Sport

First step towards the World Cup

57 athletes from 5 regions of the North-West of Russia participated in the kickboxing championship of the North-Western Federal District, which was held in the Pskov sports complex "Electron". The Pskov athletes once again confirmed that they are among the leaders of Russian kickboxing.

World champion Gaik Yegikyan won twice in the weight category up to 60 kg: in the full and light contact sections. The same success was achieved by Vladislav Finogenov (weight category up to 67 kg). Vladimir Zakharov won in the light contact category in the weight category up to 63.5 kg, and Pavel Kuznetsov won in the full contact category in the weight category up to 75 kg.

All the championship winners, as well as our Roman Veselov, the bronze medalist of the World Championship, will now compete at the Russian Championship, which will be held in Chelyabinsk in April. It is there that the composition of the national team for participation in the World Cup on the island of Sardinia in Italy will be determined.

Ticket to the final

The Zonal Boxing Championship of the North-West of Russia brought together 120 boxers from 11 regions and republics of our region in Sosnovy Bor (Leningrad region). Among the participants were boxers from the Pskov region.

Andrey Gordey and Andrey Bogdanov achieved the best results among Pskov boxers. The first in the weight category up to 48 kg, losing in the final battle, took second place. Trained by A. Gordey E. P. Lizunkov. And A. Bogdanov in weight up to 51 kg became the winner and got the right to participate in the final of the Russian championship, which will be held in May in Rostov-on-Don.

During the competition, a meeting of the Boxing Federation of the North-West of Russia was held, at which a new president was elected. They became S. N. Nazarov from Cherepovets. And one of the three vice-presidents of the federation was elected E. G. Lazebny - the head coach of the Pskov region boxing team.

Open championship

The Pskov Open Table Tennis Championship was held in the sports hall of the College of Economics and Construction. Tennis fans from Dedovichi came to visit the Pskovites.

Aleksey Shvetsov, champion of the region, candidate for master of sports, won the title of the winner of the championship in the individual competition. The second result was taken by Igor Moshnin, and the third place was taken by Vladimir Savelyev.

Alexey Shvetsov, paired with Alexander Antonenko, became the winner in doubles. The best of the guests of the championship - tennis players from Dedovichi Yan Koshkin and Alexander Lee took third place in doubles.

Relay race in memory of the hero

For the eighteenth time, an athletics relay race dedicated to the memory of the hero of the Soviet Union A. Matrosov was held. The best athletes of the region competed on the route Velikiye Luki - Chernushki, 45 km long.

The main struggle was between the athletes of Pskov and the team of the Velikoluksky Institute of Physical Education. The first stage, which was a prize, did not bring advantages to any team: O. Svetlov (Pskov) and S. Noskov (Velikiye Luki) finished together. But then the advantage of the Pskovites became more noticeable, and as a result, they finished first, winning more than two minutes from their rivals. And the best result in the sum of three stages was shown by Grigory Rantsev from Pskov.

Sergei PAVLOV.