A surprise guest at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on August 8, Thomas Pesquet performed a piece of the Marseillaise on his saxophone from the International Space Station (ISS). Back on earth, the famous astronaut is the sponsor of the Olympic and Paralympic week at school (SOP), organized by Paris 2024 from January 24 to 29 with the national Olympic and Paralympic committees and the Ministry of Sports. ” Thomas Pesquet has been a loyal supporter of Paris 2024 since this summer and the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Games “, recalled Tony Estanguet, Monday at the headquarters of the organizing committee of the Paris Games 2024. Before challenging him to make as much buzz as Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education and Sports, who had panicked social networks last year with his dance moves in a school for the SOP 2021.
« I’m here as a sports fan. Even if I am very far from being a professional sportsman, I have a taste for sport”, continued Thomas Pesquet. ” I will not be an astronaut without the regular practice of sport. He was part of my schedule aboard the ISS he continued, explaining that without his daily two and a half hours, he would have lost too much muscle mass. ” I come from a family of teachers and I have a great affinity with education, so combining school and sport is something very virtuous. “, Estimated Thomas Pesquet, black belt in judo.
The astronaut insisted on his commitment to fight, with the actors of the Games, against the scourge of a sedentary lifestyle, in particular among children, which the pandemic has only aggravated. In parallel with the SOP, the 30-minute physical activity at school system was presented, launched by Paris 2024 two years ago and developed thanks to the Ministry of Education and Sports, which wishes to generalize it in all schools in 2024. Thomas Pesquet’s mission is also linked to this theme: the sum of the 30 minutes spent during the SOP by its participants should represent as many minutes as to make two round trips to the Moon, i.e. 16 million .
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