The Rypakova Athletics arena opened in Ust-Kamenogorsk
On Thursday, the grand opening of the athletics arena named after Olympic champion Olga Rypakova took place in Ust-Kamenogorsk, the information center of East Kazakhstan Region reports.
“The first competition of the athletics arena will be the regional athletics championship, dedicated to the memory of the silver medalist of the Olympic Games in 1960 in Rome, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Gusman Kosanov,” the message says.
The new sports facility opens up great opportunities for young athletes of the region and will allow all interested children to practice one of the types of athletics for free.
“In the East Kazakhstan region, 25% of residents are engaged in sports, in order to maximize this figure, 300 sports facilities have been built in the region in three years,” Governor of the region Berdybek Saparbayev said at the opening ceremony.
According to the regional akimat, the cost of construction of the facility amounted to 850 million tenge. The total area of the building is 6910.85 square meters, the project capacity is 680 seats.
“This athletics arena meets all international standards and has no analogues in Central Asia,” said Denis Rypakov, director of the facility.
Two Olympic champions in athletics, Olga Rypakova and Olga Shishigina, took part in the event at once.
“I am very glad that an international-class sports facility has been built in my hometown. I hope this will give a strong impetus to the development of athletics in Kazakhstan. I think that the East Kazakhstan national team will show itself again. I myself will also train here, we will invite famous masters so that they show an example to our youth,” Olga Rypakova said.
There are 3,070 sports facilities in the East Kazakhstan region.
Source: IA “NewTimes.kz “
