30.09.2016.
Defence Minister receives Serbian Paralympic athletes
Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic welcomed today the members of the Serbian Paralympic Team with their families on the occasion of the great success that they achieved at the recent Paralympic Games in the Brazilian capital.Nemanja Dimitrijevic, who won a bronze medal in the javelin throw, and whose father is Colonel Nenad Dimitrijevic, a professor at the Military Academy, as well as the retired members of the Serbian Armed Forces, Mitar Palikuca, table tennis player, who also won a bronze medal, and the selector of the national shooting team, Nenad Pajic, talked with Minister Djordjevic about their impressions from that world's biggest competition, from which the national team of our country returned with nine medals.
Congratulating them on the success, Minister Djordjevic also pointed out the grit and sporting spirit showed on that occasion. During the talks, they discussed the way to Rio de Janeiro, housing conditions of our Paralympic team as well as the impressions from the competition, and our paralympic athletes pointed out in unison that "when they win medals, all is well".
During today's meeting, they discussed also the demanding training regime that every top athlete on the path to Olympic medals must obey, which often involves several months of separation from their families, as well as the challenges and obstacles that members of our Paralympic Team face in everyday life and during the preparations for the competitions.Our Paralympic athletes donated Minister Djordjevic, as a memory of today's meeting, shirt in the colours of the recently finished Olympics, and taking leave of our athletes, Defence Minister wished them much success in sports competitions, good health without injuries, but also a lot of sports luck.
After a well-deserved break, members of the Serbian Paralympic Team expect preparations for the World Cup that will be held in London next July, as well as numerous competitions at home and abroad.
