In Irkutsk, the city administration and the Central Army Sports Club signed an agreement to expand cooperation in youth sports. At the CSKA school, they plan to open sections for martial arts and water sports, which should attract more children and strengthen the citys sports base. The mayoralty says this will also help patriotic education of youth and prepare reserves for the countrys national teams and the Russian Armed Forces.
The city administration and the Central Army Sports Club signed a bilateral agreement.Irkutsk has a CSKA physical training center. In February 2015, a children’s and youth sports school was opened on its basis.
At present, the school has a rhythmic gymnastics department. As part of the cooperation, the range of athlete training will be expanded.
- Expanding cooperation with the army club will make it possible to develop the base of children’s and youth sports in Irkutsk and attract more children to sports. This is also important because CSKA pays great attention to the patriotic education of young people, - said Mayor Dmitry Berdnikov.
According to the document, departments for martial arts and water sports will be formed at the sports school. This was reported by the city mayor’s office press service.
- CSKA, which is already 90 years old, has gone through different times. Today the army club is being revived and strengthened. We highly value the initiative of regional and municipal authorities and city heads in developing sports. Irkutsk is one of Russia’s sports cities. The opening of new departments of the CSKA sports school in Irkutsk will expand the geography of training reserves for the national teams of the country and the Armed Forces of Russia, - said CSKA commander Colonel Mikhail Baryshev.