{"id":41920,"date":"2015-05-26T11:03:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T08:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.uaf.org.ua\/2015\/05\/26\/children-had-a-blast-with-sergey-bubka-during-20th-world-athletic-day-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2015-05-26T11:03:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T08:03:26","slug":"children-had-a-blast-with-sergey-bubka-during-20th-world-athletic-day-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaf.org.ua\/en\/2015\/05\/26\/children-had-a-blast-with-sergey-bubka-during-20th-world-athletic-day-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Children had a blast with Sergey Bubka during 20th World Athletic Day in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tThis year\u2019s WAD had a vast geography in Ukraine. It covered 3 cities: Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Kirovohrad.  Ukraine has also decided to think out of the box and to introduce some new fun activities to celebrate World Athletic Day together.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\tThis year\u2019s celebration in Ukraine was anything but ordinary.  Sergey Bubka himself visited the IAAF Kids Athletics presentation that took place during World Athletic Day in Kirovohrad, Ukraine. Bubka believes that national and international athletics events must do more to engage young audiences. And to practice what he preaches, he took part in the fun warm-up, ran a relay as a part of the team and even introduced a shy three-year-old to the exciting world of Athletics!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\tOne of the pillars of Bubka\u2019s Presidential campaign is \u201cBuilding on the legacy of Athletics\u201d. He believes that in planning our future we must recognize the importance of our past. And one of the ways to inspire our young generations is thorough our great history.  One of activities of the Day was meeting with Athletics Masters and commemorating the athletes, who gave their lives fighting fascism during World War II. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\tDuring the launch of his book \u201cFlying Bubka\u201d, he was bombarded with questions from the young audience. Children wanted to know how to become a leader, was it scary to compete for the first time, how do you cope with being nervous and is it true that losing makes you stronger?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\t\u201cIf you beat yourself, you beat everybody else. You aren\u2019t born a champion; it takes a lot of hard work, determination and dedication to become one\u201d, Bubka said, \u201cI truly hope this book will motivate kids from all over the world to make sport and an active lifestyle a part of their daily lives. The IAAF should take responsibility to involve our champions as role models for young athletes in their native countries as well as globally.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\tEverybody present received a copy of \u201cFlying Bubka\u201d book with autograph and warm wishes. No one was denied the pleasure of taking a picture with Sergey Bubka!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\tIt was very hard to leave for a scheduled TV interview as the children didn\u2019t want to let Sergey go!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\tThis World Athletic Day turned out to be an inspiration for all. \u201cThe IAAF must continue to promote the importance of sports to today\u2019s youth so that more people get active and I am already committed to doing that through the visits to projects and sports clubs for young people I attend on a regular basis. I could see today, during the World Athletics Day, how much sport inspires young people when they are encouraged to participate.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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