Ministry of Sports RUSSIA AWARDED NATIONAL WINNERS OF NOMINATIONS OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS FOR THE YEAR 2016

The Russian Federation Ministry of Sports hosted a ceremony of awarding the winners of national nominations in the field of physical culture and sport for 2016. The event was attended by famous athletes, coaches, politicians and public figures, organizers of sports and sports activities, representatives of the media.The ceremony was a famous sports commentator Viktor Gusev, winner of the category "Sports Parnassus" in the "Best Journalist" category for 2015.

Winners - 2016 was awarded the Deputy Prime Minister Vitali Mutko; Russian Minister of Sports, Olympic champion Pavel Kolobkov; First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov; First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Olympic champion Svetlana Zhurova; honorary member of the International Olympic Committee, chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Sports of Russia, four-time Olympic champion Alexander Popov; executive director of the nonprofit charitable organization "The Russian Olympians Foundation" Alexander Katushev; Chairman of the Board, First Vice President of the Russian Paralympic Committee Pavel Rozhkov; President of the International Committee of Deaf Sports Valery Rukhledev; First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation for Ecology and Environment Nikolai Valuev; President of the Russian Federation of ski races, three-time Olympic champion Elena Vyalbe; honorary member of the International Olympic Committee, President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev.

Category "Sports Parnassus" (for his contribution to the promotion of physical culture, sport and a healthy lifestyle)

Category "Best Journalist"

Winner: Sergey Kivrin - photojournalist.