March 17 11:55
The International Sports Film Festival “Children's Sports” started in Krasnoyarsk as part of the project of the United Russia party. The opening of the festival took place at the Krasnoyarsk College of Olympic Reserve.
Preceding the show, three-time world champion in biathlon, silver medalist of the 2006 Olympic Games, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, regional coordinator of the United Russia party project “Children's Sports” Pavel Rostovtsev spoke to the children.
The guest of honor spoke about the party project and the film that was prepared for viewing. College students were invited to watch the feature film “First on Olympus,” directed by Artem Mikhalkov.
“It’s great that young guys at the beginning of their great sporting journey can get acquainted with the history of our sport, Soviet sport, and take a different look at the difficulties and obstacles that the heroes of the film overcame,” said Pavel Rostovtsev. — There are no easy victories. To achieve this, in sports and not only, you need to work hard and sacrifice a lot. The festival takes place at the Olympic Reserve College, which I also graduated in 2002 with honors. The teaching staff who taught me put their whole soul into our education. In some ways, this study shaped me as an athlete and as a person. I am glad that I can be here today as an honored guest and share my thoughts and impressions with the guys. I would like to note that the ideological inspirer of this project is Olympic champion, federal coordinator of the “Children’s Sports” party project of the United Russia party Irina Rodnina. Such films need to be shown not only in Olympic reserve schools, but also in all sports schools and sections.”
The film “First on Olympus” tells the story of the path of 2-time Olympic champion Yuri Sergeevich Tyukalov. Yuri Sergeevich Tyukalov is a resident of besieged Leningrad, artist, sculptor, honorary citizen of St. Petersburg, Honored Master of Sports, Honored Rowing Coach, two-time Olympic champion, six-time European champion, USSR champion. Yuri Tyukalov received his first Olympic medal in Helsinki in 1952. He won another Olympic gold at the next games – in Melbourne.
Evgenia Ryaskina, head of the Olympic reserve department at the Krasnoyarsk Olympic Reserve College, notes that such films instill in future athletes the desire to win:
“Today we have a landmark event as part of the sports film festival. We will be watching the film “First on Olympus” with first and second year college students. We educate athletes, this is the pride of our country. And supporting the sports spirit is a component of such human qualities as the desire to achieve success, overcome one’s fears and worries, and overcome one’s weaknesses. This is very important not only for athletes, but for all people.”
It should be noted that the film is being shown as part of the “Sports Film Festival” direction of the “Children’s Sports” party project with the support of the Russian Ministry of Sports, the federal project “Sport is the Norm of Life”, the International Sports Film Festival, the sports platform of the Roscongress Foundation – “RK-Sport”, and the All-Russian School Sports Federation.
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