The target was hit

At the end of September the Airgun Championship of Russia and National Small-Caliber Gun Shooting Competition took place in Krasnodar. More than 300 sportsmen and sportswomen from 44 regions of Russia took part in it. The competitions were included in Olympics Selection Program-2016.

The team of Belgorod Region took the third place in team event. It outran professional sports teams from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara and Republic of Adygeya and was just 2 points short of the second place.

A student from BelSU Institute of Law Aleksandra Nikolaenko successfully performed as member of the team. She performed an Olympic PP-2 exercise (40 shots from 10 meters distance). It was successful and allowed the sportswoman to prove her Master of Sports status.

It is not the first high result for Aleksandra Nikolaneko, because she trains at Youth Sports School №8 under the guidance of her coach Oleg Kolodezniy.

According to Oleg Kolodezniy, the scramble was very intense because of the Olympics Selection program, but, despite that, sportswomen from Belgorod showed good results.

“It is the first time for junior team of Belgorod Region to beat experienced sportsmen, honored sports masters, Olympic and international sportsmen and sportswomen”, – he said.

Now, Aleksandra Nikolaenko plans her new sports achievements. One of the closest goals is the selection for European Championship.