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Hanover (dpa) - The sports club IcanDo eV from Hanover has received the most important award one can get in popular German sports.
The Lower Saxony received the "Big Star of Sports" in gold, with which the German Olympic Sports Confederation honors the social or voluntary commitment of a club every year in a nationwide competition.
During the corona crisis, the Hanoverians founded an "IcanDo @ School!"
It is “great what the sports clubs have put together in these difficult times,” said Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
The head of state announced the winners of the competition in Berlin on Monday, the clubs were connected via video.
"This creativity gives me hope for the New Year, even if we all have to sit still at home a lot so that we can overcome this crisis together."
In addition to the award, the IcanDo association also received a prize of 10,000 euros.
“Like many others, it is not easy for our club in the pandemic.
We will use the money to continue our work.
We are highly motivated, ”said chairman Olaf Zajonc.
The aim of the award-winning project is "that the children can play and move while observing the rules of distance and at the same time develop their feeling for closeness and distance".
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Second place went to the karate club Zanshin-Siegerland, third was the Duvenstedter sports club from Hamburg.
17 clubs had previously prevailed at state level and thus qualified for the nationwide final competition.
The association IcanDo eV
The stars of sport
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The 17 clubs in the final competition
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