Kupala students among the winners at the II Games of the CIS countries

Athletes from Kupala continue to delight with the results at the II Games of the CIS countries. This time Yaroslav Iodkovsky won the bronze, and Elizaveta Tsydik won the gold.

Yaroslav Iodkovsky, a 4th-year student of the Faculty of Physical Culture of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the 92 kg weight category.

Freestyle wrestling requires endurance, strength and flexibility from an athlete, which leads to an improvement in overall physical fitness. This sport helps to develop coordination of movements and balance, which can be useful in everyday life.

On August 9, the competition program started with the qualification of an individual tournament for girls in shooting from a small-caliber rifle from three positions, according to the results of which the medalists of the team championship were determined. The first Belarusian team consisting of Daria Chupris, Nicole Kurylenok and Elizaveta Tsydik won gold in this discipline, the Russian team won silver, and the athletes from Kazakhstan won bronze medals.

Recall that Elizaveta Tsydik, a 3rd-year student of the Faculty of Physical Culture of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, won silver in the team shooting tournament.

We wish good luck to our athletes and great victories!