In the UMMC Sports Palace, the ceremonial closing of the jubilee X Spartakiad of schoolchildren "Healthy Generation" took place. According to the results of the team standings, the places on the podium were distributed as follows. The first place was taken by young athletes from Verkhnyaya Pyshma (supported by Uralelectromed), the second place was taken by the guys from Serov (supported by the partner enterprise of UMMC Nadezhdinsky Metallurgical Plant) and the third place was taken by the team from Gai (supported by Gaysky GOK).
In total, 18 sets of awards were played in individual and team events. The prize fund of the jubilee sports festival amounted to about 1.5 million rubles. All participating teams received certificates for the purchase of sports equipment.
The competition took place for two days at the best sites of the urban district of Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Schoolchildren competed in three disciplines: athletics (based on the Leader sports school), table tennis (in the Baltym sports complex) and chess (in the Quantorium children's technopark).
This time 240 athletes took part in the Healthy Generation Olympics (2008-2009). from 14 settlements of the Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, Orenburg regions and the Republic of Bashkortostan. Traditionally, the team from each territory was supported by one of the enterprises of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company. Also, the team of the Center for Helping Families and Children of the Nizhneserginsky District from the urban-type settlement Bisert joined the wrestling. Her participation in the Olympics was ensured by the Children of Russia Charitable Foundation (created at the initiative of UMMC CEO Andrey Kozitsyn).
