sports news November 8, 2021

BADMINTON. Petersburgers Anastasia Boyarun and Lev Barinov became runner-up in the mixed category at the LI-NING Czech Open-2021 international tournament in Brno, Czech Republic.

BOXING. At the world championships which ended in Belgrade, the Russians took fifth place in the team standings with one gold, two silver and two bronze. Gold was won by Mark Petrovsky (over 92 kg). Silver was won by Dzhambulat Bijamov (up to 75 kg) and Vadim Musaev (up to 71 kg), and bronze – Akhtem Zakirov (up to 51 kg) and Savely Sadoma (up to 80 kg) . Petersburgers Vsevolod Shumkov (up to 60 kg) and Eduard Savvin (up to 57 kg) lost in the quarter-finals.

VOLLEYBALL… Petersburg “Zenit” in the men’s super league won in Kemerovo against Kuzbass 3: 0 (25:20, 25:20, 25:16), and Dynamo-LO defeated ASK in Nizhny Novgorod – 3: 2 ( 25:23, 28: 30, 25:21, 19:25, 15:13). After six rounds, Zenit with four wins and 11 points is fourth, and Dynamo-LO with four wins and 10 points is fifth.

BEACH FOOTBALL… The Russian national team won the Intercontinental Cup in Dubai (UAE), beating Iran 3: 2 in the final. The squad included four players from St. Petersburg’s “Kristall” – Yuri Krasheninnikov, Dmitry Shishin, Kirill Romanov and Artur Ferorotny.

MODERN PENTATHOL… The International Modern Pentathlon Federation has decided to abandon equestrian sport (show jumping) after the 2024 Games in Paris, replacing it with another discipline, which will be determined later. After that, more than 650 athletes, including top stars, called on the organization’s leadership to resign.

FIGURE SKATING… St Petersburg resident Mikhail Kolyada became second in the Italian stage of the Turin Grand Prix, losing to Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama.

SOCCER… In the PFL-2’s next round, Dynamo-SPb lost to Tver 1: 2 at home and Zvezda lost to Leningraders 0: 1. In the standings, Tver leads with 37 points after 16 games, Leningradets, with the same number of points, is lower only in additional indicators.

Women’s Zenit have lost 0-1 in the Super League away from Rostov and are now only third in the league with 49 points in 25 games. The Saint Petersburg club let CSKA go ahead, gaining 51 points after beating Zvezda-2005.

HOCKEY. The SKA as the leader of the Western Conference yesterday visited CSKA in Moscow. The Saint Petersburg team approached the meeting with two hiccups at home. First, in the Ice Palace, Valery Bragin’s charges lost in a series of post-game shots against Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2: 3 Blvd. (Andrey Kuzmenko scored a brace for the hosts), then in overtime – Spartak 1: 2 OT (the only SKA puck on Mikhail Vorobyov’s account).

The schedule for the matches of the Russian national team at the 2022 World Junior Championship is now known. At the start of the tournament, on December 27, she will meet the Swedish national team (12:30 a.m. Moscow time), on December 28 – with Switzerland (12:30 a.m.), on December 30 – with Slovakia (12:30 a.m.), and on New Year’s Eve. An (5:30 a.m. Moscow time) she will play with the United States. Remember that MFM-2022 from December 26 to January 5 will be held in the Canadian cities of Edmonton and Red Deer. Oleg Bratash, who recently replaced Igor Larionov, will be lucky for the Russian national team as the head coach of the tournament.

The material was published in the newspaper “St. Petersburg Vedomosti” No. 208 (7045) of 08.11.2021 under the heading “Brief: sports news of November 8, 2021”.