Today, on December 27, in Miass, the Chelyabinsk region, the All-Russian children's and youth snowboarding competitions came to an end.

During two intense days of competition, 35 athletes from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Bashkortostan demonstrated their real snowboarding skills on the slopes of the Ryder Ski Centre. Young participants, simultaneously starting on two courses located next to each other, raced to the finish at high speeds, striving for a clean ride and the best time.

Results of the competition in the parallel giant slalom discipline:

Girls:

1st place - Elvira Mironova (Moscow)

2nd place - Victoria Antropova (Sverdlovsk Oblast)

3rd place - Aurora Galdina (Krasnodar Krai)

Boys:

1st place - Yaroslav Yakubovsky (Moscow)

2nd place - Maxim Chuikov (Moscow)

3rd place - Danil Svistunov (Sverdlovsk Oblast)

Results of the competition in the parallel slalom discipline:

Girls:

1st place - Elvira Mironova (Moscow)

2nd place - Vera Egorova (Moscow)

3rd place - Aurora Galdina (Krasnodar Krai)

Boys:

1st place - Yaroslav Yakubovsky (Moscow)

2nd place - Mark Gavrilov (Moscow)

3rd place - Danila Chuikov (Moscow)

These competitions for young athletes are an important step in the beginning of their sporting career. Many famous Deaflympians started their sporting careers with such events!

The competitions were held with the support of the Ministry of Sport of Russia, the Federal Directorate of Sports Events and the All-Russian Sports Federation of Sports of the Deaf.

Text: Olga Troinikova, Nurlan Tazhigulov

Photo: Nikita Diakov, Marina Shulgina

Translation: Daria Kudelina