Olympian Piasecki helps get National School Sport Week underway

Olympian Jess Piasecki put pupils through their paces as she helped kick off National School Sport Week at Kensington Primary School in East London.  The Manchester-born athlete finished 71st in the women's marathon at the Olympic Games in Tokyo with a time of 2:55:39.  Ad National School Sports Week is a campaign run by children's charity the Youth Sport Trust. In a bid to drive up awareness of the Chief Medical Officers' guidance and boost children’s physical activity levels, the charity is this week hoping to get more children 'playing for fun, playing for 60' between 19 and 25 June.

AthleticsCEO Ali Oliver is urging schools to create more diverse sports programmes7 HOURS AGO Originally launched in 2008 by the national children's charity the Youth Sport Trust, National School Sports Week attempts to champion the role of PE, physical activity, and school sports in allowing all pupils to reach their full potential. And the 2019 Florence Marathon winner was impressed by the enthusiasm shown by students at the East Ham school.  «Today has been great, I have worked alongside some of the kids, and they are just so enthusiastic,» said the 33-year-old Olympian.  «I can't remember what I was like at that age, but I don't think I would have asked any questions to strangers.  »It is really nice to see, and they are really willing to get involved in new activities which is what it is all about.  «They wanted to know how I got into running and what it is to focus on a certain sport.  »National School Sports Week is all about getting all the children active as much as possible, it is really important.  «There are a lot of sad statistics out there, so if we can encourage the children to take part and be more active then