Pilar Alegría announced the matching of prizes for olympic and paralympic medalists
The measure will enter into force in the games of Paris 2024
Madrid, 14 march 2024.- The minister of education, vocational training and sport, Pilar Alegría, has brought this thursday in the commission on education, vocational training and sport of the senate to report on the priorities of his Department in this parliamentary term.
During his hearing has announced that it will be leveraged by medal awards for olympic and paralympic athletes.
The matching of prizes to olympic and paralympic athletes will be implemented in the games of Paris 2024, held this summer.
Will as Alegría, the sample of the bet of the government for equal opportunities and the will of integration and promotion of sports practised by persons with disabilities.
In the field of sport, the minister has also pointed out the historic budgetary allocations to the high council of sports in 2023, which was $381 million, 216 million higher than in 2017.
As a firm commitment of the government for sport, the total budget of CSD in the last term exceeded $1.1 billion.
The minister of education, vocational training and sport has also highlighted the development of the sport act, to the implementation, for example, of the CHALLENGE OF, to be able to adapt its sports facilities in a sustainable manner through tax benefits.
Pilar Alegría has also highlighted thethe programme Team España, which devoted eur 48 million over the cycle linking tokyo games with those of paris. A programme designed to meet the needs of sports and physical and mental health of those who every day built “ brand ” country with its achievements and victories.
Alegría gave the example of the athlete Ana Peleteiro, which allocates Team España this programme to the recruitment of a person who is responsible, while she trains, for the care of her daughter.