Schooling Minister Athena Michaelidou on Thursday affirmed her dedication to supporting and advancing Cypriot sports activities throughout an award ceremony honouring athletes who participated within the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Video games in Paris.
The athletes have been honoured for his or her achievements, sporting conduct and dedication.
“Aside from the good outcomes they managed to attain, our athletes have been additionally distinguished for his or her wonderful, exemplary ethics and truthful play,” she stated. She added that the ministry’s intention is to provide them the mandatory ensures to proceed to interact in sports activities, obtain their targets and be capable to excel.
Michaelidou confused the “dedication to the implementation of insurance policies that, amongst different issues, promote the event of athletes and their skilled rehabilitation, equality in sport in all elements and parameters, the event of mass sports activities programmes, upgraded operation and the creation of further sports activities infrastructure primarily based on worldwide requirements and wishes.”
The minister additionally highlighted the significance of enhancing college sports activities to encourage kids’s participation in wholesome actions. She expressed her satisfaction that “the continuing enhancement of sports activities colleges is yielding outcomes, strengthening each sports activities training and college athletics.”
Addressing the attendees, Olympian Pavlos Kontides confused that the following 4 to eight years will probably be essential for Cyprus sports activities. He cautioned towards dropping momentum from current successes and steered introducing private growth lessons in colleges to profit sports activities and broader elements of life. He stated that on this context Cypriot athletes might make extra common speeches in colleges.
President of the Cyprus Paralympic Committee Andreas Roumbas counseled athletes for setting excessive requirements and galvanizing others by overcoming challenges by ardour and perception. He additionally known as for higher help from all stakeholders to make sure equality and alternative.
Secretary-Common of the Cyprus Olympic Committee and head of the 2024 delegation Georgios Nikou described this 12 months’s Olympic participation as Cyprus’ best-ever. He congratulated the athletes for his or her wonderful outcomes and guaranteed continued efforts for sports activities growth in collaboration with the ministry.
On behalf of the Cyprus Olympians, Costas Papacostas expressed gratitude to the Cyprus Sports activities Organisation and the Christodoulides authorities for his or her help. He stated the organisation undertook 30 initiatives in 2024 and emphasised the significance of collaborating with nationwide Olympic committees.
Among the many honourees have been Olympic workforce members together with Andri Christoforou (biking), swimming siblings Kalia and Nikolas Antoniou, Alexandros Tofalides (fencing), Marilena Makri (crusing), Olivia Fotopoulou (monitor and discipline), Konstantina Nikolaou (taking pictures), Natasha Lappa (crusing), Vera Tougouloukova (rhythmic gymnastics), Denis Tarantin (crusing), Sofia Asvesta (judo), Milan Trajkovic (monitor and discipline), Elena Koulitsenko (monitor and discipline), Marios Georgiou (gymnastics) and Pavlos Kontides (crusing).
Paralympic athletes honoured have been Viktoras Pentaras (lengthy bounce), Maria Markou (weightlifting) and Karolina Pelendritou (swimming).
