The Far Eastern Federal District championship in sports paintball was held for the first time on Sakhalin

The Far Eastern Federal District sports paintball championship was held for the first time on Sakhalin. A distinctive feature of the competition was the participation of junior division teams – up to 16 years old. The event was organized within the framework of the federal project “Sport is the norm of life” of the national project “Demography”, implemented on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the press service of the regional Ministry of Sports reported.

“It was very cool that all the children came without experience in sports paintball. So everyone had equal chances, and the fight turned out to be very tense and dramatic, especially in the semi-finals and finals. Despite my extensive sports experience, this was the first time I watched children’s competitions: boys and girls, playing together (we had mixed teams) showed themselves to be very cool. In the future, we will try to expand the number of teams so that everyone can join the competition,” said the chief judge of the championship, Yuri Kim.

12 teams from districts of the Sakhalin region, including representatives of secondary and sports schools, took part in the competition.

“It was my first time playing paintball, but I had heard a lot about this game before and really wanted to try it. I think I performed well for the first time, but there is definitely something to work on. It was difficult, but very interesting. I will definitely take part in such games,” said Victoria Tishchenko, a member of the Lyceum No. 1 team.

Based on the results of the junior division games, the Absolut team won first place, Korsakov Dynamite won silver, and representatives of Lyceum No. 1 won bronze. The best player was Ivan Filippov (Absolut).

In the senior division, the Oldskullz had the best result, the Legion athletes came second, and the Non Youths rounded out the top three. The title of “Best Player” went to Vitaly Zvyagin (Oldskullz).