Tomorrow, Sunday 30 June, at 10:00 am, on the Bari seafront, the closing ceremony of the 3rd edition of the “Metropolitan Olympics” promoted by the Metropolitan City of Bari and with the patronage of the regional CONI and Sport and health Puglia will be held .
Speakers will be Michele Laporta, deputy metropolitan mayor, Luigia Carbonara, Director of the Planning Service of the School Network for the Promotion and Coordination of Youth Policies, the mayors of the metropolitan municipalities who participated in the initiative and the amateur sports associations of the 24 sports disciplines with their athletes. A day of celebration during which participation plaques, medals and trophies will be awarded and which will be followed by a series of sporting performances by athletes from numerous sports associations including the Tersicore ASD gymnastics school of Modugno, the Altilia Stupor Mundi flag-wavers of Altamura , the Majorettes of Murgia, the ASD Double Fire rhythmic gymnastics of Palo del Colle and the martial arts of the Kendro of Triggiano.
During the week, there were approximately 2,500 athletes participating and over 400 tournaments played in the sports facilities of the municipalities of Acquaviva delle Fonti, Adelfia, Alberobello, Altamura, Bitetto, Bitonto, Capurso, Casamassima, Cassano delle Murge, Cellamare, Conversano, Giovinazzo, Gravina in Puglia, Modugno, Mola di Bari, Molfetta, Monopoli, Noci, Palo del Colle, Ruvo di Puglia, Rutigliano, Sannicandro di Bari, Terlizzi, Triggiano, Turi and Valenzano. The athletes competed in the following sports: 5-a-side football, 9-a-side football, F/M basketball, 9-a-side football, F/M volleyball, tennis, handball, athletics, cycling, table tennis, swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, taekwondo, skating, karate, triathlon, judo, weightlifting, kick boxing, archery, sports dance, ju jitsu.
In Altamura, in the Cupola, a basketball tournament was held on 24 June between Basket School Altamura, Asd Acquaviva Basket Academy, Asd Fortitudo Basket Gravina and Polisportiva Virtus 2014 of Molfetta.
Tomorrow, to close the event, a great celebration of sport and entertainment will take place, starting with a parade of all the participants along the Bari seafront, from the Palazzo della Città Metropolitana to Largo Giannella, in which the flag-wavers and timpanists of Altilia Stupor Mundi of Altamura and the Majorettes of Murgia will also take part.
