In the Spassky district, a new platform for sports and GTO

In the Spassky district of the Penza region opened a new sports ground for the preparation and implementation of the standards of the complex "Ready for Labor and Defense" (GTO). It installed modern simulators with QR codes, allowing you to get recommendations for exercise.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Sport of the Penza region, the facility was equipped within the framework of the federal project “Development of physical culture and mass sports” on behalf of the Governor Oleg Melnichenko.

Each simulator has a QR code, with which you can get acquainted with a selection of exercises for a specific sports equipment. A table with GTO standards for men and women is installed next to it.

The opening ceremony was attended by Acting Deputy Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Penza Region Dmitry Bryukhanov, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Penza Region Alexander Lomovtsev, Head of the Spassky District Yuri Akhrameyev, Deputy Head of the Spassky District Administration Andrei Bochkov, Head of the City of Spassk Ruslan Tseev, Director of the V.A. Shpagin MBOU No1 Olga Denisova.

According to Dmitry Bryukhanov, in 2026, eight such sports grounds were created in the Penza region. Five more are planned for next year.

“We are systematically preparing the necessary infrastructure so that residents are comfortable with physical education and sports, so that they have the opportunity to prepare for the GTO complex near the house,” he said.

The head of the Spassky district, Yuri Akhrameyev, recalled that this is the second site of the GTO in the municipality. The first one was built four years ago. According to him, it is popular with residents of different ages.

Residents of the region were reminded that the Penza region is among the ten best regions of Russia in the implementation of the GTO complex and ranks second in this indicator in the Volga Federal District.