Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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From September 23 to 29, the 7th World Chessboxing Championships were held in Serbia. The Russian team, which included athletes from the Polytechnic University, triumphed.
The competition program included three disciplines: “classic chessboxing”, “light chessboxing” and “fit chessboxing”.
The competition featured 176 athletes from 17 countries. The Russian team, led by coach Andrey Skorokhodov, took first place in the team standings, winning 74 medals. Of these, 29 were in classic chessboxing, 28 in light chessboxing, and 17 in fit chessboxing.
The USA team took second place, and the French team took third.
The St. Petersburg team demonstrated impressive results overall. Polytechnic University athletes brought home nine medals for the Russian team.
Sofia Argandeykina won gold in the chessboxing-light category, silver in chessboxing-classic and bronze in chessboxing-fit;
Alexandra Noskova won two gold medals: in the chessboxing classic and chessboxing light categories;
Konstantin Kotovich won bronze in the “classic chessboxing” and “light chessboxing” categories;
Bronze medals were also won by Anatoly Shchukin (light chessboxing) and Utkirbek Ergashev (classic chessboxing).
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