16 seconds to the Olympics …
…and 3 years to do it. Slovenian high school student Tia Tanja Živko from Celje won a bronze medal at the 2023 European Youth Olympics in the 1,500 metre race and is preparing for Los Angeles.
Medium distance, marathon and A-levels – how does a teenager manage this workload? And several national records in one season? What role do parents, friends and teachers play? What role do talent, discipline and sacrifice play? What role does competition play?
A talk in the framework of ‘Jugend schreibt’ (Youth writes) with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ; with Tjaša Pavc, Amaya Kragolnik, Evita Kranjec and Julija Pungeršek at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Media in Celje. A project under the patronage of the Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje, Coordination/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB.