As planned, one month after the Worksop I, the young sport students who participated in the EqualiSM project Workshop I went to shadow one of the three sports management representatives who led the project Workshop I. This time, the same participants visited all three representatives from the Workshop I – Headmaster Diana Zaļupe of Limbaži Region Sport School (LNSS), Chairperson of the Board of the Olympic Center “Limbaži” (OC Limbazi) Baiba Martinsone and Project Manager of the Board of Directors of Sports Educational Institutions of Latvia (LSIIDP) Inese Dubulte.

As part of the Study Visit, the representatives showed both the administrations of the sport school, OC Limbazi and LSIIDP, and introduced to the daily work of the organizations. They also introduced the students to the employees of the organizations, as well as the sport bases of the sport school and OC Limbazi – hall, stadium, outdoor sports fields, sprin canoe base and swimming pool. The young women were especially interested in the kayaking and canoeing of flatwater boats when they heard that the Junior World and European champion Krista Berzina’s boat was among them. At the sprint canoe base, D.Zaļupe also showed a Wall of Fame with the best kayakers and canoeists of all time, where soon we hope to see Krista Bērziņa, whose highest achievements are still very fresh – they were achieved only in the last season. The success story of Krista Bērziņa appealed to the young sport students extremely, especially because Krista is only 18 years old, but was 17 at the time of achieving the mentioned results.

Already in the Workshop I and during the Study Visit, the participants expressed their desire to participate in such events in the future. Well, young women will have this opportunity – in September during the European Week of Sport, when Workshop II of the project will take place.

Project “Equal Opportunities in Sports Management” funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.