OREANDA-NEWS. On August 29, 2014, a specialized sports ground donated to the city of Moscow by Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was opened in a solemn ceremony. The sports complex, located in the territory of State Budgetary Institution "Adaptive Sports School" at 28 Korneychuka Street, will be open for everyone who wants to exercise, including people with disabilities. The opening of the sports ground in Moscow was a part of a major project implemented by Ingosstrakh Insurance Company in order to develop barrier-free environment in Russian cities.

The sports complex makes it possible to exercise different muscle groups and joints, improve blood circulation and develop coordination. All the exercisers are designed for the outdoor operation and are resistant to weather changes, external impact and high workload. The sports ground will be a unique outdoors urban sports complex open for everyone who likes sport, including people with musculoskeletal disorders.

The opening ceremony of the sports ground in Moscow was attended by Sergey Nikonov, Director of the State Budgetary Institution Adaptive Sports School; Ilya Solomatin, Deputy General Director of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, Olga Dzhumachuk, Head of the Department for Adaptive Physical Culture and Adaptive Sports of Moscow Department for Physical Culture and Sports; Sergei Klyagin - winner of World and European Swimming Championships for people with musculoskeletal system disorders, as well as the students of the Adaptive Sports School.

"This project was inspired by the brilliant victories of our Paralympic athletes," Ilya Solomatin, Deputy Director General of Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, says, "The participants of the Paralympic Games in Sochi proved that there are no barriers and only opportunities for these athletes. We hope that the new sports ground will help the athletes whose victories are still to come to understand these simple truths, and it will be also helpful to ordinary people who have an active lifestyle and want to keep fit. After all, to take up sports and start your journey on the path to healthy lifestyle, you need to make your first step, which may be, for instance, coming to this sports ground."

The young athletes of the Adaptive Sports School who participated in the solemn opening of the sports facility were the first to try the exercisers donated by Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, and they were very pleased with the sports ground.

The project of sports grounds construction was launched during the Torch Relay of the 11th Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi, when Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was the Presenting Partner of the Relay. The initiative is being implemented within the framework of the company's social activities. Ingosstrakh Insurance Company was one of the first businesses to focus on the problems of athletes with disabilities. The company also provided assistance to "All-Russian Federation of Sports for Persons with Musculoskeletal Disorders."

As a Partner and the Official Insurer of the 11th Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Ingosstrakh Insurance Company initiated the construction of sports grounds in several Russian cities. The first sports ground where adaptive sports can be practiced was opened in Krasnodar, Beloretsk (Republic of Bashkortostan) and Nizhny Novgorod. Before the end of the year, sports grounds sponsored by Ingosstrakh Insurance Company will be opened in Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Omsk, St. Petersburg, Tver, Saratov, Sochi, Perm, Astrakhan, Tyumen.