A biathlon sports base has opened in Senno

Спортивная база по биатлону открылась в Сенно

Biathlon sports base opened in Senno.

The biathlon complex is located on the site of a former confectionery factory. Its reconstruction has been underway since 2014. The volume of funds invested from various sources of financing amounted to over Br521

тыс. The complex includes a 25 m shooting range, a sports hall, a sauna, shower rooms, recreation rooms, and a coaches' room. Representatives of district authorities, the Biathlon Federation of Belarus, local residents, and pupils of the Sненnо district Children and Youth Olympic Reserve Sports School took part in the opening ceremony. The Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies, Vladimir Terentyev, congratulated everyone present on the opening of the base.

"It is important that such facilities appear where there are sports schools and high-class coaches," he emphasized. According to the Chairman of the Sненnо District Executive Committee, Vasily Cherednik, many sports facilities have been renovated or opened in the district in recent years, and sports have long become a kind of calling card of the Sненnо region. "Our traditions in winter sports – skiing and biathlon – are particularly strong. Coaches Alexander Okun, Nikolai Borodin, and Valery Lektorov have trained many famous athletes whose achievements we rightly take pride in today. Our fellow countrywoman Irina Krivko, who is currently competing in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, worthily represents Belarus in international sports arenas," said the head of the district.

Lyudmila Krivko, mother of the biathlete, expressed her gratitude to the representatives of the authorities for the wonderful sports facility. "Having visited here, my daughter was very impressed with the created conditions and highly appreciated the results of the work done," she noted.

The biathlon department at the Sненnо Children and Youth Olympic Reserve Sports School has been open since 2001. A shooting range, ski tracks, and roller ski tracks are available for athletes' training. About 100 pupils are engaged here in total. Four graduates of the Children and Youth Olympic Reserve Sports School are included in the national biathlon teams.

BELTA. Photo by "Vitebskiye vesti".