Respect, Understand and Move Forward Olympic day indoors for the second successive year View(s): View(s):For the second year running, the pandemic hit Olympic Day celebrations in Sri Lanka stayed indoors but, the iconic June 23 celebrations went on full steam — virtually on NOC Sri Lanka’s official Facebook Page from 9.00am onwards. Commenting on the event NOC Sri Lanka Secretary General Maxwell de Silva said: “We have overcome this pandemic barrier through the help of modern technology. This time, the theme of the Olympic Day Celebrations 2021 was ‘Respect, Understand and Move Forward’. This is counted as an initiative for the ‘One Million Tree Plantation’ project which will be supposed to commence soon by NOC Sri Lanka. Finally, the Olympic Day 2021 concluded by vote of thanks by Maxwell de Silva, the Secretary General of NOC Sri Lanka.

Source: Sunday Times June 27, 2021 00:33 UTC