Znamenskie brothers Memorial
Category: Russia
Start. Elite race
Nikolay Chavkin
At the 22nd of September in Chulkovo (Moscow region) took place running competitions sponsored by CRAFT Sportswear devoted to 2 famous Russian runners - brothers Georgi and Serafim Znamenskie.
Among the celebrities, visited the competition were two-times Ski World Cup owner Alexander Zavialov, for whom Chulkovo is a native village, Olympic Champion Juri Borzakovski and World Champion Ekaterina Podkopaeva (both - runners). In the competition program were both kid's and grown up's races. In elite race took part a lot of famous runners, for example Russian 1500 m record owner Viacheslav Shabunin, but the winners were quite confidently Alexey Revunkov and Nadezhda Trilinskaja. Weather was very good: sun shined brightly, what was excellent for competitors and spectators.
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