Irkutsk shooters performed successfully at the Siberian shooting championship, winning nine medals. Artem Chernousov was the star, taking three golds and meeting the candidate master of sport standard.
Following the results of the Siberian Shooting Championship, our athletes won nine medals: three of each kind. Artem Chernousov caused a real sensation, winning gold medals in three pistol events at once: MP-11 (341 points, 50 m), PP-2 (378 points, 10 m), and MP-5 (577 points, 25 m). In the PP-2 and MP-5 events, Artem met the standard for Candidate for Master of Sport.Nadezhda Koloda won two medals — silver in the PP-2 event (368 points, 10 m) and bronze in the MP-2 event. Ilya Filippov took third place in the MP-5 event (538 points, 25 m). Artem, Ilya, and Nadezhda are pupils of Honored Coach of Russia in shooting Galina Korzun.
The pupils of coach Elena Chikisheva also performed well at the championship in rifle events. Nikita Moskovskikh won silver in the MV-5 event (557 points, 50 m). Another athlete, Valeria Levchenko, placed second in the VP-4 event (386 points, 10 m) and third in the MV-5 event (556 points, 50 m).
In parallel with the Siberian Championship, the Open Championship of the Novosibirsk Region was held, where our shooters won five medals, including three gold, one silver, and one bronze. Artem Chernousov was the most accurate among the competitors in the MP-2 and PP-2 events, and also took third place in the MP-11 event. Nadezhda Koloda became the best in the MP-4 event. Nikita Moskovskikh won silver in the MV-5 event.
Based on materials from the press service of the Department for Physical Culture and Sports of the Irkutsk Region