2023-06-23 08:45:00
The ”Olympic Games” of the town have just ended for the young people of Puget.
The sports department had concocted, with the schools, six sporting events for the children to test themselves in high and long jump, sprint, shot put and vortex, blind race… Large kindergarten sections in CM2, everyone tried it.
And, Wednesday, June 21, more than 90 children from the department were also gathered on disabled sports events. “We love to see what we bring to all these young people who thrive in adapted sport”rejoiced Christophe Riccino, the head of the sports department.
Three-time world champion
The legend of the hand, Jackson Richardson, at the school of Pins Parasols. Photo BM.
A wonderful surprise also awaited the students, with Jackson Richardson in person, 417 selections for the French handball team, triple world champion, and no less than four Olympic Games to his credit. This legend of French sport exchanged with the CM2 of the schools of Pins Parasols, Simone-Veil and Oliviers.
“Our duty to us, top athletes, is to transmit, to share the value of a title and of sport in general.“, he testifies. “He has an incredible simplicity and accessibility. What shows the greatness of the guy is that he accepted our invitation free of charge”emphasizes Christophe Riccino.
So the lucky Puget students took the opportunity to ask him many questions. And the young handball players under 15 from Puget, champions of the Var, also had the honor of meeting the star.
The icing on the cake, an imprint of the champion’s hand was taken and will be affixed to the wall of the evolution platform which will soon be “graffiti” in anticipation of the 2024 Olympics.
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