The Ukrainian Sambo Championship among cadets and juniors, including senior juniors was held in the city of Lviv, which brought together the strongest athletes from different regions of the country.
Performing as part of the Donetsk region team, education seekers of the Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs won a number of awards in the sports and fighting sections, which allowed the regional team to take an honorable 4th place overall.
In the junior fighting section, Oleksandr Mosin won the silver medal in the weight category up to 88 kg, and Oleksandr Khomenko won the bronze medal. Among senior juniors, Kyrylo Stets won the championship title in the weight category up to 53 kg, and Maksym Tsuprenko won the bronze medal in the category up to 71 kg.
In the sports section, Yehor Berezovskyi won the bronze medal among juniors in the weight category up to 71 kg. Among female juniors, Yana Budyka (up to 50 kg), Kateryna Deriahina (up to 54 kg) and Dariiaa Tyndiuk (over 80 kg) won the bronze medals, while Iryna Nahorianska won the silver medal in the weight category up to 80 kg.
For participation in the championship the athletes were trained by head of the Department of Special Physical Training of the DonSUIA, Ihor Shostak, senior lecturers of the department, Dmytro Lungu and Stanislav Merdov, as well as coach of the Youth Center «Vys» (Mala Vyska) Vitalii Topchii.
The University staff congratulates the athletes on their achieved results and wishes them new sporting achievements and victories.
