The First Winter International Sports Games Children of Primorye were presented at the RUSSIA EXPO
The
Children of Primorye First Winter International Sports Games were presented as
part of the business program of the Day of the Far East and the Arctic.
According
to Oleg Kozhemyako, Governor of the Primorye region, these games will unite
young people and create a foundation for friendship between athletes. He added
that it is these people who will have to represent their regions and their
countries at large venues and international competitions in the future.
"We
see that with each year the turn to the east is becoming increasingly bigger.
Children of Primorye is the symbol and message of peace and friendship that we
are laying among the generation that will replace us. I am sure that these
athletes will glorify the Primorye region and our country. I am sure that such
friendship will grow, which will allow to develop sport despite sanctions and
international cataclysms, because sport was, is and remains an ambassador of
peace," Oleg Kozhemyako emphasized.
President
of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov noted that the the
Primorye region has demonstrated positive dynamics in the issue of sports
development in recent years.
"Sports
projects that the the Primorye region has been implementing lately are very
significant and substantial events. The Children of Asia Summer Games, which
were held in Vladivostok with great success, have probably become a benchmark
for this kind of international sporting events. Today we are at the finish line
of launching the Children of Primorye project, which will connect the regions
of the Russian Far East and the countries bordering it. Undoubtedly, it is
through these countries that the return of Russian sports to the international
arena will take place. This path lies through Asia and through children's and youth
sports. The Children of Primorye project fully corresponds to this,"
Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, is certain.
The
exposition also hosted a ceremony of initiation into the ambassadors of the
Children of Primorye games. The ambassadors were given personal certificates
and memorable merchandise - scarves with the logo of the Games. They will tell
by personal example about sports achievements, overcoming difficulties and
success stories, about popularization of sports and healthy lifestyle.
Children of
Primorye sports games will be held from
February 18 to February 23, 2024 and are planned to gather more than 1000 young
athletes from 30 municipalities of the Primorye region, regions of the Far
Eastern Federal District of Russia (Amur, Magadan regions, Sakhalin, Jewish
Autonomous Region, Republic of Buryatia, Zabaykalsky, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk
regions, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics,
Republic of Belarus, People's Republic of China, Democratic People's Republic
of Korea, Uzbekistan.
The Games
will be held with the support of the Ministry of Sports of Russia, the
Government of the Primorye region, the Office of the Plenipotentiary
Representative of the President of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District,
the all-Russian movement of children and youth Movement of the First, as well
as all-Russian and regional sports federations.
