The Russian Paragliding Cup was held at Veduchi.

From June 18th to 23rd, the Veduchi resort and Lake Kezenoy-Am hosted the Russian Paragliding Cup stages in the Landing Accuracy discipline. More than 30 of the country's strongest athletes gathered at the main mountain resorts of the Chechen Republic. Those who had passed preliminary selection in their regions: Moscow, Leningrad, Ivanovo, and Kaluga Oblasts, Dagestan, Udmurtia, Bryansk, and Kaliningrad. Athletes from Belarus also participated.

The competition began, with training and first competitive flights taking place at the Veduchi resort. Afterward, the athletes moved to the high-mountain Lake Kezenoy-Am for two days, where the competition continued and the awards ceremony for the winners and runners-up took place.

Kavkaz.RF specialists, together with the organizers, installed additional meteorological equipment for the competition to study Veduchi's climatic and aerological characteristics in advance. Furthermore, the resort's management company ensured rescue and medical services were on duty at the site and provided athletes with transportation to the starting points.

All the winners were from the Kaliningrad Region, a traditional favorite for such competitions: the team team, Tatyana Dobrynina in the women's competition, and Dmitry Sklyarenko in the men's competition.

"This year, the athletes flew only on Veduchi's southern slope, but we've already received a lot of feedback that the terrain and wind conditions are ideal for flying, and that the cable car currently under construction to the northern slope will eventually allow Veduchi to become a fully-fledged paragliding base for major competitions. "In the meantime, we'll continue this summer of sports at the resort with other activities: a series of mountain races, a sports tourism festival, and mountain hikes are coming up," said Rustam Tapaev, Deputy General Director of Kavkaz.RF.

"The level of these events has reached a tangible standard, approaching that of World Championships and Cups. This is true not only in terms of organization, but also in terms of the conditions that allow athletes to fully demonstrate their skills and judges to fairly identify the best. There were no flight accidents (incidents), not even the preconditions for one. In summary, the region has enormous potential for safely hosting top-level competitions," commented Alexey Rudakov, head of the Ultralight Aviation Sports Federation of the Chechen Republic.

The Russian Cup is the second most important event after the Russian Championship and an opportunity for winners to represent the national team in international competitions.

"Precision Landing" is one of the official disciplines of paragliding, where the pilot's task is to land as close as possible to the intended point and demonstrate how well he "feels" the wing, speed, and air currents.