The Children of Asia International Committee conducted the Climbing Olympus educational program in Astana. The project participants included 50 young students from the specialized boarding school-college of the Olympic Reserve, named after. K.Munaitpasov.
The athletes were greeted by the President of the Children of Asia International Committee Vladimir Maksimov. The opening was also attended by the Director of the specialized school of the Olympic reserve of Astana, Merey Akshalov.
As noted by the President of the Children of Asia International Committee, Vladimir Maksimov, one of the main goals of the Climbing Olympus educational program is to help young athletes become familiar with Olympic values, the rules of fair and clean play, sports psychology, as well as raising worthy citizens of their country.
“Today we present to you one of the projects that we have been implementing since last year - Climbing Olympus. I hope that the knowledge that you gain today will be remembered and will give you the opportunity to take advantage of it in your future sports career or professional activity. I would like to say that all the projects that we are implementing are aimed specifically at raising worthy citizens of their country. Not every athlete becomes a champion, but you always need to remain human. You need to try as much as possible to absorb the knowledge that is given to you because it will all be useful in later life.”
The young athletes were greeted by the Director of the Specialized Olympic Reserve School, Merey Akshalov:
“We work closely with the Children of Asia International Committee, and together with the Alumni Union we implement projects for the development of children’s sports in Asian countries. I am glad that today the students of our specialized boarding school-college of the Olympic Reserve, named after K.Munaitpasov, completed the Climbing Olympus educational program in Astana. It is young athletes who are our Olympic future, and I hope that all the knowledge that will be gained today will remain and be remembered for a lifetime.”
During the Climbing Olympus educational program, three blocks of work took place: Olympic lecture, Clean sport and Future champion.
As part of the Olympic lecture, an animated video was shown and a game test was taken with interactive elements about the history and main principles of the Olympic Games and the Children of Asia International Sports Games. The block was led by the head of the international department of the Children of Asia Committee, Sardaana Zhendrinskaya, and an alumnus of the Children of Asia Games, silver medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, Tuyana Dashidorzhieva.
In the “Future Champion” block, which was presented by the President of the Association of Sports Psychologists Lira Ulyaeva, athletes had a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the latest technologies for assessing psychophysiological and psychoemotional states and take part in psychotechnical games of various types for personal effectiveness and team unity.
The “Clean Sport” block told athletes about an important component of any sport - anti-doping rules, rights and responsibilities of athletes. The block was moderated by the Director of the Regional Anti-Doping Organization for Central Asia, Venera Abdullah.
The Children of Asia International Committee has been implementing the Climbing Olympus educational project since 2023. The project was first carried out as part of the 2nd Winter International Children of Asia Sports Games in Kuzbass.
Climbing Olympus is aimed at promoting the Olympic principles, introducing the history of the Children of Asia International Sports Games, promoting clean sports and strengthening friendly relations between athletes.
