Sports and health center opens in Yaroslavl under Gazprom for Children program
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The opening ceremony for a specialized sports and health center took place today in Yaroslavl. The new center with an indoor athletics track was built under the Gazprom for Children program.
New specialized sports and health center with indoor athletics track opened in Yaroslavl under Gazprom for Children program
Attending the ceremony were Dmitry Mironov, Governor of the Yaroslavl Region, Vladimir Volkov, Mayor of Yaroslavl, Alexander Gaivoronsky, Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta, and Vladimir Priymak, Director General of Gazprom's Fund for Supporting Social Initiatives.
Alexander Gaivoronsky, Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta, congratulating Yaroslavl athletes on opening of sports and health center
The center is designed for group and individual physical training & health improving activities on a year-round basis and is suited for both children and adults. Specialized training equipment is in place for people with disabilities.
“The sports center is located in one of the most dynamic and densely populated districts of the city. Provided with state-of-the-art equipment and gear, it will be an excellent training base for track & field athletes and encourage more children to engage in physical education,” said Dmitry Mironov.
Symbolic key of new sports and health center handed to Stanislav Malyarenko, Director of Municipal Olympic Reserve Sports School No. 19
The two-storey building occupies an area of more than 5,300 square meters. It has an indoor athletics track with circular running tracks, an area for long jumps, triple jumps, and high jumps with a pole, a discus throw and shot put area, halls for basketball (including wheelchair basketball), volleyball (including sitting volleyball), futsal, and physical training & health improving activities. The center provides comfortable conditions for both training and recreational exercises, and can also host competitions of various levels. It can accommodate 2,800 people a day.
Multi-purpose gym of sports and health center designed for team sports, including adaptive sports
Students from municipal sports schools of Yaroslavl to have their year-round training sessions at athletics track of new sports and health center
“In addition to pursuing major investment projects in the area of the production, transportation, processing and supply of gas to consumers, we also make extensive social support efforts in Russian regions. We are working consistently to create a modern and comfortable living environment for the population,” said Alexander Gaivoronsky.
Dmitry Mironov, Governor of Yaroslavl Region, expressing gratitude to Gazprom’s management for implementing social programs in this territory
The sports and health center is essential for Yaroslavl citizens as a place where adaptive programs will be run for people with disabilities, high-quality training sessions will be provided to students of municipal sports schools, and active leisure activities for adult population will be developed. Starting from late September, 15 children's sports classes in five sports will be launched at the center.
Background
Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom supplying natural gas to consumers in northwestern Russia. The gas transmission system operated by the company stretches across Russia's northwestern areas from the Yamal Peninsula-based Bovanenkovskoye field and Baidaratskaya, the world's northernmost compressor station, to the country's central regions.
Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta's area of operation covers 16,000 kilometers of gas trunklines. In 2019, the company transmitted over 187.1 billion cubic meters of gas.
The company has 24 branches, including 14 gas pipeline operation centers, and 44 compressor stations with 89 compressor workshops. Gas transmission is performed by 442 gas compressors with a total installed capacity of 6,396.6 MW, while gas distribution is handled by 175 gas distribution stations.
The company employs upwards of 13,000 people. It is headquartered in Ukhta, Komi Republic.
The Gazprom for Children program is the Company's largest social project. Since early 2007, over 1,900 modern sports facilities have been built across the country, including more than 200 sports and health centers. The program covers 73 Russian regions. Today, these sports facilities are used by over 130,000 people.
As part of the Program, 40 sports facilities have been built or renovated in the Yaroslavl Region. Within the framework of the social partnership between Gazprom and the Region's Government, three sports and health centers are under construction: a center with a multi-purpose gym, a swimming pool and an ice rink in Yaroslavl, a center with a swimming pool and a multi-purpose gym in Pereslavl-Zalessky, and a center with a multi-purpose gym in the Nekouzsky District. Gazprom provides partial financing for the construction of a school stadium at secondary school No. 2 in Pereslavl-Zalessky and for the completion of an indoor hockey court in Myshkin.