Victor Francospresident of the Higher Sports Council, declared on Monday that by 2024 there would be a “significant increase in the Paralympic sport budget” to continue promoting sports for people with disabilities and continue to equate it to Olympic sport.
One of the demands of the Spanish Paralympic Committee in recent months, as the date of the Paris Games approaches, is to equalize the financial prizes for Paralympic athletes’ medals with those of Olympians.
“We have a pending issue left. In the Higher Sports Council they told us that it can be achieved for this occasion to equalize the recognition for our athletes with the Olympians. We want them to get the same medal as a non-disabled athlete.“, declared Carballeda, in statements to RNE, which broadcasts its program ‘Mañana más’ from the Higher Sports Council.
Víctor Francos, Secretary of State for Sports, who was also present at the gathering, declared “a first.”
“Last week we delivered the Higher Sports Council’s draft budget for 2024 and There is a big increase in what we are proposing for the Paralympic sport budget. I can’t say how much because something that is still a draft budget and has not been made public would be imprudent,”
Source: La Verdad
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