"Christmas starts" opened the Beringian events

“Traditionally, after the New Year, we held competitions for skiers, later they were joined by young sled dogs. And from this year we are opening a series of Beringian events, which will end with the big race "Beringia-2015", which starts here in Esso, - the head of the administration of the Bystrinsky district Andrey Grekov told the Kamchatka news agency. “It's nice that for all the guys who took part in the competition, good prizes have been prepared from the government of the Kamchatka Territory and the Rodnik fund of large families.”

In ski races 45 people took part. The guys ran 2 and 3 kilometers with classic style. All participants represented their native Bystrinsky district, and all received good prizes at the award ceremony.

Dog sled racing took place in two age categories: guys from 7 to 12 years harnessed two dogs, their distance was 3 kilometers, and those who are older - from 13 to 17 years - team of four dogs had to beat 10 kilometers. In the first category there were 9 participants, mostly girls, in the second category four young men and two girls participated.

As a result, Elizaveta Popova from Ust-Khayryuzovo took the first place in the junior group, Darina Chikina from Petropavlovsk took second place, on the third Anna Semashkina, also from Petropavlovsk.

The elders were defeated by Vladislav Gachkivsky from Elizov, silver from Daria Krivogornitsyna from Petropavlovsk, Nikita Revenok from Esso became the third.