On January 23, the working meeting on preparation and carrying out of the All-Russian Spartakiade between subjects of the Russian Federation on winter disciplines of deaf sports took place in the Government House of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

The meeting was chaired by Ruslan Khabibov, the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Bashkortostan, and attended by Maxim Urazov, Director of the Department of Physical Culture and Mass Sports of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Rebrov, President of the All-Russian Sports Federation of Sports of the Deaf, Lyubov Gubina, Deputy Director of the Russian National Team Sports Training Centre, Sergey Moskvitin, Director General of RK-Sport, Anna Dvoinina, Director of the Directorate of Sports and Entertainment Programs of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Olga Shevnina, Chairman of the regional branch of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf in the Republic of Bashkortostan, and others.

Ruslan Khabibov opened the meeting with an introductory speech, saying: “Undoubtedly, this is a very significant and important sports event for us, for our republic, which will unite the leading deaf athletes of our country. Competitions will be held from 6 to 16 February in the disciplines of alpine skiing, curling, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, futsal, hockey and chess.”

“We still remember with warmth the Summer Games of Deaflympians, held in the Republic in 2022 at the highest level. They received rave reviews from all participants, including foreigners. I am sure that the current event - the Spartakiade - will keep this level of quality,” - said Dmitry Rebrov in his welcoming speech to the participants of the meeting.

During the meeting, the topics of the organisation of the event, information coverage, ensuring public safety, organisation of work with spectators were discussed. Representatives of the organisations responsible for the event and sports facilities of the Republic of Bashkortostan reported on their readiness for the upcoming competitions.

Following the meeting, a list of instructions was defined on the issues of organisation and holding of the All-Russian Spartakiade between the subjects of the Russian Federation on winter disciplines of deaf sports.

For reference: 536 sportsmen (397 men and 139 women) from 30 regions of the Regions of the Russian Federation will take part in the All-Russian Winter Spartakiade. Competitions on seven kinds of sports which will take place at seven sports facilities, with 176 referees and 100 volunteers involved.

The competitions will be held at seven sports facilities of the Republic of Bashkortostan. In Ufa, there will be competitions in cross-country skiing (Biathlon sports complex), snowboarding (ski slopes of the Alpine Skiing Sports School), futsal (sports hall of the Bashkir State Agrarian University), hockey (ice ground of the City Sports Palace) and chess (hall of the Ulfat Mustafin Sports Training Centre of the Republic of Bashkortostan). The alpine skiers' races will be held on the ski slopes of the Metallurg-Magnitogorsk Alpine Ski Centre (Zelenaya Polyana village), and curling players will compete for the title of the best on the tracks of the Batyr sports complex (Ishimbay).