International athletics competition Irkutsk athletes memorial first day results

In Irkutsk on August 15 and 16 the Memorial of Irkutsk track and field athletes is taking place, and the first winners in several events are already known.

On August 15-16, the Memorial of Irkutsk Track and Field Athletes is taking place in Irkutsk. Some results from the first day of the competition are already known.
In the women’s shot put competition, Irkutsk native Inna Kirichenko took first place, and in the men’s competition, Anton Lyuboslavsky from Irkutsk won.
In the women’s 400-meter race, Marina Konovalova came first, while in the men’s competition Alexander Mezyev won.
Irkutsk pole vaulter Angelina Krasnova-Zhuk claimed victory, and in the men’s event first place went to Irkutsk native Nikita Kulik.
As a reminder, according to Pavel Rostovtsev, acting minister of physical culture, sports and youth policy of the region, more than 200 athletes from the Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, and Kaliningrad regions, the Zabaykalsky, Krasnoyarsk, and Altai territories, the Republics of Buryatia and Khakassia, as well as Mongolia, will take part in the competition.
As the chief judge of the tournament and senior coach of the Irkutsk Region in track and field Vasily Shkurbitsky reported, this year the competition will feature international-class master of sport in shot put, Beijing Olympic participant Anton Lyuboslavsky, and the winner of the 2015 Russian Cup in the 400 m race Marina Konovalova. A performance is planned by Dmitry Sychev from Abakan, the bronze medalist of the 2015 European Youth Championship in the 4x100 m relay.