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Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –
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The Moscow Sports Department has organized free sports clubs for residents with mental health issues. They can regularly participate in zhulbak, novuss, health gymnastics, swimming, and football.
For example, in the South-Eastern Administrative District, the Veshnyaki Sports Complex offers zhulbak training for residents aged 18 to 75 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:00, and novus training for residents of the same age group on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 to 12:00. Swimming classes for boys and girls aged 14 to 17 are also offered at the same complex on Sundays from 9:45 to 10:30.
In addition, the Olimpiets Sports Complex offers health-improving gymnastics training for Muscovites aged seven to 17. These training sessions are held on Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM.
In the Northwestern Administrative District, swimming classes for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities operate at two locations: the Akvatoria Tushino Sports Complex, where residents aged seven to 11 train on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM, and those aged 12 to 15 train on the same days from 5:45 PM to 6:30 PM. Additionally, the Na Beregovoy Aqua Studio offers classes for children aged seven to 11 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM.
A football club for boys and girls aged nine to 16 has opened at the Malino Sports Complex in Zelenograd. Classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM.
Swimming classes for children aged seven to 15 are available at the Harmony Sports Complex in southwest Moscow. Classes are held on Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM.
Moskomsport instructor Eduard Aleksandrov, a medalist at the XXII Winter Olympics and XI Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi in 2014 with 46 years of coaching experience, noted that zhulbak and novus training develop agility, accuracy, coordination, reaction time, and the ability to plan ahead. These games also develop psychological resilience, endurance, concentration, and emotional control. Training includes general development exercises, with significant emphasis on mastering the techniques and tactics of each game.
You can sign up for classes in physical education and sports groups and sections bylinkIn this case, you must provide the following original documents to the Office of the Department for the Development of Mass Sports: a passport with registration in Moscow, a SNILS (Individual Insurance Account Number), a document confirming your eligibility for a preferential category, and a medical certificate confirming the absence of contraindications to participating in the chosen sport.
Applicants with an established disability group or health limitation must provide a medical certificate of admission based on medical indications, issued by a sports medicine physician in accordance with the procedure established by Order No. 1144n of the Russian Ministry of Health dated October 23, 2020. This certificate takes into account the applicant's health status, stage, severity, and individual characteristics of the disease (condition), as well as the group and level of the GTO complex being performed, taking into account age.
To attend the swimming section, you will need another certificate – one confirming your admission to the pool and/or recreational swimming classes, which is issued based on the results of an examination for enterobiasis and hymenolepiasis.
Classes are organized Moscow City Sports Department and are in line with the goals of the Russian Federation's state programs "Development of Physical Culture and Sports" and "Sports of Russia." One of these goals is to increase the proportion of citizens regularly involved in physical culture and sports to 70 percent by 2030.
The capital is making a decisive contribution to achieving this goal. Particular attention is paid to the easy accessibility of infrastructure, support for families with children, and the integration of special military operation participants and veterans and their families into the sports community.
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