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In Seine-Maritime, Olympic scholarship holders will be able to live their dream

2023-01-02T09:28:33.503Z


Thanks to the IOC's Olympic Solidarity scheme, the Regional Youth and Sports Centre, located in Petit-Couronne, is the only site in France to


The three values ​​of Olympism are excellence, friendship and respect.

This is what we find since 2010 at the heart of the Olympic Solidarity action initiated by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) which assists the 106 National Olympic Committees (NOCs).

Among the systems put in place, support for Olympic scholarship holders helps foreign athletes prepare for qualifications.

In France, only the Regional Youth and Sports Center (CRJS), labeled INSEP and located in Petit-Couronne (Seine-Maritime), is referenced as an international preparation site for the Olympic Games.

Its primary role is to take care of around 130 sports study athletes per year in 7 disciplines.

In collaboration with the French National Olympic Sports Committee (CNOSF), 8 athletes have already taken to the tracks, rings and pools to represent their countries at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Training and support

It is through the resources generated during the Olympic Games that Olympic Solidarity can finance the training programme, travel and living quarters of Olympic scholarship holders, athletes from countries with little equipment and coaches necessary to achieve the high level.

Since September, 8 athletes have therefore arrived at the CRJS: Moussa Sahabi Gado, a boxer from Niger, and his compatriots, swimmer Salima Ahmadou Youssoufou and judoka Ismaël Alhassane.

But also the 2017 Francophonie champion in the 100 meters, the Congolese Natacha Ngoye Akami as well as the judoka Thaoubani Housni from the Comoros and a trio of Guineans, the athlete Aissata Deen Conte, the judoka Abdoulaye Millimono and the swimmer Fode Amara Camara.

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For two years, they will be followed by the coaches of the sports clubs of Espadon de Grand-Quevilly, Stade Sottevillais 76, Noble Art de Rouen and the judo center of the CRJS: "Everything is done for the well-being of athletes .

They will have access to equipment in order to train twice a day with the provision of high-level coaches.

They will have regular medical and scientific assistance and monitoring.

They will be provided with clothing and accessories, health insurance, assistance with training and schooling, a monthly allowance and one trip per year to return to their respective countries.

And, they will be housed in full board.

This thanks to funding fully paid for by the IOC”, detailed Adrien Moncombe, regional academic delegate for youth,

“I will manage to climb the ladder thanks to you!

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Guinean swimmer Fode Amara Camara

Olympic Solidarity project manager at the IOC, Olivier Niamkey simply confirmed: “We are in an act of solidarity.

Of course we could very well limit ourselves to our athletes.

By inviting these foreign athletes, we allow them to perform and perhaps get on a podium.

For us at the IOC, this is a real gesture of solidarity.

" What the swimmer Fode Amara Camara points out: "I have a great opportunity to realize my dreams with all the technical means.

I am very well taken care of.

Here, I can train in the morning and in the afternoon whereas in my country it is more difficult, because there is not always a swimming pool.

I will manage to climb the ladder thanks to you!

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Source: leparis

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