Athletistic / Thai boxing. At the 26th kilometer of the Vyatka highway in the Zvenigovsky district (Republic of Mari El), a terrible accident occurred. Nikita Chernov, two-time winner of the Muay Thai World Championship, died there.

“Nikita died on his way to his first competition as a coach and representative of his first students. Eternal memory for him. Fighter…” Andrei Sobko, coach of the Yoshkar-Ola “Red” Thai boxing club Machine,” wrote on social media. networks.

According to the press service of the State Traffic Inspectorate of Mari El, on the morning of March 2, the KAMAZ driver at the intersection did not give way to the Volvo 540 car in which Chernov was traveling. Doctors who arrived at the scene of the accident pronounced the athlete dead.

Farewell to Nikita Chernov will take place on March 4 in Yoshkar-Ola and on March 5 in Krasnye Baki (Nizhny Novgorod region).

The editors of Athletistic express their condolences to the family and friends of Nikita Chernov.


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