Sport: the health crisis penalizes young people from working-class neighborhoods

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It is more difficult for young people to practice sport because of the health crisis.

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By: Sarah-Lou Bakouche

4 min

In France, more than 9 in 10 young people have had a physical activity during the last year, more than half have a sport more than once a week.

But amateur sport, in clubs, suffers from the health crisis with the end of competition, sometimes training.

A situation that primarily penalizes young people from lower-income neighborhoods.

  • France

  • Coronavirus

  • Sports

  • Society