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TOMSK, Mar 3 – RIA Tomsk. Sportsmen
of the club "Amazons" of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) took the
third place at the World Cup on sports tourism, by committing rafting on the
mountain rivers of Altai, the city hall press-service has informed on Thursday.
It is specified that championship
results were announced in the end of February. The competitive jury estimated
hiking, mountain, water, bicycle, an auto- and motor-campaigns of the highest
(the fourth, fifth and sixth) categories of complexity.
"Sportsmen of TPU tourist club
"Amazons" provided water hike of the fifth category of complexity on
the mountain rivers of Altai: Katun, Small and Big Sumulta. Polytechnics
overcame a route nearly for a week. The considerable part of this time was
spent on reaching the river. For successful completion of this route sportsmen
of TPU have taken the third place at the World Cup", – said in a statement.
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It is added that high scores for
route passage, in judgment of Tomsk sportsmen, they managed to receive for
obstacles complexity in rivers, in particular, TPU group became the first who
managed for the one day to overcome hardest cascade extended from several
rapids and waterfalls on the river Sumulta.
"The group was very mobile, as
consisted all of four persons. We've been preparing for this route obstacles
for a long time, passed it all quickly, with not neglecting safety precautions.
That is why the commission appreciated a campaign so highly", – the
press-service quoted the sportsman of "Amazons" Valery Rodionov.
It is noted that for the same
campaign the Tomsk team took "gold" on the Cup of Russia on sports
tourism, the results of which were announced at the end of December. By results
the participants was awarded the title of Master of Sports.