00:09 Pedestrian hiking, beyond a simple leisure activity, is recognized as an all-encompassing sport.
00:16 It combines physical effort and endurance, offering many advantages, both physically and mentally.
00:23 New in Rwanda, pedestrian hiking is popularized by the Kigali Walking Club, which organized the first edition of the competition in Kigali this weekend.
00:34 The president of the African Confederation of Carp Pedestrian Hikers, Ivorian Marie-Laure Essane, accompanied by Vice President Jean Niamoniga,
00:44 at the same time president of the Kigali Walking Club, rewarded the athletes who participated in this competition.
00:51 Marie-Laure, an admirer of Rwandan infrastructure, facilitating sport, expressed her enthusiasm by exhorting the Rwandan authorities to set up a federation for this new sport discipline.
01:06 She also announced the next edition of the competition at the African level, scheduled for November.