On May 31, an expanded meeting was held at the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy, during which the head of the Ministry of Sports Pavel Kolobkov announced the results of the past year on the delivery of the TRP standards. According to him, 1.6 million Russians have successfully passed the program standards. At the same time, 417,000 citizens were awarded gold, silver and bronze badges.
The minister said that at present there are 2,500 testing centers in the regions, and the development of methods of economic incentives for Russian citizens to pass the TRP continues.
About 10 thousand sports events are held in Russia every year, Kolobkov said. The share of mass sports in this number accounts for about 300 events, including 120, which are held with the aim of involving schoolchildren and students. To date, 23 million Russians of various age categories take part in competitive activities.
According to the minister, 16 events of an all-Russian scale are held annually for people with disabilities, including a sports day for the disabled. The number of organizations involved in adaptive sports has reached 17,500. These issues are supervised by various departments such as the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Sports and others. Kolobkov also said that last year alone, 8 thousand different sports facilities appeared in Russia, the total number for today is 291 thousand.
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