The three-day festival of entertainment and sports Life! 26,000 people visited the Brno exhibition center, roughly 1,000 more than last year. He offered the visitors, who mainly include entire families, various sports, lectures and competitions, including the finals of the national championship in some sports, to try. The organizers announced this on the event’s website. The festival ended today.
Young and old visitors tested their strength in six halls. In SPORT Life hall F, visitors were attracted by the SKI 365 arena, indoor triathlon, bouldering wall, parkour and BMX track. The neighboring Family Halls G1 and G2 offered more than 30 sports fields, for example the demanding Gladiator Race track or, conversely, an inflatable track for the smallest or classic board games. Dance Life pavilion E belonged to dance competitions, shows and workshops, hall A1 hosted the professional skills competition Czech Skills and the largest pavilion P belonged to computer games and novelties in e-sports.
“I am very happy that children and parents have the opportunity to visit the festival during three days, where they can find under one roof not only all kinds of sports, dance, but also classic board games and a full pavilion of computer games, which I, for example, am completely left with, ” said Jan Kubata, general director of fairs.
The very first day belonged to the youngest generation and included the Sport Life educational program for youth. Former and current athletes and coaches came to motivate children to play sports. Among them, for example, the world champion in kung fu Karel Korenc, breathing techniques and strengthening instructor Rosťa Václavek, kendama expert Franta Maršálek, the dance group B-Fresh or one of the most successful Czech skateboarders Martin Pek.
But the biggest draw was Saturday’s celebrity fight. In basketball, indoor triathlon, biathlon, gladiator race and dance battle, two teams consisting of well-known faces competed. The Life team consisted of actor and presenter Ondřej Sokol, MMA wrestler Patrik Kincl, parkourist Jan Hanko, dancer and influencer Annie Camel and biathlete Gabriela Soukalová. The Family team consisted of tennis player Lucie Šafářová, fitness trainer Hana Kynychová, skateboarder Martin Pek, biathlete Ondřej Moravec and actor and former basketball player Tomáš Weber.
Source: www.tyden.cz
