{"id":94883,"date":"2025-12-10T12:14:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/olympic-athletes-inspire-at-itla-talk-activate-your-olympic-spirit\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:14:15","slug":"olympic-athletes-inspire-at-itla-talk-activate-your-olympic-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/olympic-athletes-inspire-at-itla-talk-activate-your-olympic-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Athletes Inspire at ITLA: Talk &#8220;Activate Your Olympic Spirit&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo, D.R.\n\nThe Sports Club of the Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA) hosted the talk &#8220;Activate Your Olympic Spirit&#8221;, a training event that brought together prominent Dominican athletes. The activity is part of the program &#8220;Sports Mentoring and Olympic Values&#8221;, an initiative of the Athletes Commission of the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD).\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participation of Featured Athletes<\/h2>\n\n\nAmong the athletes present were Luisito Pie, Camil Dom\u00ednguez, Blanca Iris Alejo, Gina Mambr\u00fa, C\u00e1ndida Arias and Katherine Rodr\u00edguez, who shared their experiences and knowledge with the students.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The COD Athletes Commission is the direct representation of Dominican athletes, promoting their rights and duties, and driving initiatives for high-performance and university athletes.<\/p><cite>Luisito Pie, President of the COD Athletes Commission<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nLuisito Pie, president of the Athletes Commission of the COD, highlighted that this meeting at ITLA is the first intervention of the Commission with university students. He emphasized the importance of sharing experiences to inspire new generations.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We chose ITLA for the human and educational quality of its young people. We talked about the three pillars of sport: excellence, respect, and friendship. If they manage to maintain these values, they can become successful professionals or high-performance athletes.<\/p><cite>Gina Mambr\u00fa, Multiple Continental Medalist<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nGina Mambr\u00fa highlighted the choice of ITLA as a starting point for these talks on Olympic values, focusing on the pillars of sport: excellence, respect, and friendship.\n\n\n<p>The athletes shared their journeys and learnings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Camil Dom\u00ednguez, setter for the national volleyball team.<\/li><li>Blanca Iris Alejo, pioneer of Dominican table tennis.<\/li><li>C\u00e1ndida Arias, outstanding middle blocker.<\/li><li>Katherine Rodr\u00edguez, Olympic taekwondo athlete and Pan American medalist.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nMtro. Rafael F\u00e9lix Garc\u00eda, rector of ITLA, valued the initiative, thanking the athletes for motivating the youth. The activity was organized by the Athletes Commission of the COD and the Co-curricular Division of the Student Welfare Department of ITLA, coordinated by Miguel Volquez and Raymundo F\u00e9lix.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo, D.R. The Sports Club of the Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA) hosted the talk &#8220;Activate Your Olympic Spirit&#8221;, a training event that brought together prominent Dominican athletes. The activity is part of the program &#8220;Sports Mentoring and Olympic Values&#8221;, an initiative of the Athletes Commission of the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD). 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