4 February 2014
An engineer of category 2 of Operation and Technology Service of the Grid Control Centre of IDGC of Centre – Bryanskenergo division Galina Kharitonova was among the winners of the held last Sunday XXIX All-Russian mass ski race "Ski Track of Russia". The company’s representative excelled at the Bryansk stage of the race at a distance of 5 km for women in the age group of 40 to 59, and she was awarded a medal, diploma and a prize from the Ministry of Sports of Russia.
Galina Kharitonova has been participating in the "Ski Track of Russia" for many years, showing consistently high results. She became the silver medalist of two previous races, and three years ago she was on the top step of the podium. In addition, she has successful demonstrations at corporate sports days. According to Galina Kharitonova, having mood is not enough for victory alone – it requires years of hard training. She herself for good fit trains at least three times a week.
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"Ski Track of Russia" is the national mass ski race, designed for a wide range of skiing fans and aimed at popularizing it among Russians of all ages. It is been held since 1982. Organizers of the "Ski Track of Russia" are the Ministry of Sports of Russia and Federation of cross-country skiing of Russia.