A new edition of the Garahan Cup was held with the participation of 150 transplant recipients of different organs, who participated in badminton, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, newcom (sports similar to volleyball with some adapted rules), athletics and swimming was. , , And also with boys and girls on dialysis who will do it in newcomes, ball throwing and table tennis.
“With so many transplanted teens and adults increasingly getting involved in the Games, it is something that makes us proud and inspires us. We are very grateful to the Sports Secretariat for providing CeNARD as the venue for these Games. which will be the reference for the selection of athletes who will represent Argentina at the World Cup in Australia in April 2023, said Carlos “Pipo” Lirio, a pediatric patient who had a heart transplant at the age of 17 Was and currently, having represented the country in several tournaments, has been dedicated for many years to the physical preparation of children and adolescents on dialysis and transplantation.
“Sport is already part of the treatment in organ transplantation and this means that we are changing the paradigm of physical activity in patients since the Garhan program”, Pipo stressed, adding to the long careers in sport for transplant patients. Physical activity before and after the transplant at Garrahan Hospital, in collaboration with and program coordinator Ezequiel Corres Espeche. In return, he also specially thanked the Argentine Pediatric Foundation.
Always aiming to promote sports and physical education among transplant recipients and people on dialysis, Pipo moves forward with his projects and never stops dreaming. With the same passion and conviction in which he participated in that first World Cup held in Australia in 1997, he now goes one hundred percent to train and develop for a new world event 25 years later.
