Donetsk, June 29, the Donetsk News Agency
DPR national light athletics team performed at the open championship of the Rostov Region and won 13 medals, five of them gold, the press-service of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism reports.
“DPR national light athletics team for the first time participated in competitions in the territory of Russia. The performance of our athletes added intrigue to the struggle, — the spokesperson for the Ministry of Sports remarked. — Altogether five first prizes, four second and four third ones have been won by the Donetsk athletes”.
Teams of the towns of the Rostov Region, as well as representatives of Volgograd, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics participated in the competition. The coulours of the DPR were defended by 23 athletes. The agenda of the tournament included classic events — relay race, sprint, triple jump, discus throw, pole vault, etc.
“Particularly, sportsmen from Gorlovka won in discus throw and 100-m relay race, having won the silver medal in the 100-m sprint with the personal record, and the girl from Khartsyzsk won the first prize in triple jump”, — the spokesperson specified.
The pedestal in pole vault was occupied by three representatives of the Donetsk school, and in women’s pole vault two athletes from the capital’s Sergey Bubka sports school of the Olympic reserve. “An athlete from Yenakiyevo became the winner of the second prize in 1500-m run and the bronze medal in 800-m run” .
The open championship of the Rostov Region in light athletics was held in Rostov-on-Don on June 27-28.
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