Silver medalist at the World Hammer Throw Championships Valéry Pronkin became the winner of the National Sports Prize in the category “Pride of Russia: Athlete of the Year,” reports a correspondent.
The ceremony will take place on Wednesday in the building of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation. The winner’s prize is one million rubles.
— Thank you very much for the price. She means a lot to me, she proves that my whole journey was not in vain. Thanks to the Ministry of Sports, the ARAF, the family, the wife, the daughter, the parents, they believe in me. I would like to thank my coaches, thanks to them, I received an award here,” reports the correspondent, according to Pronkin’s words.
— It is very important that Valéry is a modest person. Some villains limit participation in world championships, but he sets records [в России]said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
The contenders for the prize were the Olympic champion in short track speed skating Semyon Elistratov and the winner of the Gagarin Cup within Metallurg Magnitogorsk, goalkeeper Ilya Nabokov.
The National Sports Prize was established by the Russian government in 2010.
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Source : MatchTV
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