Tiraspol, June 23. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. The XXXII Olympiad will start in Tokyo one month later, on July 23. 339 sets of medals will be competed for during the main event of the four-year period. Five Pridnestrovian athletes are competing for the Olympic awards. On International Olympic Day, Novosti Pridnestrovya tells which of our athletes will go to Tokyo.
The first Pridnestrovian who received the individual right to participate in the XXXII Olympiad was the long-distance runner Lilia Fiskovich. The woman will play for the national team of Moldavia. She met the Olympic requirements at one of the most prestigious and massive marathons in the world, the London Marathon. Lilia Fiskovich covered the distance in 2 hours, 27 minutes and 26 seconds, thereby she updated the Moldavia`s record in the marathon.
Lilia Fiskovich is an international master of sports in track and field athletics. She is one of the top 10 European marathon runners among women. There is already one Olympics in the track and field athlete's career. In 2016, Lilia Fiskovich competed in Rio de Janeiro, where she became the 27th in the marathon.
Another Pridnestrovian athlete, Tatiana Salkutsan, will participate n the water track in Tokyo as part of the Moldavian national team. She received her individual Olympic license at the World Aquatics Championships in South Korea. There, the athlete performed at her star turn distance: 200 meters on her back.
In 2018, Tatiana Salkutsan won the Youth Olympic Games, which were held in Argentina. This case became the first in history when a trainee of Pridnestrovian sports reached the top spot of the Olympic podium among young men.
In 2020, the athlete topped the rating of swimmers, which was compiled by the Water Sports Federation of Moldavia. And a month ago, Tatiana Salkutsan updated Moldavia's record at a distance of 50 m on her back.
Rower from Tiraspol Vladislav Chebotar will also go to the Olympics; he will compete for the Russian national team. The athlete received a ticket to the Games five days ago at the Russian Championship, having won in a canoe-pair at a distance of 1000 m together with his partner. This Olympic quota for Russia was previously won by Kirill Shamshurin.
Vladislav Chebotar made a name in 2014 for the first time, winning a bronze medal in singles at a thousand meters at the Junior World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. He achieved his first serious success at the adult international level in the 2015 season, when he got into the main squad of the Russian national team. Vladislav Chebotar is two-time European champion, as well as bronze and silver medalist of the World Championships.
Pridnestrovian judo player Viktor Skvortsov will compete for the title of the strongest in Tokyo as part of the UAE national team. The name of the Pridnestrovian is in the official rating published on the website of the International Judo Federation. Taking into account the regulations, Skvortsov, who is now in 20th place in the top list of the strongest judokas in the world in the weight category of 73 kg, goes to the Olympics from the 16th position.
Viktor Skvortsov is one of the leaders of the national team of the United Arab Emirates. Judo player from Pridnestrovie has been training in Abu Dhabi since 2013. 32-year-old athlete is a medalist of the World and European Championships, winner of the Grand Prix, participant in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In 2014, the Pridnestrovian athlete topped the world ranking.
A month after the start of the Olympics, the XVI Paralympic Summer Games will start. Para-tennis player Dmitry Lavrov will take part in them. The Pridnestrovian athlete got the quota at the last qualifying international tournament in Slovenia.
Dmitry Lavrov is an international master of sports in table tennis, a six-time champion of Russia. The para-athlete is a medalist of international competitions, a bronze medalist of the European Championship.
Athletes from Pridnestrovie regularly take part in the Olympic Games. Eight of our fellow countrymen, who became prize winners of the Olympics, put their names in the history of the main world sports movement. About this - in the material “Olympians With Pridnestrovian Character”.
