The second individual and team shooting championship for media representatives of the Chuvashia Republic took place in Cheboksary. The sporting event, timed to coincide with World Television Day, was organized by the press service of the Russian National Guard Directorate for the Chuvashia Republic – Chuvashia, with the support of the Chuvashia Republic Shooting and Clay Pigeon Federation.

Competitors were welcomed by Police Colonel Elena Guseva, Assistant Head of the Regional Directorate of the Russian National Guard for Media Relations, and Valery Ivanov, President of the Chuvashia Republic Shooting and Clay Pigeon Federation. The chief judge of the competition was Alexander Artashin, a retired Russian National Guard officer and instructor at the "VOIN" Center for the Development of Military-Sports Training and Patriotic Education of Youth.

This year's competition brought together nine teams representing television companies, online and print media outlets, and students and faculty from the Faculty of Russian and Chuvash Philology and Journalism at the I.N. Ulyanov Chuvash State University. In total, more than 30 representatives of the region's media community tested their accuracy and composure.

A firearms safety briefing for the participants was conducted by Yuri Antonov, a marksmanship instructor at the Vityaz Sporting Shooting Club and a USSR Master of Sports in military-sports all-around.

According to the competition rules, after three practice shots, participants were required to hit a target located 25 meters away with ten bullets from a Saiga-09 semi-automatic carbine. Men shot from a standing position, while women fired from a sitting position, using an elbow rest.

After a tough competition, the team gold medal went to the editorial office of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Chuvashia for the second year in a row. They scored a total of 262 points out of a possible 300. The silver cup went to the team from the Khypar publishing house, and the bronze to the team from the Sovetskaya Chuvashia newspaper.

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Tatiana Arhipova

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Tatiana Arhipova missed the Japan marathon which happened in the weekend.

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Irina Kalentieva

On June 21 cross country biker Irina Kalentieva won 30 points to her UCI rating by winning another international race, this time Argovia Geax-Fischer Bike Cup in Lostorf, Switzerland.

Irina finished first Women Elite group with the time result of 01:25:11 leaving closest competitors 8-9 minutes behind.

Irina, 33, also won in another C2 class biking event - BMC Racing Cup in Yverdon, Switzerland on June 28 with the result 01:30:55.

Chuvash Sportswoman Irina Kalentieva

Chuvash sportswomen grow stronger and stronger. They come back winners from international and national championships.

Our Chuvash girl Irina Kalentieva together with teammates Cristina Kirillova and Nadezhda Antonova represented Russia in the Gara d’apertura Monte Tamaro MTB cross country race in Switzerland.

Irina Kalentieva became first in the Women Elite race finishing the distance in 1:17:48 hrs, defeated Sweden's Jenny Rissveds and Groccia Marine from Swıtzerland.

Sergey Ivanov won the Title of the champion of Russia in run for 3000 meters. The athlete finished the distance in 7 minutes 58.31 seconds. The third prize went to Aleksey Yefimov, Sergey's teammate, who conceded the champion a second. Both the athletes are trained by honored trainer of the Chuvash Republic Anatoly Petrov.

One more bronze medal in the championship of Russia was brought to the team of Chuvashia by the master of sports of the international class Tatyana Petrova, who showed the best world result last year on a distance of 2000 meters with obstacles. Based on the results of the championship the national team of Russian Federation will be formed for the championship of the Europe.

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Schoolchildren of Şӗnӗ Jӗlmel, Şӗprel won the contest among youth contest.

The main award, traditionally a ram, was won by Denis Setnerov from Uljanovsk.