Ulyanovsk athlete won a gold medal at the Heroes’ Cup in Krasnoyarsk

Athlete from the Ulyanovsk region Ilya Popov became the winner of the all-Russian swimming competitions “Cup of Heroes”, which were held on October 22 in Krasnoyarsk. The representative of the regional sports and adaptive school won the gold medal at a distance of 50 meters with freestyle, overcoming it in 26.67 seconds.

Ulyanovets showed the best result in the category "Partial Feed", intended for participants with partial musculoskeletal damage. His performance brought the region first place in the prestigious tournament among veterans of special military operation.

Together with Ilya Popov, the Ulyanovsk Sports and Adaptive School was represented at the competitions by Sergey Pritula and Denis Emelin. Both athletes also took part in the race.

Another representative of the region, Vadim Belov, spoke in the category “Full PORT”. At the end of the competition, he took sixth place.

The training of the Ulyanovsk participants was carried out by coaches Marina Petrovna Maryina, Alexander Nikolaevich Nikitin and Stanislav Alexandrovich Larin.

The All-Russian Heroes Cup was held on October 22 in Krasnoyarsk. The tournament is held for the prizes of Honored Master of Sports of Russia Andrei Arbuzov and unites veterans of the SVO from different regions of the country.

The organizer of the sports project is Andrei Arbuzov Swimming Academy with the support of the Defenders of the Fatherland State Fund.

The main task of the competition is to help veterans through sports regain physical fitness, adapt to active life and find new opportunities for self-realization.

For participants, such tournaments become not only an opportunity to demonstrate sports results, but also an important stage of recovery. The victory of Ilya Popov was one of the achievements of Ulyanovsk athletes at the all-Russian level.