At the Sunny Valley ski resort, Miass, a tournament for the Cup of the Regional Trade Union Organisation in downhill skiing and snowboarding on the occasion of the Russian Student Day took place on January 26th for the first time. The event was organized by the Regional Organisation the Trade Union of Education Workers of the Chelyabinsk Region, the Student Coordination Council of the Trade Union, the Katalitsa project, and ANO ProMolodezh.
Amateur competitions in the “slalom” discipline were held. The tournament was attended by universities subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science, and other educational organisations.
At the tournament, South Ural State University was represented by Gennadiy Budanov, Deputy Chairman of the SUSU Trade Union Organisation, and Dmitriy Antonov, a student of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
According to the results of the competition, Gennadiy Budanov won the 1st place in snowboarding, and Dmitriy Antonov won the 2nd place in downhill skiing.
The organizers of the event hope that the tournament for the Cup of the Regional Trade Union Organisation in downhill skiing and snowboarding will become a tradition in the future.