This year, the Navarra Sports Games began with the participation of 550 young people in 11 sporting disciplines. This edition, number 38, stands out for its commitment to inclusiveness and the equalityallowing young people from the entire community to access sports in a free, healthy and educational way.
The competitions, which started today at 10:00 a.m., count on the participation of children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years old. Among the disciplines that young people will have the opportunity to practice are chess, athletics, basketball, handball, fencing, soccer, taekwondo, table tennis, archery, basque ball And volleyballin addition to adapted sports such as wheelchair basketball and athletics for the visually impaired.
The program, which started on September 1 and will end on August 31 next year, aims to promote inclusive sports activity, in addition to promoting educational values through sports. This year, the program’s budget increased by almost one 15%reaching the 1,590,321.93 euroswhich will allow the continued expansion and development of the initiative.
In total, it is expected that more than 37,000 participants sign up for this sports program, which has developed over the years, consolidating itself as the most important official competition in Navarra in these categories.
38 federations and 82 sports modalities are those who are part of this program, which includes a wide variety of disciplines, bike, swimming And rugbyeven sports mountain, equestrian And canoeamong others. In addition, this year new specialties are being integrated such as mountain races, horse jumping, parkour, windsurfing And inclusive figure skating.
With a clear objective of promoting sports practice among young people, the Navarra Sports Games They continue to grow each year, reflecting the spirit of solidarity and teamwork that characterizes this great community.
