TOP ATHLETES FROM PALILULA

20.07.2009.

Because of their excellent results the members of athlete club `Zeleznicar` Milka Djordjevic, Andrijana Stojcic and Marko Jankovic were all invited by the president at the reception in Palilula Municipality.

Milka Djordjevic is younger and older junior champion and senior recorder in hammer throwing, her younger friend Andrijana Stojcic is a champion of Serbia in the category of younger juniors and a winner of silver medal for older juniors in hammer throwing. Marko Jankovic is multiple Serbian champion in sprint race on 100 meters. In his sport career he has won over 150 medals and recently graduated at the Faculty for sport and physical education, Nis University. He  expects to find soon an appropriate job.

These three successful athletes, who all live in Palilula, were invited to Palilula Municipality where PhD Igor Novakovic, president, who made a reception for them. Boban Mikic, Municipal councilor was also present at the reception.

 `Our Municipality supports and helps the development of sport on its municipal territory. It is always organized over offering transport to athletes to competitions, donations of sport equipment and requisites, creating conditions for structuring and reconstructing of sport terrains` emphasized Novakovic. ` For the future competitions of athletes in the beginning of the next month, the equipment is provided in the sum of 40, 000 dinars. However, it is very important for our community to accept these young people and provide them all the necessary conditions for further improvement`, concluded Novakovic.

During the reception in the Municipality of Palilula, the young athletes spoke of the conditions of their training, importance of the support of  the City of Nis and Palilula Municipality, their international competitions and already reached results.