Belarusian athletes secured nine medals on the first day of the World Championship in Fire and Rescue Sport in Grodno, as reported by BELTA.
Belarusian athletes secured nine medals on the first day of the World Championship in Fire and Rescue Sport in Grodno, as reported by BELTA.
On the first day of the championship, August 5, competitions in the assault ladder climb to the floors of the training tower were held. In the evening finals, 8 sets of awards were contested. These were won by the national teams of Belarus, Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Latvia.
In the junior category for girls under 14 years of age, all medals went to representatives of the Russian team. Irina Demidova won gold, Violetta Kiseleva took silver, and Alsu Bakirova secured bronze. Earlier in the day during the runs, Alsu Bakirova and Violetta Kiseleva set world records.
In the intermediate category for female athletes aged 15-16, gold was won by Anna Starodymova from Russia, who achieved record-breaking results twice on this day. In the final, she surpassed her own world record set during the semi-final competition earlier in the day. Silver went to Natalia Gutmanska from Poland, and third place was taken by Elena Prishchepova from Belarus. Earlier in the day, she also broke the world record previously set by herself, but could not replicate it in the final.
In the senior category for female juniors aged 17-18, all prizes were won by Belarusian athletes. Ekaterina Bogdanova from Vitebsk and Oksana Korevo from BSPUFK achieved results exceeding the previous world record earlier in the day, at 7.66 seconds and 7.64 seconds respectively. In the final, the girls secured first and second place with times of 7.80 seconds and 7.81 seconds. Maria Vasilyeva from Russia finished third.
Following the performances of the girls and junior women, representatives of the national women's youth teams ascended the training tower. Ekaterina Gendakova from Russia won the final, with Russian athlete Aigul Shaikhmetova in second place and Irina Zinovich from Belarus taking third.
Among the boys in the junior category (under 14 years of age) in the assault ladder climb to the second floor of the training tower, the Czech athlete Lukáš Gerža proved to be the best in the final. Ilnaz Badretdinov won silver, and Kirill Pivovarov from Russia took third place.
In the intermediate age category (15-16 years of age) for the same exercise, the finalists were: Vladislav Moskaluk from Brest, Rets Baumanis from Latvia, and two Russians: Anton Kornilov and Alexey Lyakhov. In the evening final race, Anton Kornilov (Russia) won, followed by his teammate Alexey Lyakhov, with Vladislav Moskaluk from Brest in third place.
In the senior group (17-18 years old), Dmitry Dubitsky took gold, and Dmitry Voitsekhovsky from Belarus took silver. Bronze went to Russian Maxim Khuzhin. Moreover, in the semi-final race during the day, the winner set a new world record, which was established back in 2010.
The semi-final races among national youth men's teams were extremely successful for the Belarusian team. Evgeny Rabtsevich (Grodno), Alexey Balakirev (Baranovichi) and Maxim Svilo (Ostrovets) reached the final, as well as Russian athlete Aramis Nigmatullin, who ultimately finished only third. Gold was won by Evgeny Rabtsevich from Grodno, and silver went to Alexey Balakirev from Baranovichi.
On August 6, athletes will compete for 10 sets of awards in the 100-meter hurdles and the decathlon.
News of Belarus (BELTA)