Sports Festival of Tatarstan’s Working Youth

13 April 2018, Friday

On April 14th and 15th, the indoor football and track facility of the Central Stadium and the Solnechny Camp will host the Sports Festival of Tatarstan’s Working Youth titled I Opt for GTO.

The Sports Festival of Tatarstan’s Working Youth is one of the most large-scale sporting events, intended to popularise the All-Russian GTO Physical Culture and Sports Training Programme, as well as to increase the prestige and significance of mass sports and healthy lifestyle among working youth. The Festival organisers are the Tatarstan Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Kazan City Hall, the Ready for Labour and Defence Regional Public Organisation of Tatarstan and the Youth Union of Tatarstan Enterprises and Organisations.

The Festival will comprise master classes from athletes in various sports, in workouts, welcoming speeches will be delivered by representatives of executive authorities of Tatarstan and Kazan.

The All-Russia Physical Culture and Sports Training Programme Ready for Labour and Defence (GTO) is a full-fledged methodological and regulatory framework for the physical education of the country’s population aimed at developing mass sports and improving national health.

Phase 3 of the GTO programme for all population categories of Russia was launched in January 2017; updated GTO standards are in effect since January 1, 2018.

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