Competition for the crown

Safety Olympics: VS Tainach in the national final

The winners from Tainach elementary school will represent Carinthia at the national finals in Vienna on June 18.(Bild: Evelyn Hronek)

Around 180 primary school pupils and 200 fan kids ensured an exciting competition for the "Safety Crown" in Klagenfurt.

Safety knowledge, skill and team spirit - this is what the winners of the district competitions had to prove in the grand national final of the Safety Olympics at the ASV sports ground in Klagenfurt. Whether it was the cycling competition, the safety speed race, the fire extinguishing competition or the hazardous material cube puzzle - the 180 fourth-graders worked up quite a sweat in the summer temperatures.

The placings:

• 1st VS Tainach, Völkermarkt district
• 2nd VS 24 Klagenfurt
• 3rd VS St.Ulrich an der Goding, Wolfsberg district
• 4th VS Ferndorf, district Villach-Land
• 5th VS Metnitz, district of St. Veit
• 6th VS Himmelberg, district of Feldkirchen
• 6th VS 12 Pogöriach, district of Villach
• 8th VS Fritzendorf, district of Hermagor
• 9th VS St. Margareten im Rosental, district of Klagenfurt-Land
• 10th VS Greifenburg, district of Spittal

VS Tainach won the title of "Safest School" in Carinthia and the ticket to the Austrian finals on June 18 in Vienna.

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Schoolchildren are made fit
The aim of the project, which is carried out annually in partnership with the Carinthian Directorate of Education and AUVA, is to make children in the fourth grade of primary school fit for the safest possible everyday life. "The aim of our Children's Safety Olympics is to teach young children how to protect themselves and others from danger in the long term. They also learn in a fun and playful way how to take the right steps in an emergency in order to help effectively and save lives," explains Civil Defense President Rudolf Schober.