WYF 2024 Sports Program Presented at the Russia – Country of Sports Forum

The sports program of the World Youth Festival was presented to the public for the first time during the 11th Russia – Country of Sports International Sports Forum in Perm. The WYF 2024 and its sports program elements were presented by Roman Vlasov, two-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, and Alexey Sorokin, World Friendship Games CEO and Deputy Head of the Working Group for Development and Organization of the World Youth Festival Sports Program. Ivan Shmonin, Head of the Street Classics Project, spoke about the street culture and the extreme sports track.

The organizers are preparing sports competitions and tournaments, demonstrations, shows and various workshops. Festival participants will enjoy morning exercises with sports legends and try their hand at various sports, including 6x6 football, boxing and chess. They will also take part in a joint race. 

Young people from all over the world will also be able to enjoy the performances of famous athletes. There will be a match between famous boxers from Asia, Africa and South America, a professional boxing night with 2008 Olympic champion Albert Batyrgaziev, competitions and workshops in judo, 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX and much more.

The WYF 2024 sports program will also include sports shows such as the Ice Show by Ilya Averbukh, the Alina Rhythmic Gymnastics Festival, and the Love Will Save the World Dance Show featuring leading dancers.

"The sports program will be an important part of the World Youth Festival. The World Friendship Games Organizing Committee is involved in the creation of the program. This is a very successful symbiosis. The Festival calls for unity and rejects all forms of discrimination. We bring the same ideas to the World Friendship Games. The sports program will be very extensive. It will include exhibition performances and workshops by famous athletes and activities for participants. They will be able to compete in popular sports and try out innovative areas such as sports programming. Gymnastics, dance and ice shows will be the highlights of the Festival," said Alexey Sorokin, World Friendship Games CEO and Deputy Head of the Working Group for Development and Organization of the World Youth Festival Sports Program.

The Street Classics Project was presented by its head Ivan Shmonin. He said that a separate track of the sports program will be a park of street culture and extreme sports. There will be scooter and skateboard exhibition performances, workout freestyle and hip-hop competitions, workshops in parkour, panna football, graffiti and much more.

"This street culture venue will showcase various sports popular with young people. There you will have the opportunity to enjoy spectacular shows, sports competitions and, most importantly, try your hand at various disciplines. The venue will be full of joy and excitement," commented Ivan Shmonin, Head of the Street Classics Project.

When creating the sports program, the Festival organizers tried to create conditions that would enable young people from different countries to make new acquaintances and engage in joint activities as much as possible. One of the main goals of the Festival is to find common ground among the participants.

During the presentation, Roman Vlasov explained what else awaits the WYF 2024 participants in addition to the sports events. These include discussions and lectures by eminent experts, an exhibition program, cultural exchanges, volunteer activities and other interactive formats.

Overview:

The World Youth Festival will take place in 2024 according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of international youth cooperation. At the first meeting of the Organizing Committee chaired by Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, it was decided to hold the Festival in the Sirius Federal Territory on March 1-7, 2024. The regional program of the World Youth Festival will take place on March 10-17, 2024. The participants will visit 30 cities of Russia.

20,000 young leaders in education, science, international cooperation, culture, volunteering, charity, sports, business, media, etc., including 10,000 foreign participants, will take part in the WYF 2024. For the first time in the history of the festival movement young people aged 14-17, 500 from Russia and 500 from abroad, will have the opportunity to participate in the event. Registration of participants is open at fest2024.com until December 1, 2023.

5,000 volunteers from all regions of Russia, including 228 residents of the LPR, DPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions will be involved in the organization and delivery of the Festival. Registration of volunteers is open on the ДОБРО.РФ platform until December 1, 2023.

The World Youth Festival is organized by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and operated by the World Youth Festival Directorate.

Prepared by the World Youth Festival Press Office