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In October 2024, the FIMBA European Basketball Championship took place in Pesaro, Italy. As part of the UK women’s national team, Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Education and Sports of KNURE O. Tserkovna took 5th place.

On September 29, 2024, the Kharkov Region Cup with the Cossack Duel took place in Kharkov. A student of the ITINF-23-2 group Vladislava Varvashevich took part in the “Polar Bear” team. According to the results of the competition, she took 1st place in the fun section (semi-contact) and 1st place in the wrestling-1 section (light contact) in the age category of 16-18 years and weight up to 45 kg.

From 26.08 to 29.08.2024 in the city of Kropyvnytskyi there was held the Championship of Ukraine among adults and youth and at the same time the Cup of Ukraine among boys in cycling. Kira Shuban (ITINF-24-1) took part in the team of the Kharkiv region, which took 1st place at the Championship of Ukraine on the “Cyclo-cross” track and 2nd place at the “Complex distance”. At the Cup of Ukraine, 3rd place on the “Trial” track, 1st place on the “Cyclo-cross” track and 2nd place on the “Complex distance”. The team of the Kharkiv region consisting of Kira Shuban and other representatives of the Kharkiv region took 1st place in the Cup of Ukraine at the “Complex distance”, and 2nd place in the overall standings. At the Championship of Ukraine, the team took 3rd place in the overall standings.

On July 6, at the age of 47, Georgy Krukovsky, senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Education and Sports, died after a serious and protracted illness.
He has worked at the department since 1.09.2000.
From the very beginning of his work, he showed himself to be an experienced, conscientious worker. He was always friendly to his colleagues, which earned him deep respect among staff and students.
The staff of the Department of Physical Education and Sports expresses deep sorrow and condolences to family and friends.

08.08.1976 – 06.07.2024

Last week the Ukrainian Volleyball Cup among veterans was held in Poltava. 72 teams took part in the competition in 16 categories: 9 men’s and 7 women’s.
The victory among men in the 55+ category was won by the Loko-Veteran team from Kharkov.
The team included an employee of the Department of Physical Education and Sports, Igor Kondratyev.
Congratulations and wish you continued success!

On June 14, 2024, an All-Ukrainian round table “Modern trends in the development of physical education in higher education institutions of Ukraine under martial law” was held at the Department of Physical Education of the Yaroslav the Wise National Law University. Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Education and Sports of KNURE Vladimir Konovalov also took part in it with a report “Management of physical training of military personnel of the Security Service of Ukraine in the conditions of military aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine.”

On June 13, table tennis competitions were held in Kharkov according to the Spartakiad program among higher education institutions.

The KNURE national team consisting of: Egor Gutsulyak BMIm-23-1, Ivan Vinnikov ITSHI-23-1, Ekaterina Goreshny PZPI-22-6 became the Champions of the Spartakiad, leaving behind the 10 strongest institutions of higher education in Kharkov! Coach of the KNURE table tennis team Oksana Konovalenko.

On May 7-12, 2024, the European Junior and Junior Women’s Powerlifting Championships were held in Hamm (Luxembourg).

As part of the Ukrainian national powerlifting team, a student of our university, Master of Sports of Ukraine, Alexander Shulepa (KIUKI-21-10) performed well, who became the bronze medalist of these prestigious international competitions with a total triathlon result of 650 kg and won 2 small silver medals in squats, with a result of 265 kg, and in the deadlift, with a result of 250 kg. Congratulations to Alexander on his excellent debut and we wish him further success in sports!

On April 13, 2024, the Ukrainian Cheerleading Championship was held in the Lviv region. The participants competed in a picturesque corner of the city of Vinniki, in the hall of the Emily sports complex! The participants came from different cities of Ukraine, there were many children in different categories. The “Nice Ladies” team took part in the “Masters 25+” age category. The audience applauded the entire team’s performance! Among the participants of this team was the senior teacher of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Tamara Gorshankova! The judges highly appreciated the performance, the team became the Champion of Ukraine! The team’s further plans are preparation and participation in the European Championship, which will take place on July 6-7 in Germany (Wiesbaden). Congratulations and wish the team further success!!!

On March 30, the City Cheerleading Championship “Indestructible Kharkov” took place in our indestructible Kharkov. Senior teacher of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Tamara Gorshankova participated in the team that received the well-deserved gold. Now the team is preparing for a trip to the Ukrainian Championship, which will be held in Lviv. We wish the team victory.

In March, a student of the ACT faculty of the AKTAKIT-20-2 group, Kirill Redkin, as part of the national national Taekwon-do team of Ukraine, took part in the international competition Roma Open 2024, held in Rome.

Kirill had 4 fights in the weight category up to 75 kg and became a prize-winner of the competition, namely, he won 3rd place in the “Sparring” program in the individual competition, and also took 2nd place in team sparring.

From February 18 to March 1, 2024, three qualifying Ukrainian Championships in powerlifting, bench press and classic bench press were held in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.
Members of the KNURE powerlifting team performed well at these prestigious competitions.
Alexander Shulepa (KIUKI-21-10) – 1st place in powerlifting among juniors
Alexander Shulepa (KIUKI-21-10) – 3rd place in powerlifting among adults
Alexandra Zaikina – 1st place in classic bench press among girls
Tatyana Slivka (VPVPS-21-5) – 3rd place in classic bench press among juniors
Alena Didyuk – 1st place in bench press among juniors
Natalya Didyuk (Senior Lecturer of the department PhES) – 1st place in the classic bench press and 1st place in the absolute weight category
Vera Popruga (MTTE-20-1) – 1st place in bench press among juniors
Vera Popruga (MTTE-20-1) – 1st place in classic bench press among juniors
As part of the national team of the Kharkov region, they took the following places in the team competition:
1st place in classic bench press among female veterans M2
2nd place in powerlifting among juniors
2nd place in men’s powerlifting
3rd place in classic bench press among girls
The coach, senior teacher of the PhES department, Natalia Aleksandrovna Didyuk, was awarded diplomas at the bench press and classic bench press championships for training the champions of Ukraine, Alena Didyuk and Alexandra Zaikina.