On June 13, 2015, under the auspices of “Zaporozhstal” Steel Works, Open Championship of Zaporozhye region in Street Workout was held in Zaporozhye. Around 100 athletes from different regions of Ukraine took part in it.
SAG (StreetAthleticGroup) was the facilitating agent of the event of interest – initiative group of young people, the purpose of which is the attraction of people, as much as possible, specially young people, to follow the healthy lifestyle.
Championship was held at the athletic field Street Workout at the Central Beach of Zaporozhye, which was set up on the funds, allocated by “Zaporozhstal” Steel Works.
At the beginning of the event, athletes from Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Odessa, and Nykolayev participated in exhibition performance before the spectators.
After that, the competitions in Street Workout among Zaporozhye athletes were held in seven nominations. Winners of the competitions received the prizes from “Zaporozhstal” Steel Works – sports equipment and electronics for taking exercises in Street Workout.
“Street Workout” – is that, what is accessible to everyone, it is necessary to have a wish and place, where it could be possible to engage in sports. Steel Works promotes the development of sports, annually investing into development of sports arena, supporting the children’s sports schools, setting up of children’s and sports grounds, playgrounds in the city” – said Vladymir Buryak, chief engineer of “Zaporozhstal” Steel Works.
“Every day, more and more young people join the sport movement Street Workout, simultaneously grows the number of people willing to visit the festival of health, warmth and sport. We are thankful to “Zaporozhstal”, that there is sports-ground, where we could arrange competition of similar level”,- said Denis Mynin, President of All-Ukrainian sports organization «STREET WORKOUT UKRAINE».
For reference: Street Workout – is one of the variety of mass engaging into physical training, including performing of different exercises at street sport grounds, namely, at gimbarr, parallel bars, wall bars, horizontal rope and other structures, or in general, without their use (on the ground).