October 10, 2014Archive 2007–2013

RTWF holds a tug of war tournament at the All-Russian Games in Traditional Sports

On October 5, an All-Russian competition in traditional sports took place in Veliky Novgorod. It was organized by the Urozhai voluntary sports society.

Spectators showed particular interest in the tug of war tournament, organized by the Russian Tug of War Federation. Athletes, participants and fans were welcomed by Vladimir Gorelkin, head of the regional sports department, and Vadim Kozhemyakin, head of the Department of Agriculture and Food of the Novgorod Region. Teams from Dagestan, Tatarstan, Chuvashia, the Ivanovo, Leningrad, Kaluga and Pskov regions, Perm Krai and districts of the Novgorod Region competed for victory.

The winners of the tournament in the up to 720 kg weight category were athletes from the Chuvash Republic. Second place went to the Yermolinskoye team (Novgorod Region). Representatives of the Ivanovo Region completed the top three.

In the over 720 kg weight category, the VNK team from the village of Gubden, Republic of Dagestan, had no equal. Second were athletes from the Sukhinichi District of the Kaluga Region. Third place went to representatives of the Republic of Tatarstan.