6 and 7 September in the city of Dzerzhinsk took place the Trail-O competition.
Trail-O (Trail Orienteering) – sport, where the participants overcome during the control time (usually in a given sequence) distance, consisting of items, on each of which several prisms are located within sight (flags). Participants must identify and record, which of these prisms (flags) on the ground corresponds to the indicated point on the map and the given legend (possibly, and no).
Ключевыми элементами этого вида ориентирования является детальное чтение карты, eye detection and control of distance on the ground, the ability to accurately take the azimuth to the object, knowledge of work techniques at the checkpoint, as well as knowledge of conventional signs of sports maps and legends of checkpoints. In trail orienteering, maps are used with an enlarged scale and a terrain with a large number of roads and trails is selected, wheelchair accessible. Orienteering is a sport accessible to everyone, it enables athletes with disabilities to participate in competitions on an equal footing with all. Trail-O can be used in regular training to improve map skills and map reading accuracy, athletes of all types of orienteering.
В «Кубке Нижегородской области по спорту лиц с поражением ОДА (orienteering – accurate orientation)» 6-7 сентября приняли участие более пятидесяти спортсменов из 21 cities: Волгоград, Выкса, Вязники, Gorodets, Dzerzhinsk, Донецк, Kazan, Kirov, Korolev, Краснодон, Луганск, Макеевка, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Permian, Ryazan, Sovetsk, Томск, Челябинск, Chkalovsk, Yaroslavl. At the end, summed up the number of correct answers. If they were equal, priority was given to the smallest time spent in answering. At the close of the competition, they were awarded medals, certificates and prizes. Абсолютным победителем соревнований стал мастер спорта Коновалов Иван Александрович (Nizhny Novgorod). В классе спортсменов передвигающихся на креслах колясках (О1- О3): 1 a place – Konovalov Ivan (Nizhny Novgorod), 2 a place- Ilyin Ivan (Nizhny Novgorod), 3 a place – Лямин Дмитрий (Kirov). В классе опорники и к ним приравненные (O4-O6): 1 a place – Ilyina Ksenia (Nizhny Novgorod), 2 место – Муртазина Юлия (Вязники), 3 место – Рубцова Лилия (Выкса). Competitions became possible thanks to the distance author: Дулатову
Александру Рафаэльевичу – Coach of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Paralympic Team in Orienteering, поддержке Министерства спорта Нижегородской
области, руководства Муниципального бюджетного учреждения «Спортивной школы «Магнитная Стрелка», Нижегородской региональной организации «Федерации спорта
лиц с ПОДА» и руководства НРООИ «ИНВАТУР». Соревнования состоялись в рамках Международного фестиваля культуры и спорта «Окский ПараФеста-2023»