Almaty Mayor Baibek prioritizes healthy life style and mass sports development

The event aimed at popularization of the modern sports, new forms of organization of youth leisure and attraction of young people to healthy life style.

The competition was held in two stages and included a set of interval trainings with the elements of weightlifting, powerlifting and gymnastics.

"I am confident that many young people will support this initiative and CrossFit will turn into a traditional event for our residents. Almaty is the sports centre of Kazakhstan with more 1,100 facilities functioning here. As our President Nursultan Nazarbayev stated, only healthy nation can be competitive, while nation's competitiveness is the main condition of Mangilik El program. That is why, development of mass sports and promotion of healthy life style is a priority objective for us", the Mayor said.

The event was organized by the Almaty administration, Bolashak Association and JSC Bank of Astana and brought together journalists, bloggers, businessmen, pop stars and sportsmen.