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Egypt’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, as part of its efforts to introduce sport as a way of life to its citizens, particularly youth, has organized a cycling marathon to spark people’s interest in cycling in the country.
The initiative called: “Your bicycle … your health”, the sector minister, Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, accompanied by Major General Adel Al-Ghadban, Governor of Port Said, led on Friday an 8 km cycling marathon in the new tunnels of Port Said. tomorrow, August 28.
The exercise brought together a group of young men and women and several ministerial officials who participated in the marathon.
A statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports today [Saturday, August 29, 2020], said that “the Ministry is interested in promoting the culture of sports practice among young people and citizens, and in introducing sport as a lifestyle, which is one of the great pillars of the ministry’s strategy that is achieved through through events and marathons organized in all the governorates of the republic periodically “.
Dr. Sobhi praised the Port Said Tunnels project as one of the national development projects being carried out in the country under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who drives the country’s development engine in various sectors.
In addition, he pointed out that the ministry has held various events around these projects with the aim of bringing young people closer to what is happening on the ground in terms of the implementation of large projects, as well as leveraging sport as a tool for the promotion of cities and new projects.
He explained that the “Your Bicycle … Your Health” initiative, which the Ministry is implementing, aimed to provide bicycles to youth and citizens at subsidized prices.
That, Dr. Sobhi added, the ministry has so far implemented two phases of the initiative and that the “Ministry is currently working on the launch of a new phase, which includes a greater number of bicycles to meet the demands of young people.” .
According to him, President Sisi is committed to promoting the idea of sport as a cultural practice within societies, since the practice of sports such as cycling improves people’s physical condition and constitutes an economically efficient mode of transport.
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