Thousands take part in Olympic Picnic
PR dla Zagranicy
Victoria Bieniek
10.06.2018 08:30
Tens of thousands of people took part in Poland's largest sporting and recreational event in the country's capital on Saturday.
Polish Paralympian Piotr Grabowski instructs children in shooting at the picnic in Warsaw. Photo: PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski
The Olympic Picnic, organised by the Polish Olympic Committee near its seat in Warsaw, aimed to showcase sports for the games and promote a healthy lifestyle.
For the first time in its 20-year history, the event also featured the stand of the Paralympic Committee.
Visitors to the event were able to try their hand at a number of sports and rub shoulders with 200 Polish Olympic medallists.
Among them was two-time Olympic rowing champion Robert Sycz, who said that the event was “mainly for children … who can get a taste for sport, try archery, shooting”.
He added that there was usually a hike in sign-ups to extracurricular sports lessons after such events.
The picnic also aimed to promote the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games which will be held this October.
Forty-two Polish 15-18-year-olds representing 11 different sports have already qualified for the games and try-outs will continue until the end of July. (vb)
Source: IAR