Piše: MARIJANA MIKAŠINOVIĆ
Predsjednik Vlade primio olimpijske i paraolimpijske osvajače medalja iz Tokija
Predsjednik hrvatske Vlade Andrej Plenković primio je 8. rujna u prostorijama Nacionalne sveučilišne knjižnice hrvatske športašice i športaše koji su osvojili medalje na Olimpijskim i Paraolimpijskim igrama u Tokiju. Uz premijera su bili i dopredsjednik Vlade i ministar financija Zdravko Marić, ministrica turizma i sporta Nikolina Brnjac te ministar rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike Josip Aladrović. „U ime cijele Vlade želim vam čestitati na sjajnim uspjesima u Tokiju. Još jednom ste oduševili Hrvatsku i hrvatski narod i pokazali koliko je šport važan, koliko ste uspješni svojim radom i svojom kvalitetom i koliko ste učinili na promociji hrvatskog športa i Hrvatske uopće“, kazao je premijer. Dodao je da se ova Vlada osjeća kao doista športska i podržava šport u svakom pogledu te kako se tijekom prvog i trenutnog, drugog, mandata ove Vlade u šport ulaže sto posto više sredstava. No, premijer smatra da to još nije dovoljno i ističe da, kao što se zna reći u športu, Hrvatska svojim uspjesima igra iznad svoje kategorije, a kada se sredstava tiče, onda igra dvije kategorije iznad: „Nastavit ćemo s ulaganjima u šport i nalaziti načine i podrške i financiranja jer smo uvjereni da je to zdravo, dobro za mlade, dobro za cijelo društvo budući da je to jedan od najljepših oblika društvenog angažmana koji stvara i radne navike i solidarnost i fair play i čestitost i, u konačnosti, agilnost koja se kasnije primjenjuje u svim drugim sferama života“. „Pokazali ste da Hrvatska ima velike športaše velikoga srca“, rekla je, među ostalim, ministrica turizma i sporta Nikolina Brnjac te dodala da je od 2016. do danas izdvojeno više od milijardu kuna potpora. Predsjednik HOO-a Zlatko Mateša, koji je nazočio prijamu u društvu glavnog tajnika HOO-a Siniše Krajača i njegovih najbližih suradnika, čestitao je na sjajnom uspjehu u Tokiju kolegama iz Paraolimpijskog odbora, a hrvatskoj Vladi je zahvalio na potpori. U ime Paraolimpijskog odbora govorio je predsjednik Ratko Kovačić, koji je također čestitao svim športašima na sjajnim rezultatima. U ime svih olimpijaca osvajač zlatne medalje u veslanju Martin Sinković čestitao je paraolimpijcima te izrazio zadovoljstvo činjenicom da su se u mandatu ove Vlade povećala izdvajanja za šport, istaknuvši da športašima puno znače projekti koje imaju s Ministarstvom obrane. Rekavši da se zaista vidi velik napredak u izdvajanju za šport, smatra da još malo treba raditi na uvjetima za vrhunske trenere, kao i na dodatnom povećanju nagrada. Premijer Plenković složio se
Prime Minister received the Olympic and Paralympic athletes – medal-winners at the Tokyo Olympics Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković received - in the premises of the National University Library - Croatian female and male athletes-medal winners at the recently completed Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Zdravko Marić, Minister of Tourism and Sports Nikolina Brnjac and Minister of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy Josip Aladrović. „On behalf of the entire Government, I want to congratulate you on your great achievements in Tokyo. Once again, you thrilled Croatia and its citizens and showed how important sport is, how successful you are with your commitment and quality and how much you have done in promoting the Croatian sports and Croatia in general“, said the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister Plenković also noted that the Government feels like a truly sports one and supports sport in every way, adding that during the first and the current, second term of the Government, hundred percent more resources are invested in sports. However, the Prime Minister believes that this is still not enough: “We will continue investing in sports and finding the ways of both support and funding because we are convinced that it is healthy, good for youngsters, good for the entire society because it is one of the most beautiful forms of social engagement that creates both work habit, solidarity, fair play and honesty and, finally, agility that is later applied in all other spheres of life“. „You have shown that Croatia has great, big-hearted athletes“, said, among other things, the Minister of Sport and Tourism Nikolina Brnjac and added that more than one billion HRK has been allocated as support since 2016. Croatian Olympic Committee’s President Zlatko Mateša, who attended the reception together with the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Secretary General Sinisa Krajač and his closest associates, congratulated his colleagues from the Paralympic Committee on their great success in Tokyo and thanked the Croatian Government for its support. President Ratko Kovačić spoke on behalf of the Paralympic Committee, congratulating all athletes on their great results as well. On behalf of all Olympians, gold medalist in Rowing Martin Sinković congratulated the Paralympic athletes, highlighting how pleased he is with the fact that investments in sports increased during the term of this Government, pointing out that the projects they have with the Ministry of Defense mean a lot to the athletes. Noting that there is really a lot of progress in terms of investing in sports, he believes that one must still work a bit on the conditions for top coaches, as well as on further increasing of awards. The Prime Minister Plenković agreed with the proposal, saying that – even though he knows that athletes perform for other motives - adequate awards are also important.
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