On 16th of September, Passenger port of Saint Petersburg held an anniversary sports festival
16 September 2016
On September 16, 2016 more than 500 athletes participated in the fifth sports festival "Marine mile" which is traditionally celebrated at Passenger port of Saint Petersburg in collaboration with St. Petersburg Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and St. Petersburg City Administration.
Participants of the anniversary event were pupils of secondary schools, cadets of Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping, students of St. Petersburg State Mining University, checkpoint officers of "St. Petersburg seaport - passenger", the Centre of Sport Vasilyevsky Island, representatives of the Training Centre of the Ministry of Defence and "Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg "Marine Façade" PLC employees.
Athletes were solemnly greeted by:
- three-time Olympic champion Tatyana Kazankina, who wished good luck to participants and belief in their forces
- head of educational work department of Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping Roman Kuznetsov, who has noted the importance of such events in sports promotion among youth
- Director of Economics and Finance of the "Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg "Marine Façade" PLC Igor Latysh, who opened the event
There were several track and field athletics disciplines with maritime character included in the anniversary event programme, such as 2171,05 m relay-race among young men and girls (berths length of Passenger of Port St. Petersburg), 660 m sprint (two lengths of the largest vessel within navigation «Royal Princess»), 99,8 m sprint (lengths of the Icebreaker Krasin) and 1852 m long-distance race (1 nautical mile) – the main distance for the athletes.
In addition to the traditional competitions on armwrestling, tug of war and weights lifting, Russian sea all-around Federation arranged sailing race to honour of the anniversary.
Organisers of the event have noted that the "Marine mile" is developing every year; some of the contestants are Masters of Sport of International Class. In order to promote healthy lifestyle and sport among youth, further expansion of the event’s structure and increase in the number of participants and guests are planned.
Sporting event was timed to the 279th anniversary of the Vasilyevsky Island district of St. Petersburg and organisers of the “Marine mile” express particular gratitude to Administration of Vasileostrovsky district of the city, the St. Petersburg Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and to numerous sponsors of the sports event for essential contribution to the organisation of competition and its prize fund formation. Champions and prize-winners were awarded with valuable prizes and gifts from "Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg "Marine Façade" PLC.
We are looking forward to the 6
th sports festival “Marine mile-2017” at Passenger port of Saint Petersburg!
