In the hall of the sports and recreation complex of the Anadyr district, the presentation of the winners and prize-winners of the winter festival of the All-Russian Sports and Physical Culture Complex “Ready for Work and Defense” (VFSK GTO) was held among schoolchildren ), Chukotka news agency reports on March 3.
This year the challenge cup was won by the young athletes from Egvekinot.
“We have identified the strongest in short and long distance running, flexibility, throwing sports equipment, standing long jump and rifle shooting. The boys competed in push-ups and the girls competed in push-ups.””said Elena Urazmetyeva, regional operator of the GTO Test Center.
The competition took place in two age categories: 12-13 and 14-15 years old. The tests corresponded to the 4th and 5th stages of the GTO.
In the individual competition in the youngest age group, the best results were obtained by Daria Yurchak from the Chukotka region. The strongest among the athletes of the fourth stage was Kirill Egorov from Egvekinot. During his performances he accumulated 497 points. Among the participants of the fifth stage, Victoria Belyaeva from Egvekinot performed best. And among young people of the same age, Mikhail Charin from Anadyr 2 scored a record number of points.
In the general classification the leader was the GO team “Egvekinot”, with 1651 points. The young athletes won the challenge cup. With a difference of 96 points – Anadyr 1. The second team from the regional capital closes the podium with a score of 1486 points. The winners and runners-up received certificates, cups and medals.
Let us remind that the VFSK GTO festival is held within the framework of the federal project “Sport is the norm of life”, in accordance with the action plan for the gradual implementation of the VFSK GTO, approved by order of the Government of the Czech Republic. Russian Federation of June 30, 2014 No. 1165-r (as amended on August 24, 2017 No. 1813-r).
The goal of the Festival is to increase the effectiveness of the use of physical culture and mass sports to strengthen the health of the population, the harmonious and comprehensive development of the individual, to improve methods of motivating citizens participating in work and professional activities to maintain healthy health. lifestyle and systematically participate in physical culture and sports.
Festival Objectives:
— promotion of the GTO complex as one of the instruments to systematically involve the population in physical education and sports;
— improvement of forms of physical culture, sports and recreational work organized by employers (representatives of the employer) as part of measures to improve labor conditions and protection, reduce the levels of occupational risks;
— monitoring the level of physical development and physical fitness of the population between 25 and 59 years old based on the results of tests carried out at the GTO complex.
Source: Rossa Primavera

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