A basketball master class in training format will be held in the Irkutsk region, where more than 150 young athletes will see basic exercises and can ask Sergey Monya, Fyodor Likholitov, and Vitaly Fridzon questions.

The master class will be held in the form of a training session, during which the children will be shown the basic exercises in basketball. Sergey Monya, Fyodor Likholitov, and Vitaly Fridzon will share the secrets of their skill and answer the children’s questions. It is planned that more than 150 young basketball players will take part in the sporting event.
Sergey Monya is the 2007 European basketball champion and bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in London. Sergey Monya made his professional basketball debut playing for Avtodor. He then moved to CSKA. Sergey Monya was selected 24th overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, to which he transferred after the end of the 2004-2005 Russian Basketball Championship. From 2006 to 2010, Sergey Monya played for Dynamo. After the end of the 2009-2010 Russian Basketball Championship, the player signed a contract with BC Khimki, and in April 2011 he became the winner of the VTB United League. In the 2011-2012 season, after being eliminated from the EuroLeague, Khimki managed to win the EuroCup.
Fyodor Likhalitov plays at center for the Volgograd club Krasny Oktyabr. The basketball player’s record includes playing for one of the North American universities (Virginia Commonwealth) and a dozen European and Russian clubs. He managed to win a couple of trophies with the Greek Aris (the FIBA Cup in 2003 and the Greek Cup in 2004). From Greece, he made it to the Russian national team, with which he took part in the 2003 and 2005 European Championships.
Vitaly Fridzon is a graduate of the basketball school of the Standard team from Tolyatti. In 2001-2004, he played for Standard. Since 2004, he has played for Khimki, and since 2010 he has been the captain of BC Khimki. In 2011, he became the champion of the VTB United League. He is a bronze medalist of the European Basketball Championship and a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in London.
Based on materials from the Ministry of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region