Tula athletes won the All-Russian tournament on knife throwing

The team of the Tula region took first place in the team standings of the All-Russian competitions in sports knife throwing “Yeseninsky tournament”. Competitions were held in Ryazan from 16 to 18 October and gathered more than 100 athletes from 23 regions of Russia, told “MK in Tula” in the press service of the Tula Ministry of Sport.

The most productive among the representatives of the region was Natalia Konyukhova, who won seven medals out of eight possible. She took first place in non-reversible knife throwing at distances of 4 and 5 meters, became the second at distances of 6 and 7 meters, as well as in throwing at a distance. Another bronze medal athlete received in high-speed throwing.

Anna Markova brought four awards from Ryazan. She won the competition at distances of 3 and 6 meters, took second place at a distance of 4 meters and third at a distance of 7 meters.

Alexander Alekseev for the first time climbed the pedestal of the All-Russian competitions. The athlete won silver in throwing at range and bronze at a distance of 6 meters. Dmitry Ilyushchenko became the second in throwing a knife at a distance of 5 meters.

The eight strongest in their disciplines also included Mikhail Chertkov, Rostislav Kuznetsov, Alexander Romanov, Elena Eliseeva and Lyudmila Soustova.

According to the results of the tournament, the Tula region team under the leadership of coach Sergey Davydov took first place in the team standings.

Earlier, MK in Tula reported on the success of Tula athletes at the World Cup in knife throwing. International competitions were held in Ulan-Ude, where representatives of 16 countries, including Belarus, China, Madagascar and Indonesia, performed.

Representatives of the Tula Federation “RATMIR” Anna Markova and Natalia Konyukhova in the Russian national team won a total of 11 medals.