(Kazan City
KZN.RU, February 15, Anton Nozdrin). All-Russian mass race "Ski Track of
Russia 2016" was held in Kazan on Sunday. The ski competition was attended
by 20250 residents. This was reported to the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin today
at the Business Monday in the Executive Committee by the chairman of the
Committee of Physical Culture and Sports of Svetlana Vostrikova.
The main
start in the capital of Tatarstan was given in Zalesny settlement near the camp
"Sunny". There 14,500 residents of Moskovsky, Kirovsky,
Aviastroitelny and New Savinovsky districts came to ski. "In Privolzhsky
district on the illuminated ski course at st. Kasimovs Brothers “Ski
Russia-2016” was attended by 750 sports fans, in the Birch Grove in the Soviet sky
district races were attended by 5 thousand residents of the city", - said
S.Vostrikova.
This year
the program of the event included the race performance of “ready to work and
defense” standards among pupils of 11 classes of educational institutions of
Kazan. The races were attended by 180 participants competing for gold badges.
"In addition to the registered participants from institutions and
enterprises, there were many ordinary sports fans, wishing to participate on
their own", - said chairman of the committee.
The
youngest participant of "Ski Track of Russia-2016" Vitaly Sidorychev
is 3 years old and 7 months. 88-year-old Ahmet Siraziev, who came at a distance,
became the oldest skier.
"It is
encouraging that number of participants is growing, - I. Metshin commented on
the event. - The main thing for us is the scope and size which Kazan residents demonstrated
once again on the track".
Also the
Mayor of Kazan has congratulated the representatives of the Executive Committee
of the City, who took part in the competition and came to the finish among the
first. "It is an honor to be in the top ten, which is headed by the master
of sports, - I. Metshin said. - The guys are ready, they have shown the will to
win and the spirit of our team".