Sports

The motto is always the same - team spirit is invincible!

The Spartakiad is a big sports festival that unites people of different ages and professions. For more than 40 years, Dubna has been hosting city competitions among teams of organizations and enterprises. During the year, teams compete in ten sports: cross-country skiing, athletics, football, volleyball, basketball, swimming, table tennis, shooting, chess, kettlebell lifting.

In such competitions, not only the number of participants is important, but also the success of an individual athlete. All achievements are summed up when calculating the overall result and the final team place at each stage of the competition. Athletes that competed for the honor of JINR deserve special gratitude and honor, since at this stage the Institute leads the city Spartakiad.

So, here are the details of the competition among physical culture teams of the city in 2024 in the first five sports.

On 21 February, the first stage of the cross-country skiing Spartakiad was held, in which 120 athletes from 12 organizations took part. The JINR team consisting of Polina Filonchik (FLNP), Maxim Podlesny (FLNP), Evgeniya Barzylovich (PCDD), Larisa Peshkova (VBLHEP), Artem Svintsitsky (VBLHEP), Valery Pashinsky (VBLHEP), Alexey Butorin (VBLHEP), Alexander Podshibyakin (FLNR), Alexander Sokhatsky (FLNR), Andrey Kazakov (CED) took second place. Artem Svintsitsky and Evgeniya Barzylovich were the first in their categories, Larisa Peshkova and Alexey Butorin were the second in their category and two Alexanders, Podshibyakin and Sokhatsky took the third places.

In March, the JINR chess team won the first place in the city championship, in which eight teams participated. The Institute was represented by: Evgeny Aleksandrov (MLIT), Alexander Makarov (VBLHEP), Sergey Nedelko (FLNR), Ramin Barak (VBLHEP), Ibrokhim Sarkhadov (MLIT), Rumen Gushchersky (VBLHEP).

In March-April, volleyball competitions were held, in which 13 teams from city enterprises participated. As a result of games in three subgroups, three teams reached the final: JINR, Promtech and Dubna University. The Institute's volleyball team won the first place, beating Promtech and University in the final with a score of 2:0. The following members of the team played for the national team: Nikolay Kalinin (Management), Anton Semechkin (FLNP), Nikita Kurylev (FLNR), Danila Kazakov (VBLHEP), Evgeny Mikhailov (VBLHEP), Denis Zaitsev (FLNP), Sergey Levshenkov (CCD), Alexey Pavlov (DLNP).

Swimming competitions were also held in April. JINR athletes took the first place in the team event in the city championship among organizations and educational institutions. The Institute was represented by: Maria Petrova (FLNP), Svetlana Smirnova (DRS), Lyubov Grigorieva (FLNR), Svetlana Gikal (Publishing Department), Irina Migulina (VBLHEP), Alexey Altynov (FLNP), Alexander Sokhatsky (FLNR), Dmitry Kharitonov (CE Office), Taras Loktev (FLNR), Alexey Bulakh (FLNP), Nikita Gorshkov (FLNP), Alexey Chizhov (LRB), Alexander Chernikov (FLNP).

Then, in May, the city team championship in table tennis among physical education teams was held in the Stadium "Nauka". A total of 11 teams participated and after the round robin stage, the teams "University", JINR, "Promtech" and "Kripten" reached the final. The JINR team took the second place in a tough fight, losing to the team "Kripten". We thank Inna Tikhomirova (SIM), Evgeny Levin (VBLHEP) and Dmitry Medvedev (DLNP) for their excellent results.

There is a break in the Spartakiad today. Starting in September, the athletes will have the following five stages: cross-country running, football, streetball, kettlebell lifting and rifle shooting.

Thus, the JINR sports awards include three first and two second team places. This is evidence of a strong team spirit and the activity of the staff. We wish our athletes further success!

Amira TRAVINA