02Jul201021st Sport Solidarity Meeting in Lignano Sabbiadoro
It comes again the extraordinary meeting of athletics, that every summer draws crowd on the terraces of Teghil stadium in Lignano Pineta. The 21st “Sport Solidarity” International Meeting of Athletics will be Sunday, July 18th at 8 p.m. and it will involve many athletes from all over the world in different specialities.
Since 1994 the international meeting takes place in Lignano Sabbiadoro and it has always a great success both of participants and of crowd. This shows that the seaside resort besides being a beach city, is also a city suitable for high-level sport thanks to its climate, its land and its sport facilities. We remember that Lignano was chosen as the summer home for the preparation of athletes of the Jamaican team, winners of several world and Olympic medals, led by Hasafa Powell.
Just some of the Jamaican athletes took part in the last competitions of the “Sport Solidarity” International Meeting of Athletics of Lignano Sabbiadoro, together with other fast runners of great international level.
At the meeting there is place especially for disabled competitors, which can show their full potential, the competitive and technical merit. Unforgettable was the participation in this regard of Oscar Pistorius, the athlete symbol of disabled people who want to practice sport at high level. The international meeting has also a role of promotion of Sport for Disabled People (Italian Paralimpic Committee and Special Olympics Games) and every year it donates the offerings to the association Comunità del Melograno Onlus. This association has been formed by families of mental disabled people and they are building a facility for the daytime activities and a family home in Lovaria of Pradamano.
Every year the crowd participates with great warmth to this wonderful evening, which is not only a parade of champions, but is a very important moment for all participant to check the preparation in a period full of meetings and competitions. Moreover, the results obtained at the Meeting of Lignano Sabbiadoro are valid for the new personal best and national records.
To reach the Teghil stadium there are different lines of buses that join it with the entire seaside resort. Also tourists that spend the holiday in the centre of Lignano Sabbiadoro have the chance to easily reach the stadium with the buses and so watch the 21st “Sport Solidarity” International Meetings of Athletics.