Crimean athletes won 58 (!) medals at the championships of the Southern Federal District in Krasnodar

CrimeaPRESS reports:

In Krasnodar, at the Kuban and Tekstilshchik stadiums, the championship and championships of the Southern Federal District in athletics were held, the portal was told «Crimean sport» in the press service of the Crimean Republican Athletics Federation:

The competition was attended by 911 athletes from eight regions of the Southern Federal District, as well as from the DPR, who competed in five age categories. The program included running events at different distances (including with barriers and obstacles), relay races, jumping disciplines, shot put, throwing and all-around. The Crimean national team at these competitions was represented by 87 athletes who won a total of 58 medals — 20 gold, 21 silver and 17 bronze. In the team standings, our main team (men and women) took second place (230 points), youth (boys and girls under 16) — third (284).

Let’s note the Crimean sportsmen who became winners of competitions. These are Valeria Mara (women, 5000 m run, 17.07.73 min.), Milana Kuzmina (juniors under 20, 3000 m steeplechase run, 11.46.44 min.) and Danil Radchenko (juniors under 20 years old), representing the Simferopol region , 3000 m steeplechase, 9.30.00 min.), Simferopol Elena Pipa (women, 400 m run, 59.44 sec.; 800 m run, 2.14.08 min.), Dmitry Zakharov (men, run at 5000 m, 14.44.90 min.) and Marina Pirieva (women, 100 m hurdles, 14.09 sec.), Yalta Nikita Shevtsov (men, long jump, 7.51 m), Raul Kudinov (juniors under 20, triple jump, 14.67 m), Karolina Afanasyeva (girls under 18, 200 m run, 25.20 sec.), Dana Nazyuta (girls under 18, javelin throw, 44.62 m) and Nikita Ramazanov (boys under 16 years old, javelin throw, 41.71 m), Sakchan Sergei Kharitonov (juniors under 20 years old, hammer throw, 65.95 m), Tatiana Kharitonova (junior women under 20 years old, hammer throw, 52.29 m ), Vladislav Dubrovinsky (boys under 18, javelin throw, 55.27 m), Svetlana Vasenina (girls under 16, hammer throw, 45.96 m), Riana Khroz (girls under 16, javelin throw, 45.08 m) and Bogdan Penzyakov (boys under 16, hammer throw, 51.28 m), as well as Daria Cherletskaya from Evpatoria (girls under 16, triple jump, 11.80 m).

In the 4×100 m relay race, the Crimean team of boys under 18, consisting of Alexander Shumeev, Vyacheslav Alyoshin, Danila Khokhuly and Ilya Litvinchuk, climbed to the first step of the podium (the result was 46.24 seconds).

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