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IKA Snowkite World Cup 2019 finished in Togliatti

26 February 2019

February 24, the stage of the Snowkite World Cup IKA 2019 finished in Togliatti with an open-air winter festival "Zhiguli Sea". There were 145 snowkites on the surface of the Volga river.

In total, 145 athletes from 34 cities of Russia and Ukraine took part in the races of the World Cup and the Zhiguli Sea Marathon in Togliatti.

Snowkiting in Togliatti has its own fans' tribune. For the fifth year in a row, together with the competition there is a festival of active winter sports Zhiguli Sea.

"It is an important and pleasant event for Togliatti. One of those that makes our city better and more interesting. We are glad that 13 years ago it started as a regional snowkiting competition. And today we are already taking the World Cup, we are holding our own marathon and are gathering several thousand fans on the beach. This is a good trend for the development of the city and the region," - said Sergey Antashev, the head of Togliatti.

The organizers of the Snowkiting World Cup IKA-2019, the Zhiguli Sea Marathon and the festival were the ROQETA Agency, the SNOWKITERUSSIA project and the Sila Vetra sports club. The Russian Sailing Federation, the Ministry of Sports of the Samara Region, the Administration of Togliatti, PJSC KuibyshevAzot, PJSC AVTOVAZ and SKYCOOL became partners of the events.

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