European Week of Sport 2020 expertly highlights the importance of physical activity and sports safe in times of pandemic

• This year's edition, which counts as ambassadors sportsmen Ester Showpost.php, Ray and Shoe Sara Andrés, aims to raise awareness of the need to maintain an active lifestyle to improve the physical and mental health, especially in these days marked by the pandemic of COVID-19.
• Under the slogan # BeActive, BeSafe, activities planned by the CSD, who have had to adapt to the conditions imposed by the health crisis across Europe, with the collaboration of the FEMP and Founding Spain Active.
• Disseminated by municipalities and sports entities throughout the country a set of videos of exhibitions sporting, engravings in the city of Gijón is also called a photo competition and video through social networks with different categories which seeks to encourage the practice of physical activity and sport.

Madrid, 25 September 2020.European Week of Sport 2020 in Spain aims to raise awareness among citizens of the importance of integrating physical activity and sports in the habits of life of citizens as the best tool for protecting the physical and mental health in these days marked by the health crisis generated by the COVID-19.

“ at this moment in which, despite the pandemic, sport not for, it is particularly important to put the emphasis on which to what extent sport is the best ally of health, ” said the president of the High Council of sports (CSD), Irene Lozano, during the presentation ceremony virtual Week.

For the secretary of state for sport, the fact that this initiative of the European commission will be held simultaneously from 23 to 30 September in all the countries of the union, “ is a measure of the significance that all citizens have an active lifestyle, "added.

Irene Lozano has appreciated the commitment and effort of all entities involved in this year's edition, and especially athletes to be ambassadors of the week: Ester Showpost.php, Ray and Sara Andrés Shoe.

The design of activities initially raised for this edition has had to change due to the COVID-19 has been scheduled and dissemination of some videos of exhibitions G-Dance sports, the GAP, Yoga, Full Body, Pickelball or HIIT etched in the palace of sports of the city of Gijón following all security measures and hygiene. With the issuance of these masters class sporting aims to encourage citizens to practise sport under the slogan # BeActive, BeSafe.

For greater scope of these recordings and the message that you want to transfer the week Europa sport, CSD counted with the collaboration of the Federaciónespañola municipalities and provinces and the founding Spain Active. Thanks to the help of these two entities, all municipalities and a hundred sports centres throughout Spain will have access to this content.

The exhibitions and the rest of contents can be seen through social networks in private spaces and insurance, in homes, clubs, sports centres, thereby achieving a great scope, visibility and durability, obtaining a wide safety before the current situation generated by the COVID-19.

Moreover, it is called a photo competition and video through social networks with different categories which seeks to encourage the practice of physical activity and sport and whose foundations can be accessed in the following section of the website of CSD (https :// www.csd.gob.es/en/promocion-del-deporte/semana-europea-deldeporte).

Promotion of sport from the base

The act of submission virtual has enjoyed the participation of the president of the mayor and FEMP Vigo, Abel Gentleman; the Counselor of culture, Language Policy and tourism of the principality of Asturias, Berta National Piñán; sports councillor concello de Gijón, Ramón Tuero; the president of the foundation Spain active, Jaime Lissavetzky; and the ambassadors of the week, Ray Ester profiles Shoe.

Abel Gentleman has pinpointed the commitment of the Spanish units for sport, understood as a “ one way to understand our daily business and our own character, ” said. “ Why municipalities have to promote sport basis and we must ensure that millions and millions of citizens across Spain do sport habitually ”.

Ramón Tuero, for its part, has emphasized in his speech the bet do concello de Gijón by sport basis and programmes to the smallest “ that have a great acceptance and motivate the hobby of youth by sport forever. ”

The Counselor of culture, Language Policy and tourism of the principality of Asturias, Berta National Piñán, highlighted “ the importance of the involvement of all levels ” in the promotion of physical activity and sport. “ Share the need to invest in sport and physical activity as the best tool for health, ” has recalled.

Jaime Lissavetzky, as president of the foundation Spain active, has encouraged people to incorporate active lifestyles to their day to day and has pointed to the “ necessary action against the sedentary lifestyle and inactivity, to improve the health and welfare of all ”.

Ambassadors of the European sports Week

European Week of sport, which this year celebrates its sixth edition, will be in Spain as ambassadors sportsmen Ray Flash Shoe (bronze medal gymnast in the world championship of Artistic Gymnastics 2015 and gold medal in European games Bakú 2015), Ester Showpost.php (watwerplo player in 2012 Olympic subcampeona, champion of Europa in 2014 and 2020 and world champions in 2013) and Sara Andrés (athlete Paralympic villages bronze medal in the global in Southwark 400 and 200 metres sprint and world record in the 100m in the global in 2019 Chier).

They are all figures of reference for sport English and their participation will be of great help to extend sports in our society.