13 medals were won by Nizhny Novgorod para-athletes at all-Russian competitions
Nizhny Novgorod para-athletes won 13 medals, including 4 gold, at the All-Russian orienteering competition among athletes with musculoskeletal disorders, which took place in the city of Sochi. In the tournament for the prizes competed 53 athlete from 12 regions, medals were awarded in two disciplines. The Nizhny Novgorod region was represented by the team of the Nizhny Novgorod regional public organization of disabled people "Invatur".
Orienteering – non-paralympic sport, where with the help of a compass and a map, athletes must cover a certain distance through the forest (in the park or in the city), consisting of items, on each of which there are several prisms. Of these, you need to choose the only correct, corresponding to the given legend.
“Sport helps people with disabilities to realize themselves. We annually go to various competitions for participants with disabilities, we try to attract newcomers to regular sports. "Invatur" constantly conducts training and competitions in various types of parasport. And it brings results ", – said the chairman of the NROOI "Invatur" Andrey Bulanov.
A source: nnews.nnov.ru
