Pupils of the judo and sambo section of the "Volat" Olympic Reserve Children and Youth Sports School have once again brought fame to the Lepel region. The young athletes returned with a series of victories from the Spartakiad of Schoolchildren in Sambo Wrestling, which took place in Vitebsk. In addition to the participants from Lepel, teams from Vitebsk, Polotsk, Novopolotsk, Dubrovno, and the Orsha district took part in the event.
In the individual championship in the 42 kg weight category, the leaders were Artyom Glushonok, a pupil of Secondary School No. 1; Kirill Kuzmionok, a pupil of I. Yerashov Gymnasium (46 kg weight category); Gadji Murad Divin from Secondary School No. 3 (50 kg category); Dmitry Gruk, a pupil of I. Yerashov Gymnasium, in the 55 kg weight category; and Yegor Tukhto, a pupil of Secondary School No. 4 (78 kg weight category).
Third place in the 42 kg weight category was awarded to Sergey Kovalevsky, a pupil of Secondary School No. 1; Grigory Dubko from Secondary School No. 3 (60 kg weight category); Yegor Puzanov from I. Yerashov Gymnasium (55 kg category); and Nikita Belsky, a pupil of I. Yerashov Gymnasium, in the 35 kg category.
Following a good performance, Artur Raokhanakh, Nikita Salnikov, and Alexander Pashkevich narrowly missed out on victory.
Based on the total points scored, the district team took third place.
Svetlana Silvanovich.