Български
Project S.M.I.L.E.
INCLUSIVE START AT NEW STARS ATHLETICS TOURNAMENT
20.05.2023
On May 20, 2023, the "New Stars" athletics tournament was held at the "Vasil Levski" National Sports Academy. The tournament was organized at an extremely high level by the KLASA sports club and the director of the tournament – Assoc. prof. Plamen Nyagin. The 45th edition of the international tournament included in its program a 100 and 200-meter inclusive start, as well as shot put, in which 36 athletes with intellectual disabilities took part.
The inclusion of integrated starts in sporting events with proven traditions is extremely important support for people with disabilities and their full integration and the example of the organizers of the New Stars tournament has become a sustainable successful practice in the last few years. The participants were awarded by Prof. Apostol Slavchev – Deputy Rector of the Vasil Levski National Sports Academy and Marin Gudev – Head of the Department of Athletics at the Vasil Levski National Sports Academy.
Competitors were divided into several series, competing under the slogan #SMILE – Sport, Motivation, Inclusion, Leadership, Engagement – an initiative of Bulgarian sports development association, supported by the Erasmus+ programме of the European Union, which promotes the sustainable inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in sporting activities at local, national and international level. Athletes from SC Wonders, SC APAS Sandanski, DC St. Marina, SC Adapted sports, SC Adapted basketball NSA, SC SEN, sport and sambo for development and Inspiration Garden took part in the international sports competition.
Competitors were divided into several series, competing under the slogan #SMILE – Sport, Motivation, Inclusion, Leadership, Engagement – an initiative of Bulgarian sports development association, supported by the Erasmus+ programме of the European Union, which promotes the sustainable inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in sporting activities at local, national and international level. Athletes from SC Wonders, SC APAS Sandanski, DC St. Marina, SC Adapted sports, SC Adapted basketball NSA, SC SEN, sport and sambo for development and Inspiration Garden took part in the international sports competition.
