Voting for GTO mascot kicks-off
All-Russian voting for the GTO Mascot starts on 11 August, on Athlete's Day, and will run until 10 September 2018. You can vote for your favourite mascot design project in a mobile App "GTO" which is available on AppStore or Google Play.
Projects selected at the bidding stage that was held on from 23 April to 30 June are represented at the contest. Participants of the contest needed to provide suggestions for 5 characters representing one of the physical traits that are developed thanks to the GTO complex: endurance, strength, flexibility, speed and applied skills.
10 applications out of 29 passed to the next stage. Animals were the most popluar characters: bear, cat, and fox. A camel, according to some contestants, represents endurance, a cat – flexibility, and a bear – strength.
You can vote for several projects at once, the most important is to make your choice until 10 September 2018.
To do so, you need:
1) Download the GTO App from AppStore or Google Play
2) Go into "Choose the GTO Mascot" section
3) Like your favourite mascotes
Three design projects with most likes will go to the final round. Coordination Commission of the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation on implementation and realization of the Russian National Health and Fitness Programme "GTO" will choose a winning project until 7 November 2018.