The International Competition "Russian Paralympic Committee Athletics Cup" has ended in Krasnodar
From September 28 to October 3, the International Competition "Russian Paralympic Committee Athletics Cup" was held in Krasnodar at the "Dynamo" Stadium named after Olympic champion Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina.
The Cup was organized by the Russian Paralympic Committee together with the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation with the support of the Russian Sports Fund. It is included in the calendar of the International Paralympic Committee and serves as a qualifying stage for the 2027 World Para Athletics Championships, where quotas for participation in the 2028 Summer Paralympic Games in Los Angeles will be contested.
More than 200 athletes with physical impairments, visual impairments, and intellectual impairments from 11 countries participated in the tournament: the Republic of South Africa, India, Indonesia, Cameroon, Kenya, Colombia, Mexico, Nigeria, Tunisia, Rwanda, and Russia.
The foreign teams included Paralympic medalists, world and continental champions, and winners of international competitions. The Russian team was represented by the country's strongest track and field athletes – Honored Masters of Sports and Paralympic champions. Among the competition participants were also veterans of the special military operation who have achieved high success in sports – becoming winners and medalists of Russian championships, national Cups, and All-Russian tournaments.
The athletes competed for about 100 sets of medals in running and technical disciplines: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, and 5000 meter races, relays, long jump and high jump, shot put, and discus, javelin, and club throw.
During the competitions, 1 world record and 3 European records were set. Kirill Glazyrin became a world and European record holder in the 100 meters in the T36 class. European records were updated by Aslan Gazzaev in the shot put in the F34 class and Avrora Aymasheva in the discus throw in the F57 class.
During the ceremonial closing ceremony of the competitions, the participants were addressed by President of the Russian Paralympic Committee, Honored Coach of Russia Pavel Rozhkov, technical delegate of the competitions from the International Paralympic Committee, Director General of the Asian Paralympic Committee Tarek Souai, Chairman of the regional branch of the PCR, Director of the regional center for sports training in adaptive sports of Krasnodar Krai Gennady Litvinov, and six-time Paralympic champion, Honored Master of Sports of Russia Sergey Shilov, who declared the competitions closed.
As part of the ceremony, winners and medalists of the final competition day were awarded. The ceremony was also attended by Vice-President of the PCR, President of the All-Russian Federation of Sports for the Blind, three-time Paralympic champion Olga Semenova, senior coach of the Russian national team in athletics for athletes with physical impairments, Honored Master of Sports of Russia Olga Antonova, Director General of the Physical Culture and Health Complex "Dynamo" named after Olympic champion L.I. Bragina German Smirnov, Olympic athletics champion Lyudmila Bragina, and others.
The creative ensemble "Rodnya" performed a program for the participants and spectators.
The Russian Paralympic Committee thanks the athletes, coaches, judges, volunteers, and all specialists who took part in organizing and conducting the competitions, and wishes the participants further success!
Recordings of the live broadcasts of the competitions are available on the Russian Paralympic Committee's VKontakte page at the link: https://vkvideo.ru/playlist/-124698094_43 and on the Match TV website:
day 1 (https://matchtv.ru/paralimpizm/matchtvvideo_NI2369478_translation_Legkaja_atletika_Kubok_Paralimpijs...),
day 2 (https://matchtv.ru/paralimpizm/matchtvvideo_NI2369482_translation_Legkaja_atletika_Kubok_Paralimpijs...),
day 3 (https://matchtv.ru/paralimpizm/matchtvvideo_NI2369545_translation_Legkaja_atletika_Kubok_Paralimpijs....
Results of Day 3 of the competitions
Men's 5000 m — T11 class
1st place — Fyodor Rudakov (guide athlete Nikita Petrov / Anton Kulyatin) — Russia
2nd place — BII Wilson (guide athlete NDIEMA Andrew Chemobo) — Kenya
Men's 5000 m — T12/13 class
1st place — Alexander Kostin — Russia
2nd place — Denis Gavrilov — Russia
3rd place — LOKEDI John — Kenya
Men's 800 m — T53 class
1st place — Rustam Aminov — Russia
2nd place — Vitaly Gritsenko — Russia
Men's 200 m — T35 class
1st place — Dmitry Safronov — Russia
2nd place — David Dzhatiev — Russia
3rd place — Artyom Kalashyan — Russia
Men's 200 m — T37 class
1st place — Anton Feoktistov — Russia
2nd place — Andrey Vdovin — Russia
3rd place — Chermen Kobesov — Russia
Women's 200 m — T35 class
1st place — Dara Kaufova — Russia
Women's 200 m — T35 class
1st place — Evgeniya Vysotskaya — Russia
2nd place — Darya Garipova — Russia
3rd place — Elena Ivanova — Russia
Women's 200 m — T37 class
1st place — Victoria Slanova — Russia
2nd place — JAMES Sheryl — South Africa
3rd place — GOUWS Liezel — South Africa
Women's 200 m — T44/64 class
1st place — Elena Beskorovaynaya — Russia
2nd place — Ekaterina Belyaninova — Russia
3rd place — Anastasia Kulakovskaya — Russia
Women's 200 m — T12 class
1st place — Nadezhda Yakovleva (guide athlete Dmitry Alexandrov) — Russia
2nd place — Maria Kurazheva (guide athlete Sergey Nikitin) — Russia
3rd place — Yana Gorbacheva (guide athlete Roman Tarasov) — Russia
4×100 m mixed relay — T35 class
1st place — Team Russia 2: Yana Gorbacheva (guide athlete Roman Tarasov), Pyotr Mikhalkov, Margarita Goncharova, Rustam Aminov
2nd place — Team Russia 1: Egor Gostinsky, Anastasia Solovyeva, Victoria Slanova, Vitaly Gritsenko
Technical events, men
Men's high jump — T45/47 class
1st place — Georgy Margiev — Russia
2nd place — Ivan Botvich — Russia
3rd place — Georgy Dzhidzhoev — Russia
Men's shot put — F33 class
1st place — Alexander Khrupin — Russia
2nd place — Nikolay Kondrashov — Russia
3rd place — Vadim Sadriev — Russia
Men's shot put — F34 class
1st place — Aslan Gazzaev — Russia
2nd place — Nikita Dubenchuk — Russia
3rd place — Evgeny Malykh — Russia
Men's discus throw — F43/44/62/64 class
1st place — Maxim Ostapenko — Russia
2nd place — Roman Andreev — Russia
3rd place — Vasily Gusakov — Russia
Men's discus throw — F51/52 class
1st place — Abukahir Daukaev — Russia
2nd place — Alibulat Magomedov — Russia
Technical events, women
Women's javelin throw — F12/13 class
1st place — Anna Kulinich-Sorokina — Russia
2nd place — Victoria Lavrentyeva — Russia
3rd place — Karina Petreykina — Russia
Women's discus throw — F51/52 class
1st place — Elena Gorlova — Russia
2nd place — Ekaterina Potapova — Russia
Women's discus throw — F55/56 class
1st place — Svetlana Baygulova — Russia
2nd place — Natalia Chebakova — Russia
3rd place — Maria Fomina — Russia
Women's discus throw — F57 class
1st place — Avrora Aymasheva — Russia
2nd place — Svetlana Volkova — Russia
Women's discus throw — F11 class
1st place — Elena Shakh — Russia
Women's discus throw — F37/38 class
1st place — Zhanna Fekolina — Russia
2nd place — Irina Vertinskaya — Russia
3rd place — Anna Fateeva — Russia
Women's discus throw — F43/44 class
1st place — Arina Averkovich — Russia
2nd place — Anastasia Evgrafova — Russia
3rd place — Victoria Petrova — Russia