Sara Kolak cheered up the youngsters on the Erste Blue League in Rijeka

Erste Blue League traveled to Kvarner, the qualifications of the 11th season of this athletic competition for male and woman college students from first to 6th grade had been held in Rijeka.

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Students from as many as 44 primary colleges came to the opposition, which changed into also attended by using the golden Olympian from Rio de Janeiro, Sarah Kolak (27), who celebrated in javelin throwing.

Director of the Athletic Club Iva Florjančić she talked about that in the past 11 years, severa athletes from the club from Kantrida have competed in the Erste Blue League. Many back at these days’s opposition, however in the function of volunteers who assist with organizational tasks.

– I have been competing inside the Erste Blue League for three years, and remaining 12 months I become additionally a finalist in shot put. Today I threw the shot put and long soar. In current years, I commenced to educate more critically in athletics, so I became already second within the shot positioned on the countrywide indoor championship. I think it’s important that kids are added to various sports activities at an early age, in order that they continue to play sports for the sake of health – stated 6th-grade student Vana Abramović.

I Zara Mateljan has an equally lengthy tenure on this competition.

– This is my 0.33 time in the Erste Blue League and I had been schooling athletics for the identical quantity of years. Today I ran 60 meters and lengthy jumped. In the lengthy jump final year, I changed into 0.33 within the long jump at the final in Zagreb. It is vital to return to this competition in order that the kids collect a few sports activities habits, no longer simplest in athletics but additionally in other sports activities – this 6th grade pupil of Kantrida Primary School told us.

6th grade pupil of Srdoči Elementary School Lovro Papić why is it crucial to teach athletics before every other sport.

– I were gambling within the Erste Blue League because the third grade. I lengthy soar and run 600 meters. Two years in the past I also executed at the final in Zagreb. Athletics could be very important due to the fact kids can educate any other sport after it, seeing that athletics is a aggregate of velocity and strength, that is vital in any recreation. I want to be extreme approximately athletics and obtain properly results in the future – said Lovro.

Erste Blue League 2023 qualifications keep on June 1 with the competition at Svetica in Zagreb.