PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih became the title sponsor for the Odessa Half Marathon 2017, an international running half marathon, which will take place on June 25 in Odessa. This running event, which unites about 2500 fans of running, is being organized by the company Run Ukraine for the second year in a row.
Dmitriy Chernitskiy, General Manager, Run Ukraine: “Run Ukraine is always open to cooperation with large business in terms of arranging sporting and mass participation events. When the industrial leaders of the country and the world support running events, that confirms the positive changes. First of all, this is a testament to the social responsibility of the company. By supporting Odessa Half Marathon, ArcelorMittal makes its contribution to the development of the running culture of the country and corporate sport among its employees, having introduced the worldwide practice, since in Europe and in the USA support of business in sport has become a tradition. Odessa has a large running potential and we will develop it. It is nice to know that the city and our partners without support of which it is impossible to make a high-quality event, share this idea with us”.
Anastasiya Tatarulieva, CMO, PJSC ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih: “Modern world exists at a rattling rate and requires people to stay toned, to develop their best qualities and to aspire to success in each sphere of their lives. From this perspective sport holds pride of place within the life of every active person. Nowadays mass sport events are becoming more popular, uniting active population of different age groups, and holding of numerous large-scale events, such as Odessa Half Marathon, confirms this. The key concept of ArcelorMittal is transforming tomorrow, and in fact events of that kind are transforming the future already this moment and they totally meet ArcelorMittal’s values such as leadership and sustainability. Our employees are the most valuable assets of our company, their health and physical development is the priority No. 1 for us. That’s why ArcelorMittal company is the partner in organization of this marathon, as this is not only the implementation of the concepts of our company, but also the investments in people’s healthy lifestyle, in their development and in desire for continuous improvement”. (AMKR/Ukrainian metal)