XVII Dmitry Zhirnov Fitness Games: 5 interesting facts

XVII Dmitry Zhirnov Fitness Games: 5 interesting facts

The results of the event, the opening of the summer fitness season and a photo gallery.

For the seventeenth time, the Dmitry Zhirnov Fitness Games were successfully held in the capital. This event is considered unique in the fitness industry of Russia: thousands of people get an opportunity to realize their dreams – to feel themselves real athletes, to achieve impressive results and become champions. From year to year this event is gaining momentum, expanding the geography of participants and introducing new disciplines in the competition. In our material we have collected for you 5 interesting facts about the XVII Dmitry Zhirnov Fitness Games.

Going for the record

This year World Class Summer Games had a record number of participants – 4280 people, including athletes from Vladimir, Ivanovo, Zhukovsky, Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov.

To be normal

On June 3, about 1000 people were able to take part in the opening ceremony of the Games and pass the GTO standards.

Everything in a new way

This year the Games included competitions in very young disciplines: Sup Race – a race on water on inflatable surfboards with a paddle, SwimRun – alternation of open water swimming and running, Indoor Triathlon – consecutive passage of three distances – swimming, biking and running – in the conditions of a fitness club.

Strength and tenacity

The winner of the powerlifting competition, World Class coach demonstrated an outstanding result in “bench press” – 220 kg.

In the ring

On June 3, within the boxing tournament at the XVII World Class Games named after Dmitry Zhirnov, a super fight – three fights under the rules of Thai boxing – took place. On the opening day of the World Class Games the fighters from the Federation of Thai Boxing of Moscow and athletes from Thailand met in a duel. Ours won with a score of 2:0!

Interesting fact: 2017 is an anniversary year in the history of Russian-Thai friendship. 120 years ago, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Siam (present-day Thailand) established diplomatic relations. Thai boxing is a real work of martial art. Its name can be translated into Russian as “duel of the free”. It shows how much skill a person can achieve and how beautiful and fast-paced a confrontation in the ring can be.

Team scoring

The World Class Zhukovsky club won by the total number of awards. The member of this club is Yuri Borzakovsky – one of the favorite athletes of many Russians, Olympic champion in running, world and European champion, and now the head coach of the national track and field team. By the way, at the XVII World Class Games Yuri appeared in an unexpected role for the fans as a player of the soccer team of his fitness club.

The World Class Games are dedicated to Dmitry Zhirnov, a pioneer of Russian fitness, one of the first instructors of the club, a professional cycling coach, a man with an open soul and a kind heart.