In the Irkutsk region, sports tourism competitions begin, aimed at popularizing this sport, improving participants skills, and identifying the strongest athletes. Over three days, athletes will complete three courses, individual, pair, and group, with the final stage the longest, 5 to 7 km. Men and women will compete on class 3 courses, and other age groups on class 4.
The main goals of the sporting event are to promote sports tourism, improve the participants’ athletic skills, and identify the strongest athletes. The competition is organized by the Ministry of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region and the Irkutsk Region Sports Tourism Federation.Participants will have to complete three courses. On the first day of the competition, athletes will complete a pedestrian (individual) course. On the second day of the competition, athletes will compete on the course - pedestrian pair (in groups of two). The course length is 1200 m.
On the final day of the competition, participants will face a course – pedestrian group (in groups of four). The length of the pedestrian group course is from 5 to 7 km. Over all three days of competition, men and women will complete courses of difficulty class 3, while representatives of the other age categories will compete on courses of difficulty class 4.