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Cheboksary is a big industrial, cultural, scientific and educational center, a dynamically developing city, which during the last decade was awarded different titles and by rights is recognized the most comfortable city in Russia. The citizens of Cheboksary are especially proud of it as the leading sport centre of Russia. The development of mass sport and propaganda of the wholesome mode of life today are raised to one of the priority state tasks. The developed sport infrastructure in the zone of moderate continental climate with clearly marked change of the seasons makes it possible to do both winter and summer sports.
The wide spectrum of possibilities of recreation ensured the unique situation when every fourth citizen is a sportsman. More than 60 kinds of sports are popular in Chuvashia. But the most favorite is track and field athletics. There are some reasons for it. In 1952 Ardalion Ignatyev beat the way to the sport Olympus for the republic. He was a 400meters runner who 4 year later became the bronze prizewinner of Melbourne Olympic champions in marathon and race walking. Thanks to the success of the highest level during many years track-and-field athletics in the rating of the most popular and mass kinds of sports in Cheboksary permanently has the first position.
There are several stadiums in Cheboksary. A special pride of the citizens is the main sporting arena of Chuvashia – the Olympiisky Stadium. The Olympiisky Stadium is recognized by the international sporting experts not only as the best stadium but as the best track and field complex in Russia. After the recent large-scale reconstruction 18hectares of the land in the centre of Cheboksary turned into the best track and field athletic centre of Russia. The complex meets all modern requirements of the International Association of Athletics Federations.
Successfully designed sectors for Jump Disciplines, the wide field with the natural lawn for throwing the discus and putting the shot, the standard 400meters long track with artificial surface, the stands with wide field of vision and plastic seats, Electronic indicator panel (with the projection vision screen) comfortable rooms under the stands, the training field with 200m long artificial track – all this makes this complex a unique sport construction of the Russian Federation. The results of the track and field athletics championship of Russia in 2002 exceeded all expectations. The contest was highly appreciated by specialists of All Russian Athletic Federation and the management of the Moscow Regional Centre of the IAAF Development.
Almost 20 All Russian contests are carried out in Cheboksary during the sporting season and all the stands are always full of fans. Children are the main spectators of these contests and they have free pass.
The best examples of the activity of the fans were the V European Cup held in the capital of Chuvashia in May 2003 and the XXIII World Cup of race walking held in May 2008. The strongest walkers of Europe were competing in the most picturesque part of Cheboksary on the embankment. Placed in the natural amphitheatre the 2km track could be seen from any place and almost one hundred thousand fans of sport were able to watch the competition close to the scene of action. The movable 30square meter screen showed all nuances of the non-compromise struggle. More than 250 sportsmen from 27 countries fought for the European Cup. The ceremony of rewarding prizewinners of the continental cup of race walking took place at the foot of a new monument. Nowadays the Monument to Mother the Patroness is a new symbol of Chuvashia.
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