Russia will host the World Corporate Winter Games in 2023 – Sports
MOSCOW, October 8. / TASS /. The World Winter Corporate Games in 2023 will be held in Russia. President of the All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society “Labor Reserves” Ilya Galaev told TASS about this.
This decision was made on the basis of the assembly of the World Federation of Corporate Sports, which took place on Friday in Athens.
These are sports games of the level of the Olympics, only for amateurs. We are ready to host the Games in 29 disciplines, “Galaev said.
The Games are planned to be destroyed in February 2023 in Moscow. The event will be attended by about 5 thousand people from more than 40 countries of the world. The program of competitions in such sports as cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing, snowboarding.
Russia in 2019 became a member of the European and World Federation of Corporate Sports (WFCS / EFCS), which unite amateur athletes from more than 40 countries. The organization was founded on June 2, 2014 by the President of the European Federation of Corporate Sports (EFCS) Didier Beiser and sports organizations of companies in Asia. The All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society “Trudovye Rezervy” became the official representative of Russia.
From 6 to 10 October, the World Summer Corporate Games are held in Greece. The Russian national team of 170 people takes part in the competition for the first time. The Russians have so far won nine medals – seven gold, silver and bronze.