His work began on Sunday afternoon (16/10). 9th International Sports Conference of the Panhellenic Sports Press Association (PSAT) at the facilities of the International Olympic Academy (IOA), at Ancient Olympia.
The four-day proceedings are covered directly via live streaming from the official PSAT Facebook account and from the PSAT YouTube channel.
Before the start of the conference, the general secretary of PSAT, Aspasia Velonaki, invited the participants to stand up to observe a minute’s silence for the loss of Alexandros Nikolaidisa tribute to the two-time “silver” Olympic Tae Kwon Do athlete
THE President of PSAT, Yiannis Theodorakopoulos welcomed the distinguished guests, while greetings were addressed by the Vice President of DOA, Spyros Zannias, the General Manager, George Mavrotas, the Mayor of Ancient Olympia, George Georgiopoulos, the President of KOE, Kyriakos Giannopoulos, the President of ESOA, Voula Kozomboli, the Managing Director of EOAN, Nikos Chiotakis, Margarita Theodorakis, the President of POESY, Sotiris Triantaphyllou, the First Vice-President of ESIEA, Aria Agatsa, the President of ESIEPN, Kyriakos Kortesis, the Representative of ESIEPN, Kostas Toutsidis, the President of ESIEPN, Thanasis Babanevas, the President of ESPET, Themis Beredimas, the Deputy Mayor of Sports of Pyrgos , Yiannis Argyropoulos, the President of EAK, Herodotos Militadou and the General Director of KOA, Marys Charalambous.
O Sports Tourism was the first topic of the work of the 1st day (16/10) coordinated by the journalist, PSAT member, Nikos Tsonis.
The President of the Cycling Greece Organizing Committee and Technical Advisor for Development Issues of the Cycling Federation George Leventakiswho represented the Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis, speaking about bicycle tourism said that it reflects 2 billion bicycle trips per year around the world with a turnover of 44 billion.
The General Director of the Cyprus Sports Organization, Mary Charalambous-Papamiltiadisspoke about the trends and challenges of sports tourism, while referring to the initiative regarding the mapping of sports facilities and online bookings by citizens.
The president of SEGAS, Sophia Sakorafaspoke about the leading sports and cultural event of our country, the Authentic Marathon, citing numerical and statistical data.
The proposal of the managing director of Branding Greece, Elsa Exarchouwas dedicated to the memory of Alexandros Nikolaidis and his family. “Tourism and sports have a common basis, they tear down walls and unite people. We Greeks sell experience and not beds, since it was in Ancient Olympia that people started visiting a place to watch a sporting event”he emphasized, among other things.
The member of the organizing committee of the Crete Half Marathon in Arkalochori, Kyriakos Karagiorgis presented the match. “Why do 3,500 visitors come to a place of 4,000 inhabitants? Because 40 bands are set up along the route, because in the difficult parts of the route, there are funny slogans, in the even more difficult ones, sprinklers, treats, the finish is in a packed stadium and then there is a huge party”he said characteristically.
The Menalon Trail was talked about by Kostas Panagoulias stressing that everything starts with romance, such as the opening of the Paths, around 30 kilometers in northern Mainalos.
The Coordinating General Director of OAKA, Konstantinos Haliorispresented the central policies that the Deputy Ministry has made in collaboration with the OAKA administration.
The Director of the “Metrosport” newspaper and a member of the PSAT, Vassilis Mastorasreferred to the role of the regional press in the development of tourism.
Her Monday (17/10)work began with Presentation of Paralympic Sports and the baton was taken by Greek Sports on the Road to Paris.
With the coordinator of the head of the Sports Information Department of ERT3, George Trapezanidis, the Paralympian and Director of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee, Sakis Costarisspoke about Greece’s path to the Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024, where for the first time the mark of the event will be shared with that of the Olympic Games.
Then the president of SEGAS took the floor Sophia Sakorafain the theme “Greek Sports on the Road to Paris”.
The… secrets of the successes that rowing has brought to Greece were revealed by the former Olympic champion Vassilis Polymeros.
The member of the Board of Directors referred to the difficulties created in the sport of gymnastics by the coronavirus pandemic. of EGO, Ioannis Pavlakis.
The member of the Board of Directors of PSAT, president of the 2nd Degree Disciplinary Council of PSAT and vice-president of AIPS Yiannis Daras coordinated the afternoon session on Monday (17/10) for the new and unscreened sports.
The president of the Hellenic Skateboard Federation, Dimitris Grigoriadisexplained the reasons why young people around the world have embraced the sport.
The president of the Hellenic Cheerleading Federation Mike Fundedakis gave information about the sport, which in Greece has 5,000 sportsmen and women, as well as 40 active associations.
The Assistant Professor of the University of Peloponnese Krinanthi Gdonteli gave important information to the participants of the 9th PSAT International Sports Conference on electronic sports (Esports).
The appointment was renewed for Tuesday (18/10) with topics:
Technology, social media and media in sport
Presentation of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Sports
The FIFA World Cup – Qatar 2022
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