The second youthful fire sports championship in memory of Nicolai Lobov has passed in Kazan

Today in the training arena of the Central administrative board of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Republic of Tatarstan II youthful fire sports championship of Republic of Tatarstan, devoted to memory of the veteran of fire protection Nicolai Lobov, has passed. About hundred young sportsmen struggled for a rank of the strongest in two kinds of the program: overcoming of a hundred-meter strip with obstacles and lifting on assault ladder in a window of an educational tower. The championship ended by absolute victory of the Kazan team, the second year leading already in this championship.

  For the first time this year juniors have taken part in the youthful fire sports championship of Republic of Tatarstan from the next republics and areas. To measure swords on Tatrstan running paths there have arrived young sportsmen from the Ulyanovsk region, and also Mari and Chuvash republics. The championship is spent in Tatarstan the second time, and the number of its participants has considerably increased. Also for the first time this year recently created for protection of remote settlements and highways of republic Official body «Fire protection of Republic of Tatarstan» has exposed a team of young sportsmen.

      - I think that our employees will participate in all kinds of sports but fire sport is priority for our divisions, - director of the OB «Fire protection of RT» Anatoly Ryabov has told in interview. - In the future, I hope that in our organization the whole generation of masters of sports will grow and we will adequately act at fire sports competitions.

      - I am engaged in fire sports a half year already, now we have even exposed our own team on the competitions. Our team takes part for the first time at competitions of such level, – the participant of a team from OB «Fire protection of RT» Alexei Istratov has told. – Contenders, of course, here strong, but we hope for a victory.

      The competitions became a debut also for the youngest participant of the championship - Marat Khasanov, the member of the team of group of the Federal fire service 7. As trainers speak, such competitions are some kind of selection round where show the abilities the future masters of fire sports.

      - The youthful fire sports championship became already traditional in our republic, - the trainer of the Kazan junior team of group of the federal fire service 5 Fargat Ashatov has told. – These competitions very interesting and useful especially for us, trainer's structure. There is a selection for the international competitions which we will take place in St.-Petersburg. Therefore we are expecting good results from this championship.

Closing of the championship in memory of N.M.Lobov has passed in solemn conditions. The chief of the Central administrative board of the MES of Russia in RT - the minister on affairs of civil defense and emergency situations of RT Rafis Khabibullin, Nicolai Lobov's younger son - Alexander Lobov, the head of administration of the Moscow district of Kazan other other guests of honor and a ministry management have taken part in it. Rafis Khabibullin in a salutatory word to sportsmen has expressed the admiration young sportsmen of Tatarstan, the strongest among youthful teams in fire sports of the MES of Russia.

      - This year we for the first time have invited sportsmen to the youthful championship in memory of Lobov from the next regions, - Rafis Khabibullin has told. - We try to raise prestige of youthful fire sports. This is on the first place for us. Young men of Tatarstan become the fourth year leaders at the All-Russia level.

      Following the results of II youthful championship the first place was occupied by the team from Kazan, silver has got juniors from Nizhnekamsk and bronze have handed over to the team from Almetyevsk.