Blind and Visually Impaired Russian SAMBO Championships was held in St. Petersburg

The FOK "Gazprom" in St. Petersburg hosted the 4th Blind and Visually Impaired Russian SAMBO Championships, which was held on October 24. The northern capital of Russia became the venue for this tournament for the first time.

Representatives of 8 federal districts took part in the main start of Russia in SAMBO for the blind and visually impaired: the Central Federal District, the Northwestern Federal District, the Siberian Federal District, the Southern Federal District, the Far Eastern Federal District, Ural Federal District, Volga Federal District, North Caucasian Federal District.

Welcoming speeches were addressed to the participants of the tournaments by the guests: Evgenia Lapina, the representative of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the Government of St. Petersburg, Head of the Department for Sports and Mass Work; Yuri Zhukov, Vice-President of the Sports Federation for the Blind; Alexey Kolosov, Chairman of the Sports Federation of the Blind of St. Petersburg, Chairman of the Regional Society of the Blind of St. Petersburg; Mikhail Kokorin, Vice-President of the All-Russian Sambo Federation, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Regional Branch of the All-Russian Sambo Federation of St. Petersburg; Roman Novikov, Chairman of the Commission for the Development of Sambo Among the Blind and Visually Impaired in the All-Russian Sambo Federation, President of the Sambo of the Blind Charitable Foundation.

During the opening ceremony, the chairman of the Sports Federation of the Blind of St. Petersburg Alexei Kolosov and the coordinator for the development of SAMBO among the blind and visually impaired in St. Petersburg, Dmitry Samokhvalov, were awarded with letters of gratitude from the President of the All-Russian Sambo Federation Sergey Eliseev.

At the opening ceremony, Viktor Ignatenko, the senior coach of the Russian national SAMBO team for the blind and visually impaired, read out greetings to the participants and guests of the competition from the President of the International SAMBO Federation Vasily Shestakov and the President of the All-Russian and European SAMBO Federations Sergey Eliseev.

The guests of the tournament were titled sambists: international master of sports in SAMBO, European SAMBO champion, bronze medalist of the World SAMBO Championships Sergei Yalyshev and honored master of sports of the USSR in SAMBO, three-time World SAMBO Champion, honored coach of Russia Anton Novikov.

It has already become a tradition to open the Blind and Visually Impaired Russian SAMBO Championships with the Anthem of the Russian Federation performed by the multiple winner of the Russian SAMBO Championships for the Blind and the Visually Impaired Saxophonist Sergei Sinitsyn; vocal performance – winner of the pop romance competition named after In P. Solovyov-Sedoy 2018 Tatyana Shemetova.

The tension to the fights was given by the fact that not only the medals of the national championship were at stake, but also the selection for the first in the history of SAMBO among the blind and visually impaired International Tournament within the framework of the World Cup of SAMBO Founders, which will be held in 2022 in Moscow.

“I would like to note the excellent work of the judiciary. The Chief Referee of the Blind and the Visually Impaired Russian SAMBO Championships Roman Motylev organized the work of all referees at a high level, - Roman Novikov said. “By the way, on the eve of the championship, a seminar was held on the rules of judging SAMBO competitions among the blind and visually impaired, where there were likely situations on the mat”.

Roman Novikov also noted the professionalism of the employees of the FOC "Gazprom".

“Special thanks to Yury Davydov, deputy director of the sports and recreation center, who helped to organize the tournament at the highest level. I would like to thank the staff and management of the Sputnik Hotel for the comfortable accommodation of the athletes. It is important to note that the commission for the admission of athletes, their weighing, as well as a meeting of coaches were held within the walls of this hotel, where we were provided with all the conditions for the full implementation of all events,” Novikov said.

He expressed gratitude to all sponsors who provided financial assistance for the successful holding of the Russian SAMBO Championships among the blind and visually impaired. Roman Novikov separately noted that throughout the competition, volunteers of the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “City Center for Social Programs and Prevention of Asocial Phenomena Among Youth“ CONTACT” provided active assistance in its conduct.

Memorable souvenirs to all the participants of the Blind and the Visually Impaired Russian SAMBO Championships, including coaches, were provided by the “Tochka Opory” charitable foundation. Valuable gifts were presented to the winners by the head of projects for work with charitable foundations, Alexandra Bazeeva, from GENstore.

According to the results of the Championships, a solemn rewarding of champions and prize-winners took place. The award ceremony was attended by Mikhail Kokorin, Yuri Zhukov, Roman Novikov and Roman Motylev. In addition to medals, the following cups were awarded from the SAMBO of the Blind Charitable Foundation:

“For the best technique” - to Vladimir Fedin (Moscow);

“For the will to win” - Viktor Rudenko (Khabarovsk Territory);

"Veteran Sambo" - Vladimir Karpeev (Republic of Udmurtia);

"The youngest sambist" - Vener Latypov (Republic of Bashkortostan).

The organizers of the Championships are the Ministry of Sports of Russia, the All-Russian SAMBO Federation, the Sports Federation of the Blind, the SAMBO of the Blind charitable foundation for the support and development of SAMBO for the visually impaired, the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of St. Petersburg, the regional branch of the All-Russian SAMBO Federation of St. Petersburg, St.-Petersburg regional branch of the Federation of Sports for the Blind.

Results of the Blind and Visually Impaired Russian SAMBO Championships

Saint Petersburg 2021

Men

57 kg

1. MAKHMUDOV Murad (Dagestan)

2. ABDULAEV Shamil (Dagestan)

3. MOSHIN Ivan (Ulyanovsk region)

3. KARPEEV Vladimir (Republic of Udmurtia)

62 kg

1. MIKAILOV Elmurad (Republic of Dagestan)

2. AKHMADOV Bers-Sheikh (Republic of Dagestan)

3. KHASANOV Vadim (Perm Territory)

3. SULEIMANOV Magomed (Republic of Dagestan)

68 kg

1. RUDENKO Victor (Khabarovsk Territory)

2. MAGOMEDOV Magomedzakir (Republic of Dagestan)

3. VANKIN Andrey (Ulyanovsk region)

3. DEMIDOV Andrey (Rostov region)

74 kg

1. KUTUEV Vasily (Khabarovsk Territory)

2. KURBANOV Shakhban (Republic of Dagestan)

3. NIKOLAEV Sergey (Chelyabinsk region)

3. SAADUEV Magomedkhabib (Republic of Dagestan)

82 kg

1. ABDURAKHMANOV Saado (Republic of Dagestan)

2. SURAKATOV Zelimkhan (Republic of Dagestan)

3. EFREMOV Anton (Perm region)

3. MAGOMEDOV Shakhban (Republic of Dagestan)

90 Kg

1. FEDIN Vladimir (Moscow)

2. SABIROV Ruslan (Khabarovsk Territory)

3. KHALIKOV Yakub (Republic of Dagestan)

3. BULKADAROV Daniyal (Republic of Dagestan)

100 Kg

1. MAGOMEDOV Ilyas (Republic of Dagestan)

2. SELIVANOV Pavel (Krasnoyarsk Territory)

+100 kg

1. RASULOV Yusup (Republic of Dagestan)

2. MIGAL Denis (Khabarovsk Territory)

3. CHEREPANOV Vasily (Khabarovsk Territory)

3. DOROGANOV Andrey (Stavropol Territory)

Women

48 kg

1. FAYZULINA Aigul (Ulyanovsk region)

2. MURTAKOVA Vera (Ulyanovsk region)

3. GIBDRASHITOVA Linda (Perm Territory)

52 kg

1. STEPANIUK Alesya (Moscow)

2. FROLOVA Irina (Moscow)

56 kg

1. STAKANOVA Daria (Ulyanovsk region)

2. OVCHINNIKOVA Natalia (Perm Territory)

3. OHOTNIKOVA Elizaveta (Novosibirsk region)

3. KUSTOVA Anastasia (Perm Territory)

60 kg

1. NASYROVA Alsou (Bashkiria)

2. YAKIMOVA Irina (Perm Territory)

72 kg

1. ZABRODSKAYA Olga (Moscow / Ulyanovsk region)

80 Kg

1. SAVOSTYANOVA Tatiana (Moscow)

+80 kg

1. GANIEVA Svetlana (Bashkiria)

2. TARASOVA Irina (Novosibirsk region)

3. KERENTSEVA Anastasia (Novosibirsk region)