Swimmers of the Ivanovo region returned with medals from the Championship of the Central Federal District
Two Ivanovo athletes brought the team three gold awards.
According to the sports department, they took the third team place and won 11 medals at the CFD Swimming Championship. Competitions were held in Ruza from 15 to 18 October.
Two Ivanovo athletes brought the team three gold awards. Pupil of the sports school No10 Ivanova Arseniy Starikov won at distances of 200 meters complex swimming, 400 and 200 meters freestyle, and also became the second in the 100-meter complex.
Athlete of the Center for sports training of the Ivanovo region, master of sports of Russia Grigory Abakumov was the best at three distances breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200 meters.
A member of the Russian open water swimming team, a representative of the regional sports school “Zvezda” Lev Tarasov won 800 meters in freestyle and took silver in 1500 meters.
Two more medals in the treasury team added Vladimir Volkov and Alexander Yunetsyn. The first became the second on 200 meters butterfly, the second – the third on 400 meters freestyle.
Three athletes of the region fulfilled the standards of candidates for the master of sports. In total, the Ivanovo region was represented by 53 swimmers from Ivanovo, Rodnikov, Shuya and Vichuga.
