Olympic Champion visit helps inspire the next generation
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25 October 2023
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East London Sport recently hosted Team GB Multi-medallist, Christine Ohuruogu MBE at a Sport In Your Futures event at SportsDock, where over 150 local school children were inspired after meeting the Olympic Champion.
Over 150 local school children attending the latest ‘Sport In Your Futures’ session at SportsDock this week got to meet an Olympic Champion!
The SIYF programme, which is aimed at encouraging primary school children to participate in and enjoy sport met Beijing Olympics 400m Gold medallist and London 2012 Silver medallist, Christine Ohuruogu MBE, who spent an hour talking to them about her athletics career and offered them words of encouragement and advice about them taking their own journey through sport.
Christine, a former World and Commonwealth 400m Champion said
I lost a lot of races before I won any medals, so please keep trying and do your very best.”
The children got to see Chritine’s Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medals and have their picture taken with the Team GB star, who also spent time looking at some amazing items of Olympic memorabilia at SportsDock, which had been sourced and displayed by the University of East London archive team. The items included an Olympic torch from the Beijing Olympic Games, where Christine won her Gold medal.
After meeting the school children, Christine also took time out to meet some of UEL/East London Sports Scholars, while the children took part in a range of sports including indoor cricket and skipping.