Countdown for the World Working Sports Games of Athens
Conversely, the time is counting for the start of the “3rd World Working Sports Games”, which will be held from October 6 to 10 in Athens.
Registration will end on September 22 and more than 3,500 athletes from 35 countries are expected to take part. This is an event that will be held for the first time in our country and the interest is great, both from the company and from individual employees.
“The World Workplace Sports Games aim to mobilize for ‘lifelong exercise’, improve health and socialize through sports and leisure activities within the work environment,” he told kathimerini.gr the chairman of the Organizing Committee Spyros Karavoulis.
Hundreds of sports fans from abroad are expected to be found in Greece, some of them former champions and continuing to play sports as employees. The event is expected to contribute significantly to the intensity of tourism, in a period of time that has begun to appear.
Participants will have the opportunity to take part in their favorite individual or team sport by choosing between 28 sports and competitions. Through the joy of the race it will combine the beneficial benefits of noble rivalry with psychology and socializing with athletes and employees from around the world. Among the sports of the program are group teams, such as basketball, volleyball, football, but also individuals such as tennis, bathingminton, golf, swimming, etc. For the friends of the road movement there will be the “Athens Company Run”, with the holding of two 5km road races. and 10km.
The Games will be better held in stadiums that have hosted top international events, such as the Athens Olympic Sports Center (OAKA), the “Peace and Friendship” stadium (SEF) etc. The Opening Ceremony will take place on October 6 at the emblematic Panathinaikos Stadium, will include an impressive program and will be open to the public. The Closing Ceremony will be held at the National Gymnasium of Athens “I. Fokianos “.
The World Workplace Sports Games are the culmination of work sports actions internationally. The assignment by the WFCS (World Federation for Company Sport) to the Hellenic Organization of Occupational Sports and Health is a first class opportunity to highlight the modern sports and tourist facilities of our country.
The event is under the assistance and support of the Attica Region as a Co-Organizing Authority. At the same time, it has been included as an action in the national celebration program of the Commission “Greece 2021” and sponsored by the General Secretariat of Sports, the Ministry of Tourism and the Hellenic Organization, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Nautical and Island Policy, the Central Union of Greece. the Municipality of Athens, the Municipality of Vari, Voula, Varkiza, the Municipality of Glyfada, the Municipality of Galatsi, the Agreement Agreement for the Olympic Games and many more bodies and national Federations. The Communication Sponsor is also “I Kathimerini”.