Portuguese Paralympic Committee admit athletes – Observer
The president of the Paralympic Committee of Portugal (CPP), João Manuel Lourenço, said this Monday that the biggest challenge in this area is to bring people more involved in sports, admitting that the challenge is for the athletes.
We are having some importance in society, there is a perception that there are more athletes due to the notoriety of Paralympic sport and people with disabilities in society, said the official to Lusa, in Coimbra, where this Monday the National Paralympic Day took place, in within the framework of the 14th anniversary of the CPP.
However, João Manuel Loure stressed, the country needs more people to practice sports, “to guarantee the future of this sporting dimension and that whatever the incidence and what is also normal in any dimension of the sport”. life and in sport”.
The president of the CPP considered it important “to have new ones to replace the current ones, when they come out in the moment of talent”.
For the leader, the rates of still young people in the Portuguese population, who are noted with high levels of dignity, are one of the factors that delay education, it is for athletes.
“Our challenge is to bring more people, or those without disabilities, to the practice of sports with and with which to increase their quality of life and also to increase inclusion through the quality of the great goals”, he said.
At the opening ceremony of the National Paralympic Day, João Manuel Lourenço welcomes this Monday the fact that the financial conditions for the Paralympic project are equal to those of the Olympic project.
At the level of the higher stock exchanges, an equality of values is achieved for the preparation of underlines and coaches, whether at the level of stock exchanges or merit awards”,
This is the first cycle in which Paralympic athletes will be covered by government support, which, according to the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, should be signed within a few weeks.
Government support for the preparation and participation in the next Paralympic Games, scheduled for 2024, in Paris, will amount to 9.2 million euros.