Astrakhan hosted the Southern Federal District Taekwondo Championship for the first time in 28 years.
On April 29 and 30, the best taekwondo fighters of the South of Russia competed in Astrakhan. Competitions were held among athletes 12-14 years old. Almost 250 fighters from Adygea, Kalmykia, Sevastopol, Rostov and Volgograd regions, as well as the Krasnodar Territory and, of course, the Astrakhan region came to Astrakhan from all over the Southern Federal District.
As a result, the Astrakhan athletes won 14 awards in the competition.
Gold medals were awarded to Nikita Belousov (up to 61 kg, coach Sviridenko N.Yu.)
Vyacheslav Churilov (up to 57 kg, coach Sviridenko N.Yu.)
Egor Borovikov (up to 53 kg, coach Sviridenko N.Yu.)
Silver was in the hands of Samat Mukhambetkaliev (up to 53 kg, coach Mukhambetkaliev R.N.)
Dmitry Yudnikov (up to 61 kg, coach E. Kulzhanov)
Victoria Kalduzova (up to 37 kg, coach D.A. Lyapin)
The third place at the Championship of the Southern Federal District was taken by:
Roman Danilov (up to 41 kg, coach N.V. Gulevsky)
Ilya Kadyakin (up to 65 kg, coach Ponomarev V.M.)
Victor Teschin (up to 33 kg, coach Gulyaev A.N.)
Askar Utegenov (up to 33 kg, coach Pokrovsky E.V.)
Alisa Soshnikova (up to 37 kg, coach Sviridenko N.Yu.)
Victoria Golubkina (up to 41 kg, coach Sviridenko N.Yu.)
Sergey Sviridonov (up to 45 kg, coach Sviridenko N.Yu.)
Alena Balalaeva (up to 55 kg, coach Ponomarev V.M.)
As a result, the national team of the Astrakhan region took 3rd place in the team competition. This is the best result of our team over the past few years at the southern championship.