Penza, 20 September 2016. PenzaNews. Open Championship of the Penza region on sports tourism will be held in preparation for the camp of the Volga Federal District “Turiada-2017” in Akhuny district on Friday, September 23.

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The official part of the event is scheduled for 9:30 am, and the competition in “distance-walking” will start at 10.00.

The next day, the athletes will compete in the individual competition, and on September 25, there will be “distance-group walking.”

Competitions will be held in different age groups — boys and girls 2003-2006 year of birth, young men and women 1998-2004 birth years, and juniors 1995-2000 years of birth.

The participants, using the camping equipment and orienteering skills, will overcome the ups and downs on the vertical and inclined railing, water barriers on a zip-line and a log, and find the intermediate checkpoints.

The winners of the championship will be awarded diplomas of the Ministry of Education of the Penza region, the department website informs.