Prizes of ISTU Rector on boxing tournament were won by surface managers and architects

Open championship of sports club for prizes of ISTU Rector was held in Irkutsk Technical University on May 15-17. More than 60 athletes of various institutes and subdepartments of the university took part in the competition.

According to the results of the tournament students of the Institute of surface management, Oleg Skuratov and Dmitriy Semechev are recognized as the best in the weight categories 60 and 81 kg. The representative of the Chemical and Metallurgical subdepartmnet, Vadim Krivosheev, won "gold" (75 kg). Students of the Institute of Architecture and Construction, Alexander Boyko and Vladimir Litvinov took the first step of the podium in the weight categories 91 and 64 kg. Student-power engineer Evgeniy Yushkov is recognized as the best in the weight category of 56 kg.

ISTU boxing coach, Alexander Demidov, recognizes that all the boxers of the University are waiting for the annual event.

"The championship of the University is review of achievements of our athletes for the year. The most active in boxing at our university are the representatives of the Institute of surface managemnt, as well as the Institute of Architecture and Construction, which has once again consolidated its leadership.

We waited for the fighters from Chita and Buryatia at the tournament, but athletes were not able to come in a difficult period of session. Next year, we plan to move the date of the championship, to organize a full-fledged regional tournament, " said the coach.

The winners and the prizers received special prizes with symbols of ISTU from the Rector of the university. In special circumstances a student the Faculty of Power Engineering, Vladimir Zozulya, was awarded with the prize for the will to win, a student of the Institute of surface managemnt, Alexey Rezanov, received the award for the best technique.

Candidate for Master of Sports, a first year student A. Rezanov recognizes that the competition experience helped him to win: "I have been boxing for more than eight years, began training on the basis of the Technical University before being enrolled in this university. I like to exercise in our sports club. The key to success is to practice movement every day, perfecting the technique and increasing the level of skill. For me, one of the main examples is the famous fighter Bruce Lee; I try to follow his commandments in my sporting life. "

Team of ISTU is planning to finish the season with the Championship of RF Armed Forces on Boxing, which will take place on June 28 in Ulan-Ude in the framework of the International Tournament "Baikal".

Anastasiya Slepneva