August 10, 2009Moscow

Rosneft Spartakiad

On August 8, 2009, at the Yantar Stadium in Moscow, a tug of war competition among the company's strongest subsidiaries was held as part of the anniversary Rosneft Spartakiad

On August 8, 2009, at the Yantar Stadium in Moscow, a tug of war competition among the company's strongest subsidiaries was held as part of the anniversary Rosneft Spartakiad. To make it into the 14 finalist teams of the tug of war competition, teams had to go through tough qualifying rounds. After intense bouts, first place went to the Kabardino-Balkarian TK team, second to the Smolensknefteprodukt team and third to the Komsomolsk Refinery team. All teams showed excellent technique, skill and the will to win. After the Spartakiad events ended, a special tug of war tournament for the prizes of S.M. Bogdanchikov, President of NK Rosneft, was held with the four strongest teams from the Spartakiad tug of war competition. First place again went to the Kabardino-Balkarian TK team, and second to Smolensknefteprodukt.
The Kabardino-Balkarian TK team was awarded a special diploma of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Organizing Committee. The diploma was personally presented to the team captain by Dmitry Nikolayevich Chernyshenko, Director General of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee. For the third year in a row, the refereeing and organization of the tug of war competition were provided by specialists of the Moscow Tug of War Federation.