Young athletes from the LPR took part in the Mayor’s Cup in judo in Perm

The Mayor’s Cup among young judoists has been played in Perm for more than 20 years. Competitions are always timed to coincide with Children’s Day. In addition, this year they were also dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Perm. This time the tournament was held on May 30, 41 teams took part in it – 346 children from Perm and the Perm Territory, as well as guests from Udmurtia and the Lugansk People’s Republic.

At the opening ceremony of the competition, the head of the city of Perm traditionally addressed the children. Alexey Dyomkin congratulated all the participants of the Cup, thanked the organizers and separately noted the constant and systematic work of the Volunteers of Donbass Foundation.

After the grand opening, the hosts of the competitions and guests were present at the presentation of busts of great athletes – the founders of sambo wrestling in Russia and the USSR. The memory of Anatoly Kharlampiev and the founder of the Russian school of judo Vasily Oshchepkov is immortalized in sculpture on the territory of the sports complex, opposite the universal arena.

After the official part, the teams took to the tatami. As a result, representatives of the Republic of Udmurtia became the best among boys under 15 years old, among boys under 13 years old, the team of the Industrial District won the cup. For girls in the age group up to 15 years, 1st place went to the Kirovsky district of Perm.

The culmination of the tournament was a match meeting between the teams of the city of Perm and the LPR. The hosts of the tournament won in a bitter struggle with a score of 3:2. The guests had a hard time, especially since they arrived in Perm on the day of the competition.

On the initiative of the Vice-President of the Judo Federation of Russia Vladimir Plotnikov and at the invitation of the Judo Federation of the Perm Territory, 24 young judokas from the Lugansk People’s Republic and two of their coaches came to Perm for the second time to compete. The delegation arrived by morning train on 30 May. She was met by representatives of the judo federation and the president of the Volunteers of Donbass Charitable Foundation, Vyacheslav Luchnikov. It should be noted that the Volunteers of Donbass Foundation provided real assistance in organizing the trip of young athletes for the second time.

Right from the platform, the guys went to the sports complex. Sukharev, where breakfast was waiting for them. Then everything is on schedule: weighing, preparation for competitions and, in fact, the sports competitions themselves – the Cup of the head of the city of Perm.

And now the children from Lugansk have a summer shift ahead of them at a children’s camp in the Perm Territory. Immediately after the tournament, the LPR team went to Chaikovsky to participate in training camps together with the judokas of the Kama region. In the sports camp, where all conditions are created for them, the guests will live and train until June 14. This new tradition is aimed not only at improving the sports skills of the guys, but also at integrating young judokas of the LPR into the judo family of Russia.