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A boost of vigor and energy: Guests of the RUSSIA EXPO took part in a phygital warm-up by the Games of the Future participants

A boost of vigor and energy: Guests of the RUSSIA EXPO took part in a phygital warm-up by the Games of the Future participants
Photo: Alexey Nikolsky/Fotohost-RIA News agency
01.17.2024

A phygital warm-up and presentation of the Games of the Future international sports project took place at the RUSSIA EXPO as part of the educational program of the Digitalization Day.

Athletes who have already achieved success in this area participated in the phygital warm-up. The session included fitness elements, demonstration of basic exercises and techniques from basketball and general physical training.

"Phygital is a very harmonious and dynamic format. On the one hand, it helps athletes involved in classic sports to develop, and on the other hand, it helps professional eSports athletes to look at what they do from a different perspective. After all, it is impossible to hold your position for a long time if you are engaged in eSports and at the same time do not maintain your physical shape", — emphasized Oleg Golikov, Youth Project Specialist of the Games of the Future.

Photo: Alexey Nikolsky/Fotohost-RIA News agency

Activists of the Games of the Future are convinced that through innovative sports trends that are developing in Russia, our country opens up to the world from a new perspective.

"It is not without good reason that more than a hundred countries have already confirmed their participation in the Games of the Future project, and I think that this direction will only develop", — Oleg Golikov specified.

Photo: Alexey Nikolsky/Fotohost-RIA News agency

Professional basketball player Igor Sukhov-Maznin shared his personal story of coming to phygital with the guests of the event.

"My, if I may say so, phygital career began even before the games. I started playing basketball at school, and at the university I was already offered to qualify for the phygital games. At that moment I couldn’t do it, as I was taking part in professional basketball competitions. But I liked the theme itself, I was very attracted by the combination of digital and physical", — said Igor Sukhov-Maznin.

Games of the Future will start in Kazan on February 21. The competition program will include drone racing, robot battle, phygital hockey, virtual cycling, cybathletics and other innovative sports disciplines based on a combination of physical activity, modern technology and digital environment. More than 260 teams and over 2,000 athletes from around the world will take part in the grand tournament.

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