On July 29, the athletes of the East Kazakhstan region, accompanied by coaches, left Ust-Kamenogorsk for training camps at the Bukhtarma reservoir.
Every year in the summer, our athletes go out for two weeks to train and take a little break from the hustle and bustle of the city, and this year was no exception. Four meals a day, sun, sea, sand, good living conditions, as well as training twice a day – all this helps to maintain good shape and mood for the upcoming starts.
Already in September, the athletes of the younger age category will start competitions, so training in such conditions is an excellent preparation, but the rest of the athletes compete only in winter, but despite this, the guys train without giving up!
On the fifth of August, IAAF Kids Athletics competitions were held on the basis of training camps, in which athletes born in 2000 and younger took part. The IAAF Kids Athletics program was established back in 2005 with the aim of popularizing athletics among children, and is one of the largest programs in the field of athletics development. In order for children to fully engage in sports, and at the same time, to make the competitions even more interesting, specialists from the international Association of Athletics federations are developing special techniques and equipment. By the way, IAAF Kids Athletics is oriented not only for federations, but also for schools and other institutions.
The program of the last competitions on August 5 included seven competitions: “Shuttle”, “Kangaroo”, “Ball Running”, “Hurdling”, “Jump rope”, “Long jump” and “Formula”. Judging by the names, it is no longer difficult to guess what all these competitions were like. The most difficult for the participants was the last Formula competition, so to say that it was very spectacular is to say nothing. The guys had to do the exercises in a complex way (jumping over barriers and running with obstacles), with all this, they did it for a while. At the end of this stage, the total time of the team was taken into account.
Based on the fact that more than seventy people “volunteered” to take part, the athletes were divided into eight teams of nine people, instructed and handed out distinctive uniforms. According to the results of seven types, the judges counted the points scored during the competition, announced the occupied places, and awarded not only the winners and prize-winners, but also the rest of the participants with certificates!
Inna Semenyak
Photo: Polina Pokladova