Official sport
The sport of all sports.
Run • Jump • Throw
The athletics zone is open all festival long. Come by, pick your event, sign up on the spot at the organizers' desk and step straight onto the track. No forms, no deadline.
CS Giroc-Chișoda and ACS Campioni pentru Viitor are building a full athletics experience zone inside Charge Festival, where children can try the core skills of the sport: speed, hurdling, jumping, throwing, strength, reaction and coordination.
You don't have to be an athlete, and it doesn't matter if this is your first time. Come, give it a go, and find out what suits you.
Format
Individual
Open to every age — challenges are adapted for children
Where
Athletics zone
Charge Festival 2026, Timișoara
Entry
On site
Registration happens at the zone, during the festival
8 challenges — 8 experiences
How fast are you?
Run 30 m as fast as you can and get your time. A pure speed challenge where you feel what a real athletics race is like.
Take on the hurdles!
Run, hold your rhythm and clear the child-sized hurdles. A playful event that builds coordination, rhythm and speed.
Find out how well you jump.
Hoops, jumps, low obstacles and coordination tasks. Several kinds of jump, and a first feel for how much leg power matters in athletics.
How far can you throw?
Pick up the Vortex, take your stance and… throw! Every distance is measured, so every participant walks away with a result.
Try the high jump.
One of the most spectacular events in athletics. With a landing mat and equipment scaled for children, you get to try the first elements of the high jump in a safe, controlled setting.
Find your strength.
Step into the throwing circle and take on different challenges with balls and adapted equipment. A fun introduction to the strength and throwing events.
How fast can you react?
Lights, signals, movement. Watch. React. Move! A challenge that tests attention, coordination and reaction speed.
Ready for the full challenge?
Sprint → hurdles → coordination → jumps → throw → finish. Make it to the end and you have passed the Athlete Challenge.
Run • Jump • Throw
It starts in the blocks. Speed, reaction and the first three steps — that's the Sprint and Hurdle Challenge.
Run-up, take-off, landing. Long jump, high jump and every jump challenge in the zone.
Stance, swing, release. The Vortex flies — and every distance gets measured.
Competitions
Alongside the 8 workshops, children can enter the festival's official athletics competitions — one each day, run in age categories so everyone competes against participants close to their own age.
Run all the way to the finish and feel the atmosphere of a real race.
Every metre counts. Who lands the longest throw?
Power, explosiveness and coordination. Jump as far as you can and get your result.
Distances shown are for the cross-country race.
| Category | Birth years | Cross-country |
|---|---|---|
| Juniori — Girls | 2011 – 2012 | 1200 m |
| Juniori — Boys | 2011 – 2012 | 1200 m |
| Copii 1 — Girls | 2013 – 2014 | 1000 m |
| Copii 2 — Boys | 2013 – 2014 | 1000 m |
| Copii 2 — Girls | 2015 – 2016 | 800 m |
| Copii 2 — Boys | 2015 – 2016 | 800 m |
| Spiriduși 1 — Girls | 2017 – 2018 | 600 m |
| Spiriduși 1 — Boys | 2017 – 2018 | 600 m |
| Spiriduși 2 — Girls | 2019 – 2020 | 400 m |
| Spiriduși 2 — Boys | 2019 – 2020 | 400 m |
| Super Spiriduși — Girls | 2021 and younger | 200 m |
| Super Spiriduși — Boys | 2021 and younger | 200 m |
Demonstrations
In a dedicated area, athletes present the technique and the spectacle of three of the sport's most striking throwing events, in organized demonstrations under controlled conditions.
Plus a mini exhibition of athletics equipment you can pick up and try for yourself.
As you enter the athletics zone, every child receives their own Athlete Passport. Take on the challenges. Collect the stamps. Write down your results. Find the event you love most.
Complete Athlete
Get through all eight challenges and fill in your Athlete Passport.
Come and discover athletics!
It is speed, strength, courage, coordination, skill and the joy of going past your own limit. Maybe you will find out that you are fast. Maybe that you jump really well. Maybe you will throw further than you expected. Or maybe you will simply find out that you love athletics.
Sign up on site
The athletics zone is open all festival long. Come by, pick your event, sign up on the spot at the organizers' desk and step straight onto the track. No forms, no deadline.
Contact person
Sorin Staicu·0761 327 181
