(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 30 – Wide trousers or Bermuda shorts, extra large t-shirt, turned cap, an identity card that many would not allow to drink even in the United States and skate under the arm: welcome to World Street Skateboarding in Rome in Colle Oppio. The first stage of approach to Paris 2024, organized by World Skate with Sport e Salute and Fisr, is not only a springboard for the Olympics, but also wants to be a way to combine sport and culture. And what better occasion than the eternal city with the skate park born in the shadow of the Colosseum and overlooking the Champs Elysees. In short, urban, young, open and sustainable: street skateboarding has everything of the sporting-cultural phenomenon of the moment and for a week, from 26 June to 3 July, the capital is transformed into the theater of all this. Two hundred and twenty athletes from all over the world in an atmosphere of friendship that unites them all. “Skating is a young and open world, everyone who skates is very kind.
There is a wonderful relationship and it is as if we were all brothers “says Agustin Aquila, champion of the Italian team. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa
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