Farewell to the former mentor of CSKA and " Arsenal" Kim will be held in Tula on October 26

Died a famous domestic basketball coach, former mentor of the capital’s army and Tula gunsmiths, Oleg Kim.

The specialist took part in the education of several generations of athletes.

In the 1998-99 season, Kim coached Tula Arsenal. Then the team won bronze of the championship of Russia, beating the Perm “Ural-Greit”. This achievement still remains the highest in the history of Tula basketball, the press reports.

Subsequently, Oleg Kim advised Arsenal for two seasons.

In the 2000/01 season, Oleg Lvovich entered the coaching staff of CSKA, helping his pupil Valery Tikhonenko. Together with the army, he went to the Final Four of Suproliga. PBC CSKA expresses deep condolences to the relatives and friends of Oleg Lvovich, his colleagues and pupils. Farewell to Oleg Kim will be held on Thursday in Tula, the Army Basketball Club said.

“MK in Tula” wrote: in the region continues the arrangement of sites for sports, games and outdoor activities.