The countdown to the start of the international competitions in ethnic sports "Towards the EURASIADA" has been launched in Ufa. From August 24 to 27, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan will become the center of a complex event - competitions in national and non-Olympic sports of the peoples of Eurasia.
More than 700 strongest athletes from 30 countries of the world will compete for medals in four types of competitions. Also, within the games, a scientific and practical conference will be held, at which experts will discuss the achievements and tasks for the development of Russian and international sports.
- We pay great attention to creating conditions for physical culture and sports, building new sports facilities. Last year alone, over 7 billion rubles were raised for the development of the sports industry, and 252 sports facilities were commissioned. And there are more than 13 thousand of them in the republic. Here we are the second in the country just after Moscow. We pay special attention to the development of national and non-Olympic sports, we have experience in holding major sports events that have received high praise at the federal level. The Republic is ready to host such large-scale competitions, and they will be held at the highest organizational level, said Andrey Nazarov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Head of the Representation of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly in the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russia).
As Andrei Nazarov emphasized, measures to support national and non-Olympic sports, developed during the upcoming Forum "Towards the EURADIADA", should be put into practice. It is also planned to discuss issues of supporting the sports industry at the All-Russian Investment Sabantuy "Zauralie-2023", held from May 25 to 27 in Sibay, in which the delegation of the Representative Office of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly will take an active part.
Recall that last year, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly and the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan signed an agreement to hold the International Sports Forum in Ufa in 2023 - competitions in ethnic sports "Towards the EURASIADA".