In Primorye started XXI Youth sports games of the Sea of Japan in 2014. According to the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Primorsky Territory Administration, this year’s annual Games baton took Vladivostok. Came to the competition teams from Toyama (Japan), Gangwon Province (South Korea). Russian Federation is the national team of the Primorsky Territory, informs «Pacific Russia».
The event is organized with the support of the Primorsky Territory Administration for the development and promotion of youth sports movement in the Sea of Japan, improve sports skills of the participants, the development and strengthening of friendly relations between young people of the Asia-Pacific region.
At the opening ceremony of athletes welcomed Director of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Primorsky Territory, Jean Kuznetsov. «Youth sports games of the Sea of Japan will be a real sports event for all participants and spectators and will be held in a bitter fight hard», — said Jean Kuznetsov.
Games opened table tennis competitions. As the head coach of the youth team of Primorsky Krai in table tennis Dmitry Kir’yanov, our tennis players preparing for this competition very seriously — had a 10-day training camp in the village of Pokrovka in the new «Table Tennis».
«We were selected, which resulted in the team included athletes from all over the Primorsky Territory, four boys and a girl. Our team is ready. We hope to become a winner, but we have yet to come, all the game will show «- shared Dmitry Kir’yanov, quoted by the press service of the Maritime Provinces.
The program also includes games — team tournament volleyball among girls. Competitions will be held in the sports complex «Olympian» every day until August 6.
Competition program
August 4
14.30-18.30. Individual competition (table tennis)
August 5
10.00-12.00. Volleyball competition
14.00-19.30. Competitions personal pair (table tennis)
August 6
10.00-14.00. Competitions personal, paired, mixed (table tennis)
15.00-17.00. Volleyball competition
19.00-22.00. Gala dinner, rewarding teams, closing youth games (ANO «Sport Club», Russian Island).
August 7 — the day of departure foreign teams
In addition to the competitions, athletes from neighboring countries to conduct joint training sessions, as guests of Primorye will be acquainted with Russian culture and arrange sightseeing tours of Vladivostok.