Greece gave birth to the Olympic Games
and teaches us fair
play
The Greek Lifesaving Sports Association
(GLSA) entered the family of the International Life Saving Federation (ILS). It
has been evident that since then and even before, they have taken serious
initiatives to enrich our field with noteworthy publications. After the previous
success of bringing into light the reason of why lifesaving should become an
Olympic sport, the GLSA scholars are raising now another important issue that strengthens
this aspiration by ensuring that certain Olympic standards are met. Fair play is
“must-to-do” for every competitor, coach, parent, team, club, organisation, reporter,
judge and government that is involved in a sporting activity. We, the lifesavers,
understand that more than anybody else, because of the distinctive nature of
our sport that was born as a need to prepare the aquatic safety professionals
for saving a human life in or around the water. On behalf of the ILS, I highly commend
the authors for their initiative to review and adapt the international bibliography,
to produce these easily read and important in scope set of rules. Greece gave
birth to the Olympic Games and teaches us how to compete in a fair play manner.
Congratulations!
Graham Ford AO
President
International Lifesaving Federation
