Sport connects.

This is a bulrush.

But a beautiful one.

Which sports fan, whether loyal, fascinated spectator or active enthusiast, has not already had this experience?

The good feeling of kicking together, cycling, running the marathon through Frankfurt this Sunday, being cheered on and celebrated, unites;

at least more than the basic human instinct: Move if you want to survive!

Since the art of running and throwing no longer largely determines the success of the search for food, the development of movement culture in worldwide sport offers great opportunities, with all the horrible deviations, to get closer to each other, to overcome strangers, perhaps even hostilities.

Since 2016, the International Olympic Committee has at least used its platform to draw attention to the misery around the world by promoting integration by founding and supporting a refugee team at its games.

On Friday, the program received the prestigious Princess of Asturias Prize in the Sports category, which is endowed with 50,000 euros.

congratulations

The consequence of the mantra

sports separates.

This is the consequence of the mantra, sport unites.

Which sports fan hasn't experienced the bad feeling of chasing the heel more than the ball during a free time kick, or elbows flying in the sprint final?

Then a basic instinct prevails: Win by any means necessary.

Did professional cyclist Lance Armstrong, the super doper, unite his fellow athletes?

Although the art of running and throwing no longer determines the success of the search for food, the culture of movement offers inhuman scenes every day.

This leads to hostility, even to war.

That athletes are not always innocent, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) claims, is indicated by the call by former Russian biathlete Zaitseva to show shooting skills at the front.

IOC member Isinbayeva, a former athletics star, provided a template: "Every start of a jet," she said, referring to Russian bomber flights in Syria in 2016, "was like a lullaby for us that we waited for to be able to fall asleep." She, Armstrong and now the IOC's refugee team have something in common: the Princess of Asturias Prize.