Serpukhovich Igor Starovoit shared his experience of rehabilitation of veterans through sports at the All-Russian seminar in Perm
In Perm, at the site of IC "Youth" in the framework of the All-Russian sports inclusive festival "Cup of Courage" was held a seminar "SVOy Sport", which brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, sports federations and specialists in adaptive physical education
The moderator was Vice-President of the Russian Paralympic Committee Sergey Evseev. One of the speakers was Deputy Director for Innovative Sports of the Federal Center for Sports Reserve Training, Chairman of the public sports and adaptive organization of combat veterans “Heroes of the Fatherland”, Head of the Serpukhov Branch of the Association of Veterans of the SVO Igor Starovoit – he presented the activities of the organization and its role in the rehabilitation system of veterans.
“I am sure that the exchange of such practices allows the regions to build more effective work on the ground,” said Igor Starovoit, summing up the results of the seminar.
The Courage Cup festival became the main event of the year in the system of adaptive sports for combat veterans. More than 700 fighters from 58 regions of Russia met in Perm - veterans of the SVO, Heroes of Russia, heroes of the DPR and LPR. They competed in powerlifting, chess, knife throwing and table tennis, as well as in demonstration disciplines - adaptive weight sport and fijital boxing.
The victory in the team competition was won by the team of the Moscow region, which consisted of three residents of Serpukhov. The second place was taken by the Republic of Buryatia, the third - Omsk region. The festival was held with the support of the Ministry of Sport of Russia in cooperation with the Russian Sports Foundation and the Heroes of the Fatherland organization.
