Privalova and Borzakovskiy (© IAAF)
Under the umbrella of the IAAF Regional Development Centre in Moscow an “IAAF Kids Athletics” event was held on Friday 8 November in the sports complex “Chertanovo”, within the auspices of the Russian Government’s programme “Youth of Russia”.
Ninety boys and girls of 10-12 years of age from different parts of Russia took part in this competition. All these kids are parentless and live in orphanages.
The five day stay in Moscow, equipment, a social programme and the competition itself, were financed by the Goskomsport of Russia. The IAAF Regional Development Centre together with the Moscow City Sports Association were the organizers of this event.
The competition was organised under the patronage of women’s Olympic 400m Hurdles champion Irina Privalova, and Yuriy Borzakovskiy the World indoor 800m champion, who took an active part in the event, and participated in the award ceremony which was held for all competitors.
Given the success of the event, the decision was taken to make this competition a regular event, and to consider inviting teams from neighbouring countries.
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