Novgorod Orientees brought five medals from the Russian championship

Novgorod athletes returned from the Russian Orienteering Championship, which was held in Stavropol, with excellent results. Of the twenty-six awards, five went to representatives of our region, the press service of the Ministry of Sports of the Novgorod region reported.

The main star of the competition was Julia Novikova from the Center for Sports Training of the region. She showed excellent results, winning gold in cross-choice and cross-marathon, and in cross-long with a general start added to his piggy bank and bronze.

Kirill Kapparov, a pupil of the Olympic reserve sports school “Olympus” also performed wonderfully. In cross-long, he finished second, only eight seconds behind the winner, which in orienteering means fighting at the limit of possibilities. Kirill took another bronze medal in the classic cross with a general start.

In parallel with the adult championship, all-Russian youth starts were held, where Nadezhda Emelyanova flashed, who brought home two silver sets of awards at once.

The successes of the Novgorodians naturally fit into the framework of the state program “Sport of Russia” for the preparation of the sports reserve. Today, eighty-nine athletes train in the regional orienteering team, and five of them already defend the honor of the country as part of the Russian main team.