August 6, 2009Archive 2007–2013

The rope is the best sports equipment for an athlete

On August 5, the Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation held a celebration ahead of the upcoming Day of the Physical Culture Worker.
After a welcoming speech by Vitaly Mutko, competitions in badminton, darts, mini-football, long backgammon, table tennis, tug of war, chess and streetball were held on the football field of the State School of Higher Sports Excellence of the Russian Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy.
The competitions brought together staff of the structural divisions of the Ministry and its subordinate organizations – the State School of Higher Sports Excellence, the Center for Sports Training of Russian National Teams, the All-Russian Research Institute of Physical Culture and the Sport-Engineering federal state unitary enterprise – as well as teams from the Office of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, journalists, the Sport TV channel and the well-known Starko team made up of actors and musicians.
As usually happens at such events, the greatest interest among spectators was aroused by the tug of war competition, run by the Russian Tug of War Federation. RTWF President Alexander Kuznetsov established a special prize of 50,000 rubles for the winners. Six men's teams and four mixed teams took part in the competition.
Tug of war results: Mixed teams:
1st place Department of Science, Innovation Policy and Education
2nd place Department of Tourism and International Cooperation
3rd place Department of Administration
Men's teams:
1st place Sport-Engineering federal state unitary enterprise
2nd place Department of State Policy for the Development of High-Performance Sport
3rd place VNIIFK (All-Russian Research Institute of Physical Culture)
In the overall points standings across all events of the competition program, first place went to the team of the Department of State Policy for the Development of High-Performance Sport, headed by Denis Pankratov, two-time Olympic swimming champion.