University Students Will Take Part in the “Cross of the Nation – 2022”

17:09, September 14, 2022

The race starts near the main building of the university

On September 17, Yekaterinburg will host the central start of the All-Russian Day of Running “Cross of the Nation – 2022” in the Sverdlovsk Region. The race starts from the main academic building of UrFU. About 14,000 athletes and just lovers of a healthy lifestyle are expected to take part, who will cover 2 km along Lenin str.

The main innovation of the current “Cross of the Nation” is a sports race for 8 km (men), 4 km (women) and 1 km (children and teenagers aged 11-15), in which about a thousand professional athletes, as well as the strongest athletes of the series of races, will participate "Europe Asia". Any physically fit runner can start this race.

Participants will traditionally receive T-shirts with the symbols of the sports festival. By the way, to participate in the mass race this year, you need to register for free.

Throughout the day, all participants of the event will have a concert and entertainment program and a drawing of gifts from the partners of the “Cross of the Nation – 2022”.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.