SKIERS OF TSPU ARE PREPARING TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST RUSSIAN ATHLETES

As a part of the Tomsk region's national cross-country skiing team, students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Nikita Bashkeev, Ekaterina Gromova and Valeria Shinkevich take part in a training event to prepare for the All-Russian competition in Khakassia.

On the 20th of November, the first stage of the Cup of Russia in cross-country skiing will take place on the basis of the Sports and Training Center "Teya". For three days, the athletes will fight for the titles and on the November 27 they will join the All-Russian competition "Cup of Khakassia" to win prizes granted by the head of the region.

“This is the first official start in the winter season 2020-2021, — says Pavel Aleksandrovich Voyakin, director of the TSPU Sports Club. — The best skiers of Russia, representatives of regional teams and national teams, each year participate in these competitions. Hundreds of athletes will compete on the tracks of Teya, many of whom, like the TSPU students, have already arrived in Khakassia for training".

The competitions are held in accordance with the recommendations of the Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the Republic of Khakassia and with the regulations for organizing physical culture and sports events in the Russian Federation taking into account riskis of COVID-19 danger.