With great pleasure, METAdrasi and the Hellenic Olympic Committee participated as co-organizers, and through our cooperation in the “Together in Sport – Phase II” project, in the successful 2nd Race Against Discrimination, organized by the Hope Runners, on Sunday, November 3rd at the Olympic Stadium.
Driven by the message of zero tolerance to any form of discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, age, disability, language, economic status or gender identity, more than 880 runners, including 80 refugee children, participated in the races and parallel activities.
“Together in Sport-Phase II” organised the following:
Meet & Greet
The Olympic bronze medalist of Judo Theodoros Tselidis, the Olympic fencing champion Dora Gountoura and the Olympic champions of Artistic Swimming Sophia Malkogeorgou and Evangelia Platanioti spoke about inclusion and the power of sport in the fight against discrimination, while the Paratriathlon Champion Antigoni Hariessa Vassilopoulou shared her great sporting experiences!
Swimming out of water
Olympic Swimming Champion Neri Niangwara proved to us that swimming is for everyone!
Seated Volleyball
With the support of the National Team members and distinguished athletes, the children played and experienced the sport of seated volleyball!
And the events didn’t endthere! Young and old alike enjoyed:
✔️ The Run Archery (archery for the blind and race) with the participation of refugee children, organized by Faros for the Blind of Greece and AO KAREAS
✔️ The activity KIDS SAVE LIVES with a demonstration of First Aid by certified rescuers
✔️ The animal adoption celebration by the Animal Welfare Association of Aigialeia “Ta Filarakia”
🙏 We warmly thank the Hope Runners for the excellent cooperation that led to the success of the event!
🙏 For their voluntary support, we thank the Supreme Sports Council of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of National Defence, the Sports Office of the Armed Forces and the General Secretariat of Shipping and Ports of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, and METAdrasi’s interpretation and volunteer departments.
“Together in Sport – Phase II” is implemented by METAdrasi (project coordinator), the Hellenic Olympic Committee, and the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) supports with coordination and co-funding. The project is also co-funded by the AMIF (2021-2027). With the support of the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons & Institutional Protection of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.
