September 4, 2019

      "The water area is beautiful, the yacht club is even better!"
      On September 6, the opening ceremony of the Russian championship in the classes “Optimist”, “Cadet” and “Zoom 8” will be held in the Togliatti yacht club “Friendship”.

Last year, the Russian championship, also held in Togliatti, broke the record for the number of participants. In the class "Optimist" 309 athletes were declared, in the classes "Cadet" and "Zoom 8" – 45 and 54, respectively. It is expected that this year the record will again be broken.

“The championship of Russia in the Optimist class is the most important event of this season,” says Vladimir Lyubomirov, president of the Optimist Class Association. – The strongest athletes from all over Russia will take part in it. Every year the class is growing. Five years ago, we could not imagine that so many athletes would participate in all-Russian regattas. It is very important that the upcoming championship of Russia was held at a high level. As part of the championship, we plan to hold a coaching council and a meeting of the Presidium of the Optimist Association, discuss selection criteria, appoint a new executive director of the Association and solve a number of pressing issues ahead of the winter training season.

Yachtsmen from more than 40 cities of Russia will come to Togliatti. Competitions are held in the water area of ​​the Kuibyshev reservoir. In the classes "Optimist" and "Cadet" boys and girls aged 9 to 16 years old compete, in the class "Zoom 8" – juniors and juniors up to 20 years old.

“The water area is beautiful, the Druzhba yacht club is even better,” says Vadim Mekhanikov, chief judge of the regatta. – This is a yacht club of international level. We have few such clubs. As the trend of recent years shows, every year more and more athletes participate in the championship of Russia. Last year there were more than 300 Optimist boats. This year we expect more to come.

The organizers plan to hold 12 races – six qualifying and the same final. The race committee will give up to three starts per day.

The Russian Championship in Tolyatti is one of the stages in the selection of the strongest athletes for the national teams of Russia in the Optimist class for the 2020 World and European Championships.

Last year, St. Petersburg athletes – Danila Ivanov and Alexandra Lukoyanova (both Krestovsky Island) won the regatta. Now yachtsmen perform in pre-Olympic classes. At the end of last season, Danila transferred to the crew in the 29er class, and Alexander – on the Laser 4.7.

For many young athletes, the Russian championship in the Optimist, Cadet, and Zoom 8 classes may be the final before moving to the youth class.

This year, athletes from St. Petersburg also claim high places. At the last championship of St. Petersburg, the leading positions were occupied by racers from the Academy of Sailing and Rautu – Kirill Shunenkov, Nikita Chernykh and Daniil Perchik. Among the girls, Alisa Ivanovskaya, Marina Babkina and Yulia Naymushina performed best. In Togliatti, a serious fight will be imposed on them by local athletes, as well as racers from Moscow and the Moscow region.

Competition Program:

September 5 – registration day

10.00 – 19.00 – day of arrival, registration, measurement of yachts, official training;

6 September

11.00 – opening ceremony of the competition;

13.00 – start of the first race;

September 7 – 10 – racing days

11.00 – planned start time;

September 9 – Presidium meeting and coaching council of the Optimist Association (Place of the Friendship Yacht Club, the time of each event will be announced additionally).

10 September

15.00 – start time of the last race;

18.00 – awarding ceremony

September 11 – departure day

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June 16, 2019

      “Water area forced me to break my head”

On June 15, the 2nd stage of the largest All-Russian children's series of regattas “Optimists of the Northern Capital. Gazprom Cup. 79 young yachtsmen from the largest sailing schools of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region took part in the regatta.

© Denis Razumovich

Recall that the athletes competed in the waters of Klyuchevoy Bay, located near the yacht port "Johannes" (Soviet settlement of the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region). The participants were lucky, the regatta was held in comfortable weather conditions: warm air, wind up to 10 knots. The judges held 6 races: 3 on each day of the regatta.

Along with experienced riders, novice athletes, "cadets" who competed in a separate fleet, took part in the regatta. Some participants of the regatta took the first steps in sailing only in May of this year.

Vladimir Komel, chief referee of the competition: “The competitions turned out to be interesting. All riders, both experienced and beginners, showed themselves well, the water area forced them to break their heads. It is generally useful for young people to race alongside more experienced athletes, they quickly grab, adopt many important practical points from the “oldies”.

According to the results of the whole regatta, Kirill Shunenkov from the sailing school “Academy of Sailing of the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg”, who took the lead from the first race, took the first place among boys (2007 was born and older) and in the overall standings. After a successful second day, another Academician Nikita Chernykh rose to second place. The third was an athlete of the school "Krestovsky Island" (St. Petersburg) Artem Gunker.

Nikita Chernykh: “This is my first prize in the“ adult ”standings. It turned out to cling to the top three due to good speed: I worked on it purposefully. I will try to continue not to drop the bar and continue to perform well. ”

Among the older girls, Daria Savinova from the Favorit sailing school (Vyborg) showed herself the best, silver from Sofia Pusheva (Krestovsky Island), Stanislav Gunker, another athlete from the Krestovsky Island, finished third in the regatta.

Among the younger boys (2008 year of birth and younger) Dmitry Yeryomin (“Krestovsky Island”) celebrated the victory, Pavel Gushchin (Sailing Academy) came second, Vladimir Lyubomirov (another athlete from the Academy) – the third.

According to the younger girls, Yuliya Naimushina celebrated the victory, playing for Krasnoyarsk, Angelina Ivanova (“Krestovsky Island”) – the second, with bronze from Eva Turkina (also “Krestovsky Island”).

Among cadet boys, unconditional first place went to Rodion Shishimorov, second and third places went to Nikita Grigoriev and Luka Kandybin. In girls, Alexander Kondratenko showed the best result, Varvara Yurchenko – the second, Lyubov Denisova – the third. All riders represented at the competition Academy sailing.

The best riders received special diplomas and medals, as well as valuable prizes: speakers and headphones.

Final results: http://opticup.org/rezultatyi-2019-2-etap

The regatta became the dress rehearsal for the Russian national team athletes before the European Championship, which will be held June 22-29 in France. In the 2nd stage, the leading Russian riders took part: Kirill Shunenkov (Academy of Sailing Yacht Club St. Petersburg), Daria Savinova (Favorit, Vyborg), Danila Ivanov and Maxim Bondar (both Krestovsky Island, St. Petersburg) Petersburg).

The yacht port “Johannes” takes on the stages of the series “Optimists of the Northern Capital. Gazprom Cup for the fourth year in a row.

Evgeny Kitayev,

Press Service of the Academy of Sailing Yacht Club St. Petersburg

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