Swimming Pool "Archimedes"

Holiday swims

Over 220 athletes from Arkhangelsk, Dmitrov, Moscow, Noginsk, Sergiev Posad, Taldom, Tver, pupils of the Dubna sports school and swimming veterans took part in open swimming competitions dedicated to the 54th anniversary of the opening of the Swimming Pool "Archimedes". Freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly 50- and 100-meters distances were conquered by athletes in 12 age categories - from seven to seventy years old.

Opening the competition, Director of sports facilities at JINR, a Member of the Public Chamber of Dubna, Master of Sports V.N.Lomakin greeted all those gathered - fans and athletes, "You are our best friends - regular visitors to the pool and the parents and grandparents that support you. We do our best to make you comfortable here, so that you want to come to the pool again and again. We look forward to seeing you all next year on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the opening of the pool."

Chairman of the Permanent Deputy Committee of the Council of Deputies of Dubna for Security, Youth Affairs, Sports, Physical Culture and Tourism A.V.Charykov thanked his colleagues from the pool for their work, wished the athletes an update of the records of "Archimedes" and light water to the pool.

Natalya Yulusova (Dmitrov) emphasized that their team always "comes here with great pleasure, there is a very friendly team here. Thank you so much for being you and try to keep that goodwill."

Vladimir Fomichev (Taldom) remembered, "We first came here in 2014 and since then, we have been participating in these competitions annually. We look forward to our further cooperation.

Irina Migulina ("Element 105") said, "I have been swimming here for 54 years, since the opening of the pool. Today, "Archimedes" looks great for its age, well-groomed, the water is warm. I wish everyone good luck. Go!" "Archimedes" admonished the athletes.

Among the Dubna residents in their age categories, the first place was taken by Irina Migulina ("Element 105", VBLHEP), Maria Alikina ("Element 105"), Anna Sergeeva, Polina Firsaeva, Valeria Spasova, Anastasia Lutskaya, Vladimir Kishkin ("Element 105"), Sergey Lukyanov "("Element 105"), Nikita Yurutin, Danila Sobolev, Pavel Zyatev.

The second place was won by Svetlana Gikal ("Element 105", Publishing Department), Svetlana Smirnova ("Element 105", DRS), Svetlana Dolbilova, Yulia Yablokova, Emilia Chistotupova, Veronika Viktorova, Polina Firsaeva, Vasily Gorelyshev ("Element 105"), Alexey Bulakh (VBLHEP), Alexey Altynov (FLNP), Alexander Malnev ("Element 105"), Nikita Simonenko, Konstantin Ivanov, Savely Evdokimov, Egor Lukutkin, Artem Lubov.

The third place was won by Elena Fetisova, Ksenia Andreeva, Marina Potsepaeva, Taisia Bolshova, Alexander Chernikov (FLNP), Ilya Khokhlov, Vasily Piskalev ("Element 105"), Boris Belov, Arseny Ogurtsov, Alexey Lutsky, Arkady Chibis.

Olga TARANTINA,
photo by Elena PUZYNINA