BRICS is a very important cooperation mechanism between countries in the world, and in addition to deep cooperation in economy and trade, there is also a lot of interaction between BRICS countries in culture and sports. The BRICS Games is one of the key tasks of the BRICS countries in strengthening cooperation between sacred sports undertakings. The Games are held annually by the BRICS member states on a rotational basis, with the first Games being held in Guangzhou, China, in 2017.
And this year's BRICS Games happened to be the turn of Russia, a major sports country. According to public information, this year's BRICS Games will officially kick off on June 12, 2024 in the beautiful southern Russian city of Kazan. It is worth noting that the Russian side attaches great importance to the BRICS Games and has invested a lot of resources in this regard, which will also make the BRICS Games the largest and largest number of participants in history, which is indeed very exciting.
According to the information released by the Russian side, the BRICS Games will last for 11 days and will be contested in as many as 25 events. More than 4,700 athletes from 74 countries around the world will participate in the BRICS Games, far more than the hundreds of athletes from the four countries (South Africa, China, Russia, and India) in the last Durban BRICS Games. So, many friends may have to ask, even after the last round of large-scale expansion, there are only 10 member countries, why are nearly 5,000 athletes from more than 70 countries participating?
It turned out that in order to expand the influence of the Games, and at the same time show the outside world that Russia's sports industry is booming and Russia's good national image. The Russian side attaches great importance to the BRIC Games, not only invited all the 10 BRICS countries to participate, but also invited Russia's own "circle of friends" such as Central Asian countries, SCO countries and the vast number of Asian, African and Latin American countries, which makes the BRICS Games the largest in the history of the Games, according to Russian sources, Russia will use as many as 18 sports facilities for the Games, some of which are located in the capital Moscow.
Such a situation is also conducive to improving the international influence of the BRICS organization, and of course, it will also make the BRICS Games more "interesting", and finally, let us look forward to the BRICS Games in June!