INRTU Students are the Participants of the All-Russian Campaign “StudZaBeg”
INRTU students joined the All-Russian “StudZaBeg” campaign. 258 participants gathered at the INRTU stadium.
“StudZaBeg” is an annual event dedicated to the International Day of University Sport. Organizers are the Student Athletics League and the All-Russian Athletics Federation, with the support of the Ministry of Sports of Russia, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia, the Ministry of Education of Russia, the Russian Sports Fund, the Russian Student Sports Union, "Youth of Russia" and the All-Russian Student Sports Club Association (ASSC Russia).
Alexandr Demidov, Director of the INRTU Sports Training Center, welcoming the attendees, emphasized the importance of developing sports initiatives:
“We are actively developing the sports area, and such competitions have already become a good tradition. It is great that you find time to combine your studies with an active lifestyle. I wish each of you overcome yourselves. May the race go smoothly and without injuries”.
The participants had to cover a distance of 4 kilometers. The fastest runners received their medals at the finish line. Among the young men, first place with a result of 5 minutes 22 seconds was taken by Denis Tuboltsev, a student of the School of Information Technology and Data Science. He has been involved in cross-country skiing for 9 years and believes that competitions at INRTU are not only an opportunity to test his strength, but also simply a fun way to spend time.
Nikita Kudinov from the School of Subsurface Resource Management became the silver medalist. There was a two‑second gap with the first place.
The top three was completed by first-year student Stanislav Osipchuk, a student of the "Mining" program, who covered the distance in 5 minutes 27 seconds. He is a Candidate Master of Sports in swimming and a member of the INRTU swimming team.
The fourth place was taken by Ilya Kuznetsov, a student of Subsurface Resource Management School. For him “StudZaBeg” became an opportunity to return to active training after a break:
"I decided to take part in the race to test my strength. I think I have room to grow, and I will try to improve my results. Many thanks to the judges and organizers".
It is worth noting that Denis Tuboltsev and Ilya Kuznetsov had previously become prize-winners of the Championship and Junior Championship of Irkutsk Region in cross-country skiing.
Among the young women, Valeria Vasilyeva took the first place (6 minutes 44 seconds). Second place went to Darya Kosygina (6 minutes 55 seconds). Valeria Berngard came in third (8 minutes 24 seconds).
