The Russian national team won 138 medals at the Open Championship of the Republic of Belarus in Para Athletics.
From July 9 to 13, the Open Championship of the Republic of Belarus in Para Athletics was held at the National Olympic Stadium "Dinamo" in Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
The tournament featured athletes from Belarus and Russia.
Competitors vied for medals in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m running events, long jump and high jump, shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, and club throw.
The Russian national team in athletics for athletes with physical impairments (PODA) won a total of 138 medals: 92 gold, 37 silver, and 9 bronze.
Four gold medals each were won by Irina Babynicheva (class T52), Viktoria Medved (T53), Vasilisa Khodyakova (T54), as well as men Artem Demchenko (T33), Egor Eremeev (T34), Vitaly Gritsenko (T53), and Arsen Kurbanov (T54) – all of them triumphed in distances from 100 to 800 meters in wheelchair racing.
Three gold medals each were won by Ayaal Sivtsev and Viktor Evseev – both became winners in javelin throw, discus throw, and shot put in classes F41 and F44 respectively.
Three more medals went to Maria Bogacheva – gold in seated discus throw and two silvers in seated javelin throw and seated shot put – and to Chermen Kobesov, who twice stood on the second step of the podium (long jump and 400m) and won bronze in the 100m.
Results of the Russian team:
Long Jump. Men
T36: 1. Evgeny Torsunov (Perm Krai) – 5.88 m; 2. Dmitry Gorbach (Moscow) – 5.23 m.
T37: 1. Roman Ibragimov (Republic of SAKHA-Yakutia) – 6.27 m; 2. Chermen Kobesov (Republic of Dagestan) – 5.68 m.
T38: 1. Andrey Poroshin (Perm Krai) – 6.45 m; 2. Khetag Khinchagov (Bryansk Oblast / RSO-Alania) – 6.21 m.
T47: 1. Nikita Kotukov (Ulyanovsk Oblast / Sverdlovsk Oblast) – 6.66 m.
T64: 1. Petr Mikhalkov (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) – 6.94 m.
1500m. Men
T46: 1. Alexander Yaremchuk (Arkhangelsk Oblast) – 3:55.00
800m. Women
T47: 1. Yulia Dmitrieva (Kursk Oblast) – 2:38.17
Javelin Throw. Men (Seated)
F34: 1. Aslan Gazzaev (Bryansk Oblast) – 24.35 m.
Javelin Throw. Men
F40: Dmitry Dushkin (KhMAO-Yugra) – 23.07 m.
F41: Ayaal Sivtsev (Republic of SAKHA-Yakutia) – 33.29 m.
F44: Viktor Evseev (Republic of SAKHA-Yakutia) – 50.36 m.
Discus Throw. Men (Seated)
F52: 1. Konstantin Khalturin (Voronezh Oblast) – 16.78 m.
F54: 1. Sergey Sokulsky (Moscow Oblast) – 22.75 m.
Discus Throw. Women (Seated)
F51: 1. Ekaterina Potapova (Irkutsk Oblast) – 8.28 m.
F52: 1. Elena Gorlova (Moscow) – 12.62 m.
F54: 1. Maria Bogacheva (Ryazan Oblast) – 14.26 m.
F55: 2. Nadezhda Semyonova (Ryazan Oblast) – 15.00 m.
Club Throw. Men (Seated)
F51: 2. Andrey Belyaev (Voronezh Oblast) – 29.57 m.
Shot Put. Men
F35: 1. Taimuraz Khabalov (Bryansk Oblast / RSO-Alania) – 14.07 m.
F36: 1. Alan Kokoyty (Bryansk Oblast / RSO-Alania) – 15.37 m; 2. Vasily Zaitsev (Moscow) – 13.54 m.
F37: 1. Alexander Belobokov (Rostov Oblast / DNR) – 15.19 m.
F40: 1. Denis Gnezdilov (Moscow Oblast) – 11.71 m; 2. Dmitry Dushkin (KhMAO-Yugra) – 9.82 m.
F41: 1. Ayaal Sivtsev (Republic of SAKHA-Yakutia) – 11.52 m.
F44: 1. Viktor Evseev (Republic of SAKHA-Yakutia) – 10.60 m.
Discus Throw. Men
F37: 1. Alexander Belobokov (Rostov Oblast / DNR) – 43.52 m.
F41: 1. Ayaal Sivtsev (Republic of SAKHA-Yakutia) – 28.73 m.
F44: 1. Viktor Evseev (Republic of SAKHA-Yakutia) – 29.69 m.
Long Jump. Women
T37: 1. Elena Davydova (YNAO) – 4.42 m.
T38: 1. Alina Korshunova (Orenburg Oblast) – 4.02 m.
High Jump. Men
T46: 1. Ivan Botvich (Krasnodar Krai) – 191 cm
T47: 1. Georgy Margiev (Moscow) – 197 cm
Discus Throw. Women
F38: 1. Aida Bronskaya (Voronezh Oblast) – 19.19 m.
Javelin Throw. Women (Seated)
F33: 1. Maria Divnich (Perm Krai) – 10.88 m.
F34: 1. Galina Lipatnikova (Perm Krai) – 15.75 m; 2. Vera Isakova (Perm Krai) – 13.61 m.
F54: 2. Maria Bogacheva (Ryazan Oblast) – 13.38 m.
F55: 1. Nadezhda Semyonova (Ryazan Oblast) – 15.77 m.
Shot Put. Women (Seated)
F32: 1. Evgenia Galaktionova (Rostov Oblast) – 7.26 m; 2. Nargiza Safarova (Rostov Oblast) – 6.39 m.
F33: 1. Svetlana Krivenok (Bryansk Oblast) – 7.33 m; 2. Maria Divnich (Perm Krai) – 6.19 m.
F34: 1. Galina Lipatnikova (Perm Krai) – 7.36 m; 2. Vera Isakova (Perm Krai) – 6.38 m.
F54: 2. Maria Bogacheva (Ryazan Oblast) – 6.56 m.
Shot Put. Men (Seated)
F33: 1. Alexander Khrupin (Bryansk Oblast) – 11.65 m; 2. Alexey Churkin (Rostov Oblast) – 8.76 m.
F34: 1. Aslan Gazzaev (Bryansk Oblast) – 11.52 m; 2. Nikita Dubenchuk (KhMAO-Yugra) – 10.03 m.
F53: 1. Vyacheslav Kaleev (Bryansk Oblast) – 8.53 m; 2. Stanislav Kashaev (Voronezh Oblast) – 8.46 m; 3. Anton Fedulov (Tver Oblast) – 7.65 m.
F54: 1. Sergey Sokulsky (Moscow Oblast) – 11.25 m.
Shot Put. Women
F35: 1. Daria Ivanova (Irkutsk Oblast) – 7.58 m.
F37: 1. Irina Vertinskaya (Moscow Oblast) – 12.77 m.
Club Throw. Women (Seated)
F32: 1. Evgenia Galaktionova (Rostov Oblast) – 21.62 m; 2. Nargiza Safarova (Rostov Oblast) – 15.02 m.
F51: 1. Ekaterina Potapova (Irkutsk Oblast) – 17.74 m.
200m. Men
T35: 1. Dmitry Safronov (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) – 23.76; 2. Vladimir Sergeev (Kursk Oblast) – 29.19
T36: 1. Kirill Glazyrin (Orenburg Oblast / Ulyanovsk Oblast) – 26.05
T37: 1. Anton Feoktistov (Astrakhan Oblast / Ulyanovsk Oblast) – 23.44
400m. Men
T35: 1. Vladimir Sergeev (Kursk Oblast) – 1:08.55
T37: 1. Anton Feoktistov (Astrakhan Oblast / Ulyanovsk Oblast) – 51.08; 2. Chermen Kobesov (Republic of Dagestan) – 1:03.06
100m. Men
T35: 1. Artem Kalashyan (Bryansk Oblast) – 11.654; 2. David Dzhapiev (Bryansk Oblast) – 11.659; 3. Dmitry Safronov (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) – 11.76
T36: 1. Kirill Glazyrin (Orenburg Oblast) – 11.74; 2. Evgeny Torsunov (Perm Krai) – 12.14; 3. Alexander Tereshkin (Moscow) – 12.30
T37: 1. Andrey Vdovin (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) – 11.49; 2. Roman Ibragimov (Republic of SAKHA-Yakutia) – 11.84; 3. Chermen Kobesov (Republic of Dagestan) – 12.16
T38: 1. Andrey Poroshin (Perm Krai) – 11.48
200m. Women
T35: 1. Maria Kolobova (Saratov Oblast) – 32.31
T38: 1. Margarita Goncharova (Moscow) – 26.85; 2. Alina Korshunova (Orenburg Oblast) – 30.41
T47: 1. Anastasia Solovieva (Ulyanovsk Oblast / Sverdlovsk Oblast) – 26.16; 2. Yulia Dmitrieva (Kursk Oblast) – 29.44
400m. Women
T37: 1. Victoria Slanova (Bryansk Oblast / RSO-Alania) – 1:10.22
T38: 1. Margarita Goncharova (Moscow) – 1:00.29; 2. Alina Korshunova (Orenburg Oblast) – 1:11.03
T47: 1. Anastasia Solovieva (Ulyanovsk Oblast / Sverdlovsk Oblast) – 58.84; 2. Yulia Dmitrieva (Kursk Oblast) – 1:06.65
100m. Women
T35: 1. Maria Kolobova (Saratov Oblast) – 15.69
T37: 1. Victoria Slanova (Bryansk Oblast / RSO-Alania) – 14.01
T38: 1. Alina Korshunova (Orenburg Oblast) – 14.31
T47: 1. Yulia Dmitrieva (Kursk Oblast) – 14.39
Wheelchair Racing 100m. Women
T52: 1. Irina Babynicheva (Moscow) – 23.89
T53: 1. Viktoria Medved (Moscow) – 19.01; 2. Kristina Merzachenko (Moscow) – 22.29
T54: 1. Vasilisa Khodyakova (Moscow) – 19.66
Wheelchair Racing 100m. Men
T33: 1. Artem Demchenko (Kursk Oblast) – 24.74
T34: 1. Egor Eremeev (Moscow) – 18.09
T52: 1. Artem Shishkovsky (Moscow) – 19.55
T53: 1. Vitaly Gritsenko (Moscow) – 15.79; 2. Rustam Aminov (Moscow) – 16.16; 3. Timur Revenkov (Kursk Oblast) – 19.16.
T54: 1. Arsen Kurbanov (Moscow) – 14.95; 3. Daniil Bagretsov (Moscow) – 18.11.
Wheelchair Racing 200m. Women
T52: 1. Irina Babynicheva (Moscow) – 43.06
T53: 1. Viktoria Medved (Moscow) – 34.16; 2. Kristina Merzachenko (Moscow) – 40.61
T54: 1. Vasilisa Khodyakova (Moscow) – 35.02
Wheelchair Racing 200m. Men
T33: 1. Artem Demchenko (Kursk Oblast) – 44.00
T34: 1. Egor Eremeev (Moscow) – 31.15
T53: 1. Vitaly Gritsenko (Moscow) – 26.96; 2. Rustam Aminov (Moscow) – 28.39; 3. Timur Revenkov (Kursk Oblast) – 33.34
T54: 1. Arsen Kurbanov (Moscow) – 26.85; 2. Daniil Bagretsov (Moscow) – 31.45
Wheelchair Racing 400m. Women
T52: 1. Irina Babynicheva (Moscow) – 1:28.45
T53: 1. Viktoria Medved (Moscow) – 1:09.75; 2. Kristina Merzachenko (Moscow) – 1:23.21
T54: 1. Vasilisa Khodyakova (Moscow) – 1:06.75
Wheelchair Racing 400m. Men
T33: 1. Artem Demchenko (Kursk Oblast) – 1:26.64
T34: 1. Egor Eremeev (Moscow) – 58.06
T53: 1. Vitaly Gritsenko (Moscow) – 49.90; 2. Rustam Aminov (Moscow) – 53.14; 3. Timur Revenkov (Kursk Oblast) – 1:05.97
T54: 1. Arsen Kurbanov (Moscow) – 51.32; 2. Daniil Bagretsov (Moscow) – 1:00.17
Wheelchair Racing 800m. Women
T52: 1. Irina Babynicheva (Moscow) – 3:05.03
T53: 1. Viktoria Medved (Moscow) – 2:22.01; 2. Kristina Merzachenko (Moscow) – 2:54.71
T54: 1. Vasilisa Khodyakova (Moscow) – 2:21.39
Wheelchair Racing 800m. Men
T33: 1. Artem Demchenko (Kursk Oblast) – 3:02.68
T34: 1. Egor Eremeev (Moscow) – 1:50.99
T53: 1. Vitaly Gritsenko (Moscow) – 1:40.31; 2. Rustam Aminov (Moscow) – 1:51.60; 3. Timur Revenkov (Kursk Oblast) – 2:22.90
T54: 1. Arsen Kurbanov (Moscow) – 1:47.60; 2. Daniil Bagretsov (Moscow) – 1:57.82
Winners and prize-winners were determined in sport classes in accordance with the competition regulations.
The Russian Paralympic Committee congratulates the Russian athletes on their medal wins and wishes them further success!
The competition protocols are available on the website of the Russian Paralympic Committee in the "Protocols" section.
Athletics is one of the most popular and medal-rich sports in the Paralympic movement. Competitions include track and field events for athletes with various impairments (physical, visual, and intellectual impairments). At the XVII Summer Paralympic Games 2024 in Paris, Russian paraathletes took 2nd place in the unofficial medal standings, winning 27 medals: 11 gold, 6 silver, and 10 bronze.