy and Harry Christophe, vice-rector of the Northern Islands, that this day took place under the sign of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games which are coming to big steps. The objective of this large popular gathering is to promote sports practice among young people and mobilize the educational community around the civic and sporting values inscribed in the DNA of Olympism and Paralympism.
Last Friday, more than 500 students from kindergarten to middle school from establishments in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, including those registered in the ULIS (Local School Inclusion Unit) schemes, took advantage of numerous sporting activities thanks to the full participation of local associations and clubs.
Florencia Hunt, a good example for young people to follow
Before participating in the various workshops, the students had the honor of meeting Florencia Hunt, the first and last Saint-Martin athlete to have participated in the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 in the 800 meters.
After listening to the valuable advice of the Saint-Martin champion, the young budding athletes were able to learn about certain events which will be present at the Olympic and Paralympic Games and others, namely sailing with the College Sports Association Mont des Accords, educational boxing with the ABC Intersports club, rugby with the Archiball club, football with the League of Saint-Martin, baseball with the Saint-Martin Baseball-Softball association, athletics with the Avenir Sportif Club de Saint-Martin, tennis with the TCISM, pétanque with the Cariboule club, cricket with the Cricket Conqueror's association and breakdancing, a new Olympic discipline with the Variation Event association.
The National Education Services of the Northern Islands would like to thank all the people who contributed to the success of this symbolic day. _AF
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