# @wbsc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B-o4orQI9IV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13459110-wbsc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-04-06T12:07:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) — https://gondola.cc/WBSC

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Venezuelan softball legend, Olympian Maria Soto: “Today we’re all on the same team, wearing the same uniform. #StayStrong.” The 2008 Olympian sent a message to all sports fans to #StayHealthy, StayStrong, and #StayActive, as inspired by the International Olympic Comittee’s #StayStrong campaign, which features 100% athlete-generated content from around the world – showing how athletes connect with people during this uncertain time and serve as sources of inspiration and hope. “In the beginning, I felt confused about what was going on in the world with the coronavirus,” said Soto from her home in Venezuela. “I miss watching the softball fields full of athletes. “In many cases, athletes have been role models. And this situation must not be an exception. We must be inspirational, instill confidence and enthusiasm, and the will to come out of this situation stronger than ever. To show that we’re athletes in the broadest sense, from every point of view, and that our path as a competitor will help us to face this situation. “As athletes throughout our career, we always get the support of our family and friends. They’ve seen us as heroes and heroines. Today we must provide that support for them, and help them to stay strong in these trying times. Today we’re all on the same team, wearing the same uniform." As the world honours the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace  #IDSDP2020, remaining active during the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown is requiring some creativity. “I try to do whatever can be done in my house. I’m doing some exercise, mens sana in corpore sano (‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’). But not as much as I would like.”

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staystrong, stayhealthy, idsdp2020, stayactive

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