Over the year, more than 290 sporting events took place in Perm

In 2023, the city authorities implemented sports training programs in 46 sports, the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports of the Perm Administration said. Over the course of the year, more than 18 thousand people received the municipal service for the implementation of sports training programs in Olympic and non-Olympic sports in institutions, and the number of recipients of this service is growing every year.

More than 4 thousand Perm athletes took part in all-Russian and international competitions. Thus, the athletes brought 3 gold and 2 silver medals from the World Karate Championship, as well as 4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals from the World Karate Championship. Also last year, Perm athletes became winners and prize-winners of numerous all-Russian and interregional competitions in sports acrobatics, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, sambo, underwater sports, synchronized swimming, and field hockey. Over the course of 2023, 225 people received the “Sports Hopes” scholarship from the head of the city of Perm.

To develop mass sports, 12 programs in the field of physical education and sports were implemented in 2023; as part of the programs, free classes were held in public spaces for everyone. The most popular venues were the sports part of the Kama embankment, the park named after. Chekhov, Balatovo park, extreme park.

Also last year, the sports infrastructure in Perm underwent a significant transformation. For example, as part of the federal project “Business Sprint (I Choose Sports),” two “smart” sports grounds were installed in the city at 5 Inzhenernaya Street and Dokuchaev Street in the Orange Summer Park. The peculiarity of such sites is that they are equipped with Internet access and QR codes, with which you can watch a video with the correct technique for performing exercises. In addition, in 2023, at the expense of the city budget, a sports ground was equipped at the address: Nizhne-Kurinskaya Street, 11a, with funds from the budget of the Perm Territory, sports grounds were equipped at Teplogorskaya, 29 and Karpinskogo, 100a.

Over the past year, more than 290 official physical education and sports events were held. More than 40 thousand people took part in them. For example, at the Perm Marathon, which was held in the city on September 2 and 3, all slots were sold, 10,862 people took to the track, and the Russian Half Marathon Cup was also held as part of the competition. The consumer rating of the Perm Marathon was 9.7 out of 10.