At the New Year Prize track and field meet, athletes from Irkutsk and Usolye won many victories in running, jumping, and shot put. Vyacheslav Egorov, Mikhail Logvinenko, Evgeny Panasenko, and the Lyuboslavsky brothers stood out.
Among the men in the 60 m race, Irkutsk native Vyacheslav Egorov won with a time of 6.99 sec. In the 60-meter hurdles, Usolye athlete Mikhail Logvinenko won with a time of 8.12 sec. Irkutsk native Yevgeny Panasenko won gold in the 200 m (21.73 sec) and 400 m (48.28 sec) races. The 800 m distance was covered fastest by Irkutsk athlete Alexander Ivanov (2 min 52.15 sec). The best in the 1500-meter race was recognized as Irkutsk native Alexander Ivanov (3 min 49.20 sec). The winner of the 3000 m race was Sergey Vetrov (Irkutsk), who finished in 8 min 29.62 sec.Usolye native Mikhail Logvinenko won the long jump (6 m 63 cm) and the high jump (2 m). The pole vault was best performed by Irkutsk native Nikita Kubasov (4 m 70 cm).
First place in the 60 m race went to Veronika Martyanova (7.64 sec). The 60 m hurdles were won by Yekaterina Tverdokhleb (9.29 sec). Anastasia Kocherzhova won the 200 m race (23.73 sec). Marina Konovalova was the best in the 400 m race (54.48 sec). Anna Konovalova won gold in the 800 m race (2 min 7.25 sec). Anna Klepikova covered the 1500 m distance faster than the other competitors in 4 min 42.16 sec. Elena Zadorozhnaya was the best in the 3000 m race (her result was 9 min 46.31 sec).
Ludmila Eremina won the pole vault, posting a result of 4 m 50 cm. The winning result in the shot put by Irina Kirichenko was 16 m 72 cm. The high jump was won by Anna Glusskaya from Usolye-Sibirskoye (1 m 60 cm). Yekaterina Tverdokhleb won the gold medal in the long jump (5 m 79 cm). All the women who won at the “New Year’s Prize” competition, except for Usolye athlete Anna Glusskaya, are from Irkutsk.
The pupils of the well-known coaches Yury Rybin, Lidiya Rybina and Pavel Sofyin, brothers Anton and Nikita Lyuboslavsky, also performed triumphantly at the “New Year’s Prize” athletics competition. Anton Lyuboslavsky took first place in the shot put. His result was 20 m 12 cm. Nikita Lyuboslavsky became the silver medalist in the shot put with a result of 17 m 71 cm.
Based on materials from the press service of the Department for Physical Culture and Sports of the Irkutsk Region