October 23, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Three gold medals were won by the fishery industry of Ugra at the XI All-Russia exhibition "Golden autumn-2009".

The most delicious smoked whitefish (muksun)  in Russia is produced by the JSC "Fish plant "Khanty-Mansiyskiy" and individual entrepreneur Lyubov Kolesnikova (Surgut). The best filleted oil salmon, filleted salted salmon and smoked trout is produced by the fish enterprise "Severryba"  (Surgut). These products are awarded with golden medals.

According to the results of the Ugra commodity producers’ participation in the exposition there were won 13 medals - five golden, two solver and six bronze medals. Now the labels of production by winners of golden medals will include emblems of the "Golden autumn-2009" winners and laureates.

The XI All-Russia exhibition "Golden autumn-2009" was held in Moscow at the beginning of October. There were demonstrated products, technical projects, innovational projects. In the frames of the Ugra exposition the products of the JSC "Fish plant "Khanty-Mansiysk", fish enterprise "Severryba" (Surgut), individual entrepreneur Lyubov Kolesnikova (Surgut), agricultural enterprise "Severnoye" (Surgut) and farm "Bogdashka" (Khanty-Mansiysk District) have been represented for the contest commission for the title "The best goods of the Year".

October  23, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Tomorrow the competitions of athletes in the frames of the XXI All-Russia Championships for Bodybuilding, Fitness and Body-Fitness (teams, Individual) will start at the Center of Tennis Sport Development in Khanty-Mansiysk.

The national competitions will gather about 200 top athletes of our country representing 37 teams at the okrug center including combined teams of the Regions of Kalinigrad, Voronezh, Bryansk, Orlov, Yaroslavl, Orenburg, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Moscow, St.Petersburg, Primorski and Krasnoyarski Krai, Tatarstan, Kazakhstan. The most numerous team - 31 sportsmen -  was the combined team of the Moscow Region.

Experienced sportsmen, for example, World Absolute Champion for Body-fitness Yulia Zabelina (St.Petersburg), World Absolute Champion for  Fitness Olga Gurieva (Yaroslavl) and just beginners will participate in the competitions. The youngest athlete Ilya Aldobaev from Irkutsk who will compete in the category "Bodybuilding-boys" is 10 years old. The winners of the XXI All-Russia Championships for Bodybuilding, Fitness and Body-Fitness will defend Russia at the World Junior Championships and World Veteran Championship (Poland)and World Men’s Championships (Qatar).

The honor of Ugra at this All-Russia Championships will be defended by 22 top sportsmen - prize-winners of the European Championships Radmila Alieva and Anna Zubrilina and also prize-winners of the All-Russia tournaments Rustam Gasanagaev, Alexander Safronov, Alina Shamsumukhametova, Yulia Postika, Anastasia Koryukina. Winners and prize-winners of the Urals Federal District Championships will be members of the reserve team of the regional combined team.

The opening ceremony of the Championships will be held on the second day of the competitions - on October 25. Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko will participate in the ceremony. "Holding such a tournament for the first time we tried to create all  comfortable  conditions  for sportsmen, coaches, referees, and tried to make their stay in Ugra unforgettable", - said President of the Fitness and Body-Building  Federation of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra Kirill Morozov. "Today I can say with assurance that Khanty-Mansiysk is ready to host the XXI All-Russia Championships for Bodybuilding, Fitness and Body-Fitness on  a good level".

Organizers prepared a surprise for spectators: five scooters will be given to the winners of lotteries by entrance tickets. People from other towns can watch the competitions on-line with the comment by the repeated champion of Russia, Absolute European Champion Pavel Kirilenko on the site www.firness2009.ru

October 23, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

"Ugra is a territory of sport - is the topic of the presentation, held in Kazan at the First All-Russia Sports Forum". The presentation was made by Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Alexander Filipenko.

RF Minister of Sport Vitali Mutko, FIDE President, head of Kalmykia  Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, a great number of guests from other regions, federal mass media participated in the ceremony.

Representing the Autonomous Okrug as a region where over 60 kinds of sport are developed, Alexander Filipenko said: "Ugra is called the territory of sport and it deserved that. We have an advanced base for training sportsmen of all ages - from kindergartens to Olympic tem members and also we are possessed of a comfortable, well-developed infrastructure for organizing and holding sports events and trainings for combined teams of all levels". The head of the region paid attention to the development of mass sport in the region. He told that 17-18 % of the regions’ population went in for sport. A great number of competitions, championships, cups and tournaments, regional competitions by all age groups  are held annually in the region. Only last year our sportsmen participated in over 400 All-Russia and international competitions including in the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in China, World and European  championships. Almost 2000 medals were won at the competitions of various level. In 2008 176 sportsmen of Ugra were members of the combined teams of Russia in 34 kinds of sport. Governor made a presentation of sports facilities completed and under construction in Ugra and said that in October of 2009 the Ice Palace "ARENA UGRA" was awarded with a high award - became the winner of the I National contest "Arena" as a model facility of sport and rest.

Vitali Mutko highly assessed the activities of the government on the sport development in the region. He said: "Today Ugra is the center not just for Russian sport. Here the most prestigious competitions of international level are held. I would like each region of the Russian Federation aspire to achieve such success in the development of physical culture and sport".

October 23, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

In the frames of the I All-Russia Forum "Russia - sports country" it was held the working meeting of the Okrug Governor Alexander Filipenko and Executive Director of Russia’s Biathletes Union Sergei Kuschenko.

The head of the region told about the preparation for the Biathlon World Cup Final to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk in March of 2010 and implementation of events, connected with organizing the Biathlon World Championships - 2011. He also said that due to changing conditions for holding  competitions of such a high level, the modernization of the stadium was necessary. At present the large-scale reconstruction was started in the Nordic Ski Center which has a license of the IBU "A" category. Commentators’ rooms, northern tribune, offices and technical premises are under reconstruction.

Sergei Kuschenko promised assistance from the Russia’s Biathletes Union in the preparation of coming events and expressed confidence that Khanty-Mansiysk which is possessed of great experience in organizing such competitions, would hold the coming competitions on a high level.