Irkutsk athletes performed successfully at the Siberian curling championship in Krasnoyarsk, where the Irkutsk 1 team of the Russia youth sports school took third place among 12 teams. The second Irkutsk team also took part and placed eighth. Teams from several Siberian regions competed, making the contest especially intense.
Irkutsk athletes took third place at the Siberian Curling Championship. The competitions were held from February 10 to 14 in Krasnoyarsk.Our team Irkutsk-1 of the Russia Sports School included: Andrey Shevchenko, Lev Makeev, Nikita Demidov, Artem Karetnikov, team skip Andrey Dudov.
“Our region was represented at the competition by two teams – Irkutsk-1 of the Russia Sports School and Irkutsk-2 of the Russia Sports School. The first team took third place. The second, consisting of Artem Timofeev, Alexander Sokikas, Semyon Ryzhuk, and team skip Anton Kartinka, finished eighth,” said coach Larisa Yakovleva.
As reported by the regional Ministry of Sports press service, a total of 12 teams took part in the Siberian Federal District curling championship.
Teams from the Republic of Buryatia, Tomsk, Omsk, and Novosibirsk regions, as well as six teams from Krasnoyarsk Krai, also took part in the tournament.