On March 30, 2018, the interregional competitions "The Southern Federal District Alpine Skiing Championship" and "The Krasnodar Krai Championship" concluded at the Gorki Gorod resort. These are official competitions for participants aged 9 to 16, who are members of the United A calendar of national and international sporting events. This is the fourth year they have been held on the slopes of the Circus-2 zone. This year, the competition attracted a record number of participants—approximately 200 young athletes from across the country competed in the special slalom and giant slalom disciplines.
Weather conditions above 2,000 meters were truly extreme throughout the four days of the competition. Wind and fog created almost daily challenges for athletes and organizers.
Eduard Dyatlov, head of the operational services department at the Gorki Gorod resort, says"The most important thing when holding such a competition is clear visibility, so the start and finish areas are visible. At some times, even this wasn't possible—starts had to be stopped after the first attempt. However, all participants gave it their all, and the competition took place! For everyone, it was a great experience in honing their skills—both organizational and athletic."
The competition organizers are the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports of the Krasnodar Territory, the State Budgetary Institution of the Krasnodar Territory "TsOP po ZVS", the Krasnodar Regional Public Organization "Federation of Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding and Freestyle", and the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Sochi City Administration.
The main goals of the alpine skiing championship are to improve the level of athletic skill, improve sports categories, and train a sports reserve.
Following the competition, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the tournament table was taken by 11 Sochi residents, students of Sports School No. 14. Overall, the results were distributed as follows.
Open Championship of Krasnodar Krai in Alpine Skiing:
In the slalom event for girls born in 2002-2003, Tatyana Babkina (Moscow) took third place, while Victoria Koroleva (Zvenigorod) took second. Valeria Osipova, a student of Sochi Sports School No. 14, took the victory. Among the boys, Andrei Tudachkov (Samara) took bronze, Danil Domnin took silver, and Mikhail Maslov (Samara) also topped the podium.
Among the youngest competitors (9-10 years old) who conquered the Circus-2 track, Violetta Kirpichnikova and Veronika Ivaschenko (first and second place, respectively) emerged victorious. Both are students of MBU Secondary School No. 14 in Sochi. Bronze went to Maria Lavrentyeva (Samara). Among the boys, Vladimir Titayev (Saratov) took first place, while Mikhail Lavrentyev and Daniil Protopopov (Samara) took second and third.
In the giant slalom event, Sochi athletes won bronze and gold (Sasha Rawlins and Ulyana Melikhova, respectively). Polina Gorshenina from Ulyanovsk took silver. Among the boys, Vladimir Titaev (Saratov) took bronze, Vyacheslav Datskovsky from Krasnogorsk took second, and Mikhail Lavrentyev (Samara) won gold.
In the giant slalom event for boys born in 2002-2003, Danil Domnin, a graduate of Kirov Olympic Reserve School No. 3, won. Silver went to Sergei Lomasov (Saratov), and Andrei Tudachkov (Samara) won bronze.
Interregional alpine skiing competition "Championship of the Southern Federal District":
Alisa Kapranova (Zvenigorod, Moscow Region) won the slalom for girls aged 13-14. Valeria Mazina (Krasnogorsk) took the silver medal by a narrow margin of 0.16 points from Yana Peretyatko (Terskol, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic).
Among the boys in the same age category, Dmitry Demin, a student at MBU Secondary School No. 14 in Sochi, took third place. Dmitry Stambler won silver. Yegor Potemkin won gold (from Terskol, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic). He also won bronze in the giant slalom. Sochi athlete Matvey Khaneyev took silver, and Rodion Gordievsky topped the podium.
Among girls born in 2006-2007, Alexandra Strakhova and Ivan Ponomarev from Krasnogorsk won gold medals. Anastasia Shchuchenko from Sochi and Akim Mochalov from Samara won silver. Ivanna Proshkina (Moscow Region) and Viktor Polyakov from Moscow won bronze.
In the giant slalom event for girls born in 2006-2007, the placings were as follows: bronze went to Anastasia Khomenko, silver went to Anastasia Shchuchenko (Sochi Secondary School No. 14), and gold went to Alexandra Strakhova. Among the boys in the same age category, Timur Dobryansky and Egor Razorenov from Sochi Secondary School No. 14 won bronze and silver, respectively, while Viktor Polyakov from Moscow took the gold.
Source: trn-news.ru