Belarusians won 17 awards of the youth World Draughts Championship in Turkey

Belarusian athletes won 17 medals of the World Draughts-64 Championship among young people in Manavgat, Turkey. This was reported in the Ministry of sports, writes sb.by.

Participants of the planetary forum identified prize-winners in six age groups. The last sets of awards were played in the classic program. World champion among young people under 27 years was our Maria Taranina, in the same category of guys silver took Georgy Taranin. Also, the second place for girls under 14 years was taken by Julia Shved.

Earlier in Turkey, Belarusian draughtsmen won eight medals in the lightning game (blitz) and six in the fast game (rapid). The total result of our team was 17 awards - 7 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze.