Closing ceremony of the All-Russian Festival of Sports Promotion Teams was held at the RUSSIA EXPO

On June 28, the first All-Russian Festival of Sports Promotion Teams "Heroes of Sport — Heroes of the Country" was summed up at the International RUSSIA EXPO. The event was held in Pavilion No. 34 "Russian Space: Creating the Future" in the lecture hall of the Russian Society "Knowledge", which is the general partner of the educational program of the Exposition.

The All-Russian Festival of Sports Promotion Teams "Heroes of Sport — Heroes of the Country" united children's groups from different regions of Russia. It takes place in Moscow from June 24 to 29. The event was organized on the initiative of the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation.

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Tatyana Kolyaskina, Deputy Head of the Department of Propaganda and Media Relations of the Ministry of Sport of Russia, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech.

"Today we will be awarding the best teams, and I want each of you to realize that your personal start happened exactly at VDNH. Its almost 100-year history is directly connected with the development of our state. If we compare our life with the flight of a rocket, you are now passing the very first stage. And I really want the festival to give an impetus to a greater life!" Tatyana Kolyaskina stated.

Photo: Sergey Baranov/Press office of the RUSSIA EXPO

As part of the closing ceremony, sports promotion teams performed dance numbers to patriotic songs. All of them were thematic in nature and were divided into six nominations: "Energy of Unity", "Energy of Word", "Energy of Movement", "Energy of Life", "Energy of Thought", and "Energy of Family".

Photo: Sergey Baranov/Press office of the RUSSIA EXPO