In Irkutsk Region, a school sports festival starts to draw students to regular exercise and strengthen healthy lifestyle habits. The competitions will be held in three stages and include eight sports.
The Spartakiad of school students of the Irkutsk Region is held with the aim of encouraging schoolchildren to engage in regular physical exercise, instilling healthy lifestyle habits, and identifying best practices of general education institutions.The Spartakiad will be held in three stages. The first stage, “School,” takes place within general education institutions, according to their curricula. The second stage, “Municipal,” is held among schools of municipal districts. It involves teams from general education institutions (boys and girls separately) that participate within the scope of the school program, an additional elective physical education course, and sports training at youth sports schools (DYuSSh). The third stage, “Regional,” includes schools from district and city municipal districts that took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in the second stage of the Spartakiad. Students born in 1996-2000 are eligible to participate in the competitions at the regional stage.
The Spartakiad program includes competitions in eight sports: mini-football, athletics, basketball, cross-country skiing, table tennis, volleyball, cross-country running, and swimming.
The teams that win and place in the overall team standings of the Spartakiad among general education schools of district and city (okrug) municipal districts will be awarded cups, diplomas, and valuable prizes from the Ministry of Education of the Irkutsk Region.
The winners and prizewinners of the sports competitions in team and individual events will be awarded cups, medals, and certificates from the Ministry of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region.
Based on materials from the press service of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Irkutsk Region