It is planned to create teams in the regions of Russia to form the national team and participate in international tournaments.
(KZN.RU, March 11). Today, a roundtable on the development of football and floorball on electric wheelchairs among people with lesions of the musculoskeletal system was held in Kazan at the CC “Moskovsky”.
Razilya Ermakova, the President of the St. Petersburg Regional Public Organization “Paralimpik”, Sergey Shipitsyn, the head of the organizing committee of the National Floorball Federation of Russia, the senior floorball coach of the “Paralimpik”, Svetlana Vostrikova, the chairperson of the Committee of Physical Culture and Sports of the Kazan Executive Committee, as well as representatives of charitable foundations and socially-oriented organizations attended the discussion.
At the meeting, Razilya Ermakova spoke about the activities of the sports club “Paralimpik”. According to her, “Paralimpik” launched the development of a new kind of sports, thanks to which the first team in Russia appeared in St. Petersburg. Now the club “Paralimpik” presents its project in the regions of the country. In the future, the organizers plan to create new regional teams to form a national team of Russia and participate in international tournaments.
The event organizers also held a master class on floorball in electric wheelchairs and introduced the representatives of public organizations to the team members and told their history of returning to an active life.
The meeting of Rustem Gafarov, the first deputy head of the Executive Committee, with Razilya Ermakova was held within the framework of the event, reported the “Good Kazan”.
The presentation in the CC "Moskovsky" was the first one in Kazan. The next meeting will be held on March 13 at the Volga Region Academy of Physical Culture and Sports.