10 July in Nizhny Novgorod for the first time was held the festival of water sports for people with disabilities "Available Water". The correspondent of the pravda-nn.ru website visited the festival and looked, как члены нижегородской общественной организации инвалидов «Инватур» боролись за победу.

Preparations for the festival began at the end of June. Many participants then got acquainted with glanders., kayaks and rafts for the first time. Before going into the water, the trainer gave instructions to everyone, helped to find the right life jacket and shared secrets, how to keep the balance on the ship. Participants carefully mastered future tracks, however, everyone wanted to show themselves as actively as possible in the competition and take prizes.

A month later, all members of "Invatura" are already successfully maneuvering between the buoys and gaining a record speed of passing the route, supporting each other.

Format

All paddlers and kayaks are specially equipped for people with reduced mobility. In kayaking, the third person is a specialist volunteer. The main refereeing is on the kayak swim.

- A fairway was laid, there were buoys, where the guys were supposed to go along this fairway. They start from the harbor, go through their route and return to the starting point. Everytime, when was the start, time was ticked. We had secretaries, who sat with stopwatches and controlled each kayak, because if you run one at a time, then it is very long. We did it in turn. Besides, if someone ran into a buoy, then added 50 penalty seconds. Everyone sailed great today, no one earned fines, - said the chief judge of the festival and deputy chairman of LLC "Invatur" on sports issues Ivan Konovalov.

Swim

Despite, participants tried to finish as early as possible, они активно подбадривали друг друга, prompted, как плавнее пройти поворот. Те группы, who went on rafts, in parallel they also filmed. filmed and photographed the accomplices. У некоторых будто открывалось второе дыхание перед финишем и они значительно ускорились.

The sappers watched the kayaks from the side. Someone preferred to make a long swim around Lake Sormov. Participants noted, that it is more interesting to go for a single swim around a reservoir on sap. They can rest on the way., think about something of your own. Some of them got tanned, lying on the board, and meditated to the sound of water. Другие настойчиво пытались побить рекорд по длительности заплыва и не разрешали себе останавливаться лишний раз.

Rewarding

At the end of the swim, the results were summed up and the winners were awarded in a specially laid out tent.. As it turned out, all prize-winners had a minimal gap from each other. Однако особый результат показала семья Ильиных. Преодолеть дистанцию они смогли за одну минуту сорок восемь секунд.

- To date, it was the fourth time, when I was kayaking. But since my husband and I are physically prepared, apparently, due to this we managed to snatch victory. This is so cool, and lucky with the weather, and with coaches, - the winner Ksenia Ilyina shared her impressions.

The girl shared, that next week there will be another water festival on Lake Svetloyarskoe, where she also intends to fight for victory. It is still difficult to choose Ilyina's favorite water sport, as, in her opinion, everything has its advantages and disadvantages.

— Сап — одноместный и намного легче, than raft and kayak. It's easier for one person to row, since he is only responsible for himself, and there you already begin to adapt to other team members, who row with you. However, kayaks and rafts are very close and develop team spirit., - explained the winner.

Many participants liked the format of the festival. Like Ivan Konovalov, в будущем году «Инватур» планирует снова подать заявку на грант на проведение подобного мероприятия, to purchase additional inventory, and make the festival more interesting and rich.

A source: pravda-nn.ru