Smolensk athletes took part in the All-Russian festival “Cup of Courage” in Perm

Perm hosted the All-Russian Festival “Cup of Courage”, which became the key event of the year in the field of adaptive sports for combat veterans. The large-scale tournament brought together more than 600 participants from 60 regions of the country. The main program of the competition, organized with the support of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation, reached its peak on November 4, National Unity Day, when performances were held in various disciplines.

Among the participants of the festival were veterans from the Smolensk region, who competed in powerlifting, table tennis, chess and sports knife throwing.

In the discipline of throwing knives in the open class, leading positions were taken by representatives of the region: Andrey Kireenkov won first place, scoring 540 points, and Alexander Fedonenkov took second place with a score of 490 points. In addition, Alexander demonstrated high performance in weightlifting, performing 166 pulls weights weighing 16 kilograms in 6 minutes.

Commenting on the successes of the participants, the Governor of the Smolensk region Vasily Anokhin stressed that courage and fortitude allow defenders to achieve significant results not only in combat conditions, but also in peaceful life, which once again confirmed this sports tournament.

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