Podkarpacie League of Children and Youth in Cross-Country Skiing and V Podkarpacie League of Children and Youth in Alpine Skiing under the honorary patronage of Speaker of the Sejm Marek Kuchciński, who has been supporting the initiative for years, were launched in Bieszczady.
The competition took place in six age categories on routes named after Stanisław Nahajowski in Ustjanowa Górna.
On the initiative of Marshal Marek Kuchciński a plan of sports investments in Podkarpackie is being prepared, the heart of which is to be the Central Sports Centre. COS centres are places where national teams train at various levels. Polish sports associations train young people and world-class athletes there.
Such centers are besieged by players from all over the country. However, if they are well equipped and have modern infrastructure, they also generate interest from foreign visitors. However, it is not the end. Often COS is the heart of sports life for the entire region. Specialized trainings, coaching consultations, scientific symposia are held there. Hundreds of athletes are looking for accommodation near COS. This brings new opportunities for the development of hotel, medical and rehabilitation facilities.
A good example is the COS in Zakopane and Cetniewo, where the best live permanently in the resort, and dozens of training camps are organized simultaneously around these facilities. It may be no different in the case of Ustrzyki Dolne. There are ski jumps, downhill and cross-country skiing trails, and places for water sports. Bieszczady meet the criteria for alpine skiing. The slopes have FIS homologation and the local league specializes in technical competitions: slalom, giant slalom (Laworta). - We already call Bieszczadzki COS "the eighth element". We have seven Central Sports Centers in Poland: in Cetniewo, Spala, Szczyrk, Zakopane, Warsaw, Władysławowo, Giżycko and Wałcz. This one will be another one in the sports puzzle, which is also supposed to stimulate the region economically. One of the fundamental conditions is the cooperation of local authorities - said Marshal Kuchciński, who today met with local government officials from Ustrzyki Dolne to discuss the concept of COS and set the objectives.
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