The Students' Spartakiad of the Republic of Tatarstan in cross-country skiing concluded in Zainsk.
From January 7 to 11, large-scale competitions took place at the Yalta-Zay Sports Training Center in the city of Zainsk — the Spartakiad of Students of the Republic of Tatarstan in cross-country skiing among boys and girls born in 2008–2009. These competitions are the I stage of the XIII Winter Spartakiad of Students (youth) of Russia 2026.
Over five days on the ski tracks of Zainsk, young athletes from various towns and districts of the republic battled for the title of the strongest in three disciplines, demonstrating endurance, speed and will to win. The competitions were an important season opener and made it possible to identify candidates for the formation of the Republic of Tatarstan’s team for the all-Russian stage of the Spartakiad.
Competition results:
Individual race — classical technique
Girls, 10 km:
1st place Polina Stashkevich (KazUOR)
2nd place Anastasia Kalinina (Menzelinsk)
3rd place Ulyana Kudaschkina (Bugulma)
4th place Darya Merzlyakova (Agryz)
5th place Aleksandra Zaitseva (Zelenodolsk / Larkova School)
6th place Viktoria Melnikova (Zelenodolsk)
Boys, 15 km:
1st place Timur Shakirzyanov (Naberezhnye Chelny)
2nd place Andrey Oshev (Naberezhnye Chelny)
3rd place Kirill Andreev (Kazan)
4th place Azim Fayzetzetdinov (Kazan)
5th place Elisei Mazein (Naberezhnye Chelny)
6th place Yaroslav Baluyev (Naberezhnye Chelny)
Sprint — freestyle
Girls:
1st place Polina Stashkevich (KazUOR)
2nd place Alina Khairullina (Zelenodolsk / Larkova School)
3rd place Aleksandra Zaitseva (Zelenodolsk / Larkova School)
4th place Lia Garafutdinova (Zelenodolsk / Larkova School)
5th place Darya Merzlyakova (Agryz)
6th place Varvara Shitova (Nizhnekamsk / Larkova School)
Boys:
1st place Kirill Andreev (Kazan)
2nd place Elisei Mazein (Naberezhnye Chelny)
3rd place Andrey Oshev (Naberezhnye Chelny)
4th place Sergey Fedorov (Agryz)
5th place Sergey Totoev (Agryz)
6th place Yaroslav Baluyev (Naberezhnye Chelny)
Individual race — freestyle
Girls, 5 km:
1st place Darina Medvedeva (Naberezhnye Chelny)
2nd place Polina Stashkevich (KazUOR)
3rd place Darya Merzlyakova (Agryz)
4th place Lia Garafutdinova (Zelenodolsk)
5th place Viktoria Melnikova (Zelenodolsk)
6th place Varvara Shitova (Nizhnekamsk / Larkova School)
Boys, 10 km:
1st place Yaroslav Baluyev (Naberezhnye Chelny)
2nd place Azim Fayzetzetdinov (Kazan)
3rd place Sergey Fedorov (Agryz)
4th place Elisei Mazein (Naberezhnye Chelny)
5th place Sergey Totoev (Agryz)
6th place Nikita Firsov (Naberezhnye Chelny)
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