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Summing up the results of the international competitions for the Cup of the Public Association "Belarusian Federation of Fire and Rescue Sports"

Summing up the results of the international competitions for the Cup of the Public Association "Belarusian Federation of Fire and Rescue Sports"

International competitions are aimed at the development of fire and rescue sports in the Republic of Belarus and on the international scene.

The Minister for Emergency Situations, Chairman of JSC «Belarusian Federation of Fire and Rescue Sports» Vadim Sinyavsky stressed the importance of such competitions to improve the professionalism of rescuers and strengthen international cooperation in the field of security.

During four busy days from 16 to 22 June, athletes from Belarus, the Russian Federation and the Czech Republic fought for the top spot at the Civil Protection University of the Ministry of Emergency Services. The tournament brought together 130 athletes from Belarus, Russia and the Czech Republic.

The past competitions became one of the next stages of preparation for the teams of the future World Championship in fire and rescue sport.

The Civil Protection University of the MES of the Republic of Belarus held a solemn opening of the international competition for the Cup of the Belarusian Federation of Fire and Rescue Sports.
Participants of the competition welcomed the director of the International Sports Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers Andrei Kalinin. He noted the importance of holding international tournaments and thanked the Belarusian side for organizing competitions. 

– Congratulations to all participants on the occasion of Friendship and Sports Day. I wish you fast seconds, records, and, of course, as the President of the Royal Geographical Society, Lord Curzon, said: "May the strongest win!"

On the first day of the competition, the athletes identified the strongest in the discipline "Climbing the assault stairs to the 4th and 2nd floors of the training tower", demonstrating speed, strength and endurance in the preliminary races, which are so important and necessary in the fight for human lives!

During the grand opening of the competition, the final races were held and the names of the first winners and prize-winners in individual competitions were determined.

Sporting luck and the will to win allowed Karina Bochkareva (Russian Federation) to climb the women's podium today. She won gold in the discipline with a result of 6.83 seconds in a hard struggle. Irina Vanyuk, a representative of the Republic of Belarus, took the second place with 6.90 seconds, and Alesya Tsenov, an athlete from Russia, also took the third place with a result of 7.13 seconds.

The men took the first place in the discipline with a score of 12.72 seconds. Dmitry Grebenshchikov (Russian Federation) is in second place with a score of 12.85 seconds. Nikita Ukolov (Republic of Belarus), in third place – Vitaly Bobr (Republic of Belarus) – 14.80 sec.

On June 19, the participants competed in the discipline "Overcoming the 100-meter obstacle course".

Denis Badger from the Republic of Belarus showed the best result in overcoming the 100-meter obstacle course (15.60 seconds), Mikhail Boytsov (Russian Federation) took the second place with a result of 18.29 seconds, Alexey Rodin (Russian Federation) took the third place.

The obstacle course was also conquered by the fair sex. As a result of a hard fight, Valeria Furyk from the Republic of Belarus won with a score of 17.51 seconds. Oksana Kolomytova (Russian Federation) took the second place with a score of 17.58 seconds. Maria Kataseva (Russian Federation) won the third place.

The third day of the competition showed the professionalism of firefighters and rescuers in the discipline "Fire relay 4x100 meters".

Among the women's teams, the athletes of the national team of the Republic of Belarus became the winners with a score of 59.48 seconds.

The men's national team of the Russian Federation won with a score of 54.77 seconds.

The final, fourth day, was the culmination of the tournament and was dedicated to one of the most spectacular and technically challenging disciplines — combat deployment. It was in this part of the competition that the participants performed tasks as close as possible to the real working conditions of the rescuers, which required them not only physical endurance, but also impeccable team coordination.

According to the results of this discipline, the absolute leadership was demonstrated by the team of the Republic of Belarus: in both the men's and women's competitions, the representatives of the country took the first places, confirming their high professional level.