High results and team spirit
The Metafrax team became the silver medalist of the Summer Spartakiad in Sterlitamak.
The Summer Spartakiad of the united trade union organization "BSK" was held on August 22-23 in the city of Sterlitamak (Republic of Bashkortostan). The Spartakiad brought together 250 athletes from 9 enterprises of Bashkortostan, Altai and Perm Region, members of the Ruschem group of companies.
The Metafrax Chemicals team took part in the Spartakiad for the first time, while showing not only high results, but also cohesion, team spirit, perseverance and the will to win.
- Our athletes went to Sterlitamak charged for a high result. And despite the fatigue after a 14-hour journey, we gave our best at all competitions," said Aleksandr Grom, chairman of the Metafrax Chemicals trade union organization. – Our colleagues welcomed us very cordially. I got the impression that this is not our first time here. Each team had its own supervisor, thanks to this, organizational issues were resolved promptly.
Athletes competed in 10 sports disciplines: athletics, air pistol shooting, mini football, beach volleyball, darts, bowling, SUP-board racing, tug of war, kettlebell lifting and swimming. The competitions were held at several venues of the Sodovik sports complex. According to the results of the two-day competitions, the Metafrax Chemicals team became the silver medalist of the BSK Summer Spartakiad, losing only to the hosts of the competition.
Gubakha chemists took awards in each of the types. In a stubborn struggle, our national team snatched the "gold" in mini-football, took the "silver" in beach volleyball, and the "bronze" in bowling.
In the individual championship, the athletes of Metafrax did not leave the winning podium. In kettlebell lifting among men, our weightlifters Andrei Popov (power supply shop) and Andrei Vlasov (melamine shop) were unrivalled, they took gold and silver respectively. Daria Dotsenko (management) won silver in women's kettlebell lifting. The "gold" of swimming also went to our athletes: among women - Ekaterina Ivonina (management), among men – Rodion Bublik (management), another of our swimmers Nikolai Ushakov (management) took the "bronze". In athletics, our athletes distinguished themselves in throwing grenades – Alexey Kobelev took the gold (methanol production), and in the 100–meter run, Nikolai Lanetsky took the silver (methanol production).