This year already for the fifth time in Latvia week of health (MOVE Week) which in Europe will be organized by the International association of sports and culture took place, and in our country the Latvian association of national sports coordinates, the assistant to projects of Development department of the Daugavpils thought Santa Upite reports.
This year as in Europe, and Latvia the number as organizers, and actions, and participants considerably grew. In total 38 countries, 2 941 cities, 6 117 organizers took part in a Week of health, 14 105 events in which 3 444 930 participants took part were held. In Latvia more than 600 actions were organized, and the number of participants reached 70 000.
36 organizations which held 49 sporting events participated in Daugavpils in a Week of health and attracted 6 248 inhabitants. For comparison, three years ago participants there were only three thousand.
The actions which were taking place within a Week of health, were the most different – from walking and run before different sports and exercises. Everyone could choose class in the taste.
As a result Daugavpils was entitled the third year in a row the most active city. We are followed by Tsesis, Tukms, Alūksne, etc.
Today all 36 event managers who received official messages of thanks from the city management were invited to rewarding. The Daugavpils construction technical school, the municipal enterprise Daugavpils siltumtikli and the sports enthusiast who organized open trainings, – Vysotskis Alexander became the most active.
As told Santa Upite, the management of the Daugavpils siltumtikli enterprise approached seriously to organization of events on a Week of health. Every day there various competitions and charging in which 125 people in total took part were held.
Besides, the Daugavpils satiksme enterprise, the Daugavpils local history and art museum, the Day center of social leaving and rehabilitation, public organizations and educational institutions took part in a Week of health. And kindergartens were more active than schools.
Besides thanks and prizes special awards were handed over also to those who creatively approached to the organization of sporting events and thought up the most interesting programs. Such participants was seven.
As the first vice-mayor Yannis Dukshinsky noted, it is very good that in the city such movement, as national sports in which everyone can take part develops. However it is necessary that similar events were held more than once in a year, and it is regular.
"At Daugavpils there is a potential more, and we next year will seal our win", – he declared.
For a week of health Daugavpils participants:
did 5 050 exercises; ran 4 690,1 km; 4 092 times were delayed; 34 935 times jumped up; 3 660 times made knee-bends; walked nearly 41 km; 4 546 times raised feet; on 9 000 times made blows of karate hands and feet; 16 698 times jumped through a jump rope; overcame 68 942 steps.
And it still not all achievements of participants of Week of health.