BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) — Asia’s quickest sprinter Su Bingtian calls on extra children to interact in athletic exercise with the approaching of Kids’ Athletics Day, a day devoted to celebrating youngsters internationally taking part in athletics on May 7.
“I hope all the parents can bring their kids to move, to play and to explore with fun in celebration of Kids’ Athletics Day,” mentioned the Chinese athletics icon in a clip posted on social media.
Kids’ Athletics Day is launched by World Athletics aiming to get extra youngsters and younger folks concerned in sports activities. The theme of the 2023 Kids’ Athletics Day is “Move, Play, Explore”, because the world governing physique of the game goals to “engage some 400,000 kids in athletic activity to counter worrying global inactivity rates.”
“Athletics consists of various events and doesn’t require much in terms of sites and equipments. Parents can take part in athletics with their kids at any time and anywhere,” the 33-year-old Su, who set the boys’s 100m Asian document of 9.83-second on the Tokyo Olympics, informed Xinhua on Friday.
“Participating in athletics at an early age can help kids to lay a solid foundation for future life,” Su mentioned. “Through walking, running, jumping and throwing, athletics is a fun way for them to get active, and can help them develop interests in sports, enhance physical fitness and build confidence as well as rule consciousness.”
Despite busy build up for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August, Su dedicated to participate within the celebrating occasions initiated by the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA), which will probably be scattered all through the month of May.
According to CAA, the celebrating occasions will probably be staged in over 20 cities throughout the nation and a sequence of social media engagement actions may also happen, focusing on over 4,000 youngsters at in-person occasions and a few 250,000 on social media.
“CAA will continue to work on the development of kids’ athletics, aiming to offer every kid a chance to enjoy the fun in sports as they are growing up,” mentioned Su, who additionally serves as vice chairman of CAA.