19 Martha 2023 year at the sports palace “District” The Nizhny Novgorod Region Boccia Championship was held.
Boccia - Paralympic sport, It provides the possibility of participating athletes with the most severe disabilities.
Participated in the opening ceremony Dmitry Kokarev, a paralympian, three-time champion, record holder and silver medalist Summer Paralympic Games 2008 of the year, three-time silver and one-time bronze medalist Paralympic Games in London, multiple record holder and thirteen-time champion and seventeen-time world record holder, fourteen-time European champion, multiple Russian champion swimming. He bade farewell to the competition participants and presented the badge of a first-class athlete to Pavel Shekhalev.
“The number of people with disabilities is growing in the Nizhny Novgorod region, going in for sports, they achieve high results. Among the athletes, the guys took part in the competition, recently received the GTO badge, – Andrey Bulanov, Chairman NROOI "Invatur".
The medalists were 30 man. This is a great result! Someone even played boccia for the first time.
“I've heard about boccia before, – shared by Lyubov Brix from Nizhny Novgorod, -but never played. I decided for myself - I’ll try it. You know, it turned out to be so interesting and exciting!”
During the games, special areas were organized, where those who wish could receive free consultations from NROOI specialists “Invatur”. Polina Bogdanova provided psychological support to those who wished., psychologist. Someone was concerned about legal issues, people could come to Dmitry Balykin, lawyer.
Everyone could take a photo as a souvenir at the photo zone with the Invatur banner, and also took part in the lottery. I needed to take a photo from the event., post your photos with the hashtag Invatur and post them on social networks. Lottery winners received memorable souvenirs from Invatur.
And also those, who has never tested their strength in phygital sports, We made our wish come true - we went virtually skiing in the mountains!
The competition was made possible thanks to the support of the Ministry of Sports of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Nizhny Novgorod City Administration.
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