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Young Russian compatriots held first victories at the 4th World Games in Kazan after the competitions on volleyball, table tennis, basketball and mini football were over. The chess tournaments and swimming competitions have just started, according to the United Russia official website.
14 teams applied for participation in mini-football matches. All the teams were divided later into two groups. Russian and Greek teams won within the A group, whereas Germany and Tajikistan became leaders of the B group.
Personal and team chess tournaments are conducted separately for young men and women. The tournament draw was computer- assisted. After the first matches’ completion, the strongest teams appeared to be Russian, Kyrgyz and Armenian.
Among young men, the best players now are Bulat Gabitov and Ruslan Murtazin from Russia as well as Mikhei Naumenko from Belarus. The best female player is Akopyan Astkhik from Armenia.
Teams from 15 countries are taking part in table tennis competitions. Following the results of the first matches, the strongest teams are from China, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
Elizaveta Rogozhnikova from Kyrgyzstan and Anna Sultanova from Belarus finished the 50-meter free style swim with the same score. Lithuanian swimmer Daniil Pantservas is a leader at the same distance among the male participants.
According to the Games’ participants, the teams took very serious preparation for all the competitions, so fight for medals promises to be very hard.
Russkiy Mir
