07/05/2024
The sports programme of the Caucasus Investment Forum includes a horse racing event with leading jockeys, an MMA night, and meetings between famed athletes and young people of the North Caucasus Federal District.
“The CIF 2024 sports programme reflects the region's preferences and traditions. High-profile, spectacular horse racing and an MMA night will have the format of evening sports and social events. I would like to stress that sports have always played a major role in the development and promotion of the North Caucasus Region. The European Championship in Kaspiysk, the World Cup in Vladikavkaz, and match encounters between Russian and US national teams in Gudermes and Nalchik brought together the world’s strongest wrestlers in our region and cultivated a positive public image of the North Caucasus Federal District. As a result, these high-profile tournaments contributed to the region’s investment and tourism appeal while also telling the world about the culture of the peoples of the Caucasus through sports. One central figure of these events, three-time Olympic freestyle wrestling champion Buvaisar Saitiev, will meet with the younger generation at the Forum venue. Further development of the athletics capacity of the North Caucasus and the role of sports in managing the national objectives in the North Caucasus Federal District will be discussed at a special session organised by the Ministry of Sports and the sports platform of the Roscongress Foundation”, said Georgy Bryusov, Director of the Centre for Athletic Training of Russian National Teams and member of the Roscongress Foundation Supervisory Board.
The horse racing night will be held at the Zakaev Racecourse in Grozny on 16 July. The competition will bring together the best jockeys of the Chechen Republic, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Krasnodar Territory and other regions of Russia. The audience at the Grozny racecourse will have a chance to see the races with English thoroughbreds. In the main race of the night, the jockeys will pick the winner of the Caucasus Investment Forum Cup in a competition of three-year-olds in a 2,400 metre race. The prize pool for this race is RUB 2 million, RUB 1 million of which will go to the winner.
Young (two-year old) horses will compete for the Kalinin Prize in a 1,600 metre race. The prize pool for this race is RUB 1 million, with RUB 500 thousand going to the winner. At the Criterium race, which is expected to be one of the most exciting races, horses aged two years or more will compete for a prize pool of RUB 400 thousand over the shortest course distance of 1,000 metres. The race night will also feature older horses competing for the prize of the Minister of Agriculture of the Chechen Republic, as well as other races. The racing event will consist of total of eight races.
After the business programme, on 15 July, Forum participants will be invited to the MMA Night of the Caucasus Investment Forum. The cage of the Coliseum Sports Hall will become the venue for spectacular encounters between leading MMA fighters representing various regions of the North Caucasus Federal District. The fighters will include Russian Championship bronze medallist Saidbek Albastov, Russian fighting competition winner Zambek Shakhbiev, Russian nationwide competition winner Magomed Abdul Khalidov, and other leading Russian MMA Union fighters.
The Forum is being organized by the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Ministry for Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
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