The new athletes of Rezekne are returning from VII Latvian youth Olympics with success

On July 7, the Cēsis Palace Park took place in the opening of a solemn VII Latvian Youth Olympics. This year, 2803 athletes from 82 Latvian provinces participated in the Olympics, according to the information of the Latvian Olympic Committee. The Rēzekne municipality was represented by 20 young people and 2 young people in football, beach volleyball and table tennis competitions.

We're proud of the achievements! The Latvian Rēzekne and Daugavpils District Football team won the first place to win Liepaja, Sigulda District and Riga teams. Laura Antane, Lāsma Bauska, Evita Ivanova, Dane-Loretta Krasnobay, Elise Poisha, Karina Semjonova, Alīna Zabaluyeva. The girls' coach, Igor Derjagin, admits: “our girls showed good performance.” All responsibly played in their player positions, which allowed the team to win. Evita Ivanova was one of the most successful players.

Rēzekne's sportsmen, Liana Zelina and Nathalie Fiodorova, took part in the table tennis competition. Our young people missed athletic luck to win bronze medal, they ranked in the honest fourth place.

On the second day of the surprises, Liana Zelina was killed. She became the champion of Latvian youth Olympics. With a score of 4: 2 in the final, the notional game favourites Diana Afanasyeva (Preilu municipality) was performed. In a quarter-final with a score of 3: 0, he played Aurik Pučkovsk (Riga), while in semi-final with a score of 4: 1, he played Valerie Mikhailov (Preilu municipality). It is the highest achievement in the war.

Rēzekne is a child-youth sports school tennis coach, Bruno Losans, thanking everyone who supported participation in the Olympics: "Thank you for the supporters who were with us at the time of the competition and those who were watching live shows. Thank both young people, Liana Zeltiana and Nathalie Fiodorova, for outstanding performance in high-level competitions. '

A good result was also shown by the beach volleybolists Oscar Ivolans and Artis Zvdris. From 16 pairs they ranked in shared 5-8.

The trainers of the children-youth sports school of Rezekne have contributed to the achievement of achievements: Bruno Losans - table tennis, Igor Derjagin - football, Oļegs Zukov and Arns enclosed - volleyball.

Thank the trainers for their work and for young people on the successful start!