The national team of Ukraine took part in the competitions on the classic parachuting in Sevastopol.
on the first day weekend athletes not jumped on the country the airport and in the heart of the city: at the Nakhimov square and to the water quite near the monument to the scuttled ships is the symbol of Sevastopol, ITAR-TASS reported. So were awarded the 1st stage of the Cup Grand-Prix " Sevastopol-2014 " and the Sea Cup. Just in the process of competition will compete for five cups. Final jumping will take place on Sunday at the Grafskaya Wharf. From 30 invited the athletes to Sevastopol was able to get only 25. Because of transportation difficulties in the square of Ukraine came to the Belarusian Team. On the contrary, the Ukrainian team has arrived in Crimea in full. It consists mostly Of Donbass athletes. Galina Klimova came From Kramatorsk. As She told, only on the way to the Donetsk she had to pass six checkpoints. She ventured to come, because it was very important to represent Ukraine at competitions in Sevastopol." Sport is out of politics ", - says Sergey Ostapenko, head of the Sevastopol Federation of the parachute sport, which has acted as one of organizers of competitions. He hopes that after the creation of the Sevastopol branch of DOSAAF, will be more competitions. As long as the possibilities of the organizers restricted to a single plane. But already in the coming year in Sevastopol planned holding of the championship not only on classical parachuting, But dome and group acrobatics." We try to capture all types of skydiving, because climatic rules of our city enable you to jump all year round, " said Ostapenko.

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