The Irkutsk region team performed strongly at the kickboxing competition in full contact, full contact with low kick and K 1. 15 athletes from Sports School 5 won 12 prize places. Especially notable were Andrey and Yuri Matveev, as well as Irina Petrova, Anastasia Shcherba and other winners in their weight classes. As a result, the Angara team took first place in the K 1 team standings.

The competitions were held in three disciplines: full-contact, full-contact with low-kick, and K-1. 15 talented athletes from the Children’s and Youth Sports School No. 5 of the city of Irkutsk represented our region at these competitions. 12 people were among the prize winners and champions.
Thus, Andrey Matveyev became the best in the 54 kg weight class. Among the juniors in the 54 kg weight class, first place was taken by Yuri Matveyev, who was awarded a valuable prize for the shortest bout.
The youngest member of our team, Albert Trofimov, became a bronze medalist in the 27 kg weight class. Vladimir Pyatykh became a silver medalist in the 57 kg weight class. Alexey Gapeev took second place in the 63.5 kg weight category. Dmitry Leonovich took second place in the 79 kg category. Alexander Chyorny came second in the 91 kg category.
Among the girls, Irina Petrova won first place and the gold medal in the 52 kg weight class; she was awarded a special valuable prize. Anastasia Shcherba took first place in the 60 kg weight class. Alexandra Alexeyeva became the best in the over 65 kg weight category. In the over 65 kg category, Yevgenia Kostina won. Tatyana Samsonenko took second place in the 70 kg weight class.
All the winners and prize winners from the Irkutsk Region, except for Albert Trofimov, train under the guidance of the senior coach of the Irkutsk Region for kickboxing, Pavel Kazakov. Albert Trofimov is a pupil of kickboxing coach Irina Petrova.
According to the results of the competition, the team from Priangarye took first place in the team standings in the K-1 section. The team from the Omsk Region took second place, and Altai Krai took third place.
Based on materials from the press service of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Irkutsk Region