The Olympic day on the open fields of "SC Morača" is scheduled for June 23, starting at 18 p.m.
It is a continuation of the extremely successful and well-attended Olympic caravan in numerous Montenegrin cities, and sports values, the essence of the Olympic movement, and the advantages of healthy lifestyles will be promoted on June 23, a month before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris.
"It will be an opportunity for visitors to socialize with our Olympians, among whom will be a new member of the Montenegrin Olympic team, Bojana Gojković, as well as candidates for Paris 2024, athlete Slađana Pejović and our basketball players. Together with the youngest members of the clubs from the capital, we will give the wind behind our athletes before the most beautiful summer in their careers," said the Montenegrin Olympic Committee, which organizes the Olympic Day with the Capital City's Sports Secretariat.
"During the Olympic Day, the International Refugee Day will also be celebrated in cooperation with UNHCR, with the aim of creating a platform where children from refugee families, stateless children or children at risk can compete with their peers from Montenegro in various sports. In a world where over 110 million people are forcibly displaced, sport serves as a universal and popular tool among young people to counter the progression of conflict by strengthening community cohesion. integration into new communities," the announcement states.
With the help of our friends, we have prepared various competitions in mini-disciplines, in which our youngest visitors will compete.
Olympic Day has been celebrated for more than seven decades. The first Olympic Day celebration was held on June 23, 1948, when nine National Olympic Committees (NOCs) organized events to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894.
Today, 130 NOKs on five continents mark this day, in the celebration of which around five million people will participate.
This worldwide celebration of the Olympic spirit involves millions of people celebrating the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect through the Olympic Day theme - "Get Moving", which aims to inspire people around the world to make time for daily physical activity.
Also, during the Olympic Day, the Montenegrin Olympic Committee will host 17 partners from seven EU countries and the Western Balkans who will participate in the "Friendship Club", a joint action to promote basic values among children and communities. This joint action is part of the "Erasmus+ project Sports as Value", which aims to integrate positive values into sports practice and build stronger communities through sports and the promotion of EU values", concludes the COK announcement.
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