CISM President, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Brazil, Rolim Filho Nilton Gomez, presented the International Council of Military Sports Rugby-7s Championship Cup to the Russian Armed Forces team, which became the first champion of the history of the Council. The solemn closing ceremony and awarding of prizes to the laureates and laureates took place in the sports city of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex in Moscow.
Addressing the guests and participants of the competition, Colonel Andrey Zykov, Head of the Administration of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, conveyed the words of congratulations to the winners and winners of the competition from the Minister of Defense of the Federation of Russia, Army General. Sergei Shoigu.
The silver medalist of the Championship was the team of the Armed Forces of the Republic of South Africa, the bronze medalist — the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, the fourth and fifth places were taken by the national teams of the Armed Forces people’s armies. Republic of Bangladesh and Republic of Belarus, respectively.
The event was also attended by Colonel Andrey Zykov, Head of the Administration of the Armed Forces of the RF, Colonel Artyom Gromov, Head of CSKA, Major General Oleg Botsman, Head of the Military Institute of Physical Culture, Igor Artemiev, Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, President of the Russian Rugby Federation, Chairman of CSKA Rugby Club, Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Aleksey Shaposhnikov, Chairman of CSKA Rugby Club, Head of the Russian Rugby Federation Foundation for the development of rugby in the armed forces and power structures of the Russian Federation Aleksey Mitryushin.
The International Military Sports Council (CISM) is the only sports organization that has not applied sanctions against Russia. The performance of the Russian team at the tournament is therefore official. Athletes are not deprived of their flag and their native anthem.
In April 2023, an international CISM congress was held in Moscow, attended by delegations from 120 countries, where the tournament was confirmed.
The first Rugby-7 championship of the International Military Sports Council was held from August 24 to 26 in Moscow, it was our country that proposed to include rugby-7 in the program of the International Military Sports Council and of the World Military Games, thus becoming the ancestor of the tournament.
The event is organized with the support of Moscow City Sports Department, FAU MO RF CSKA, RFR and CSKA Rugby Club.
The results of the matches of the last day of the competition:
Russia – Belarus – 64:0
Sri Lanka – Bangladesh – 27:10
Belarus – Bangladesh – 5:7
Russia – South Africa – 19:12
Source : MatchTV
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