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"Strong people": sledge hockey in Podolsk
We are accustomed to ice hockey, where the ride on two skates and play a club. In hockey, the opposite is true for people with disabilities - here the player has one skate and the two clubs. And everything else, as in the big hockey - a power struggle, speed, shots on goal. In the early 60's two Swedish disabled athletes have come up with this sport, called sledge hockey (sledge in English - a sled).
Sledge hockey quickly taken root in Scandinavia, particularly known for its careful attention to people with disabilities. In 1967, the Swedish tournament teams sledge hockey has become traditional, and then the Swedish team began meeting with Norwegian. In 1976, at the Winter Paralympic Games in Swedish Ornskoldvike hosted the first exhibition match of sledge hockey. In 1990 he took the official rules, and in 1994 at the Paralympics in Lillehammer (Norway) sledge hockey was included in the official competition program. Now Sledge hockey is played in the UK, Italy, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, South Korea, Norway, Sweden, Canada, the United States and Russia.
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In our country, sledge hockey began to develop several years ago. In 2009, it was created by the team of Russia, and in 2010 held the first international tournament in Podolsk. At the same time the general partner of the team cellular operator "MegaFon", which supports sports for people with disabilities (wheelchair tennis pro I wrote). In summer 2011, "MegaFon" has signed an agreement with the Federation of Physical Culture and Sports of Disabled Russia to allocate 73 million rubles for the preparation of the Russian national sledge hockey Paralympic Games 2014 in Sochi. The funds have helped to create a very strong team, which this year became the world champion in Serbia.
From 8 to 10 December 2012, Podolsk passes III International tournament on New Year's sledge hockey. The tournament included in the calendar of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). This year, teams of Podolsk came five countries - the United Kingdom, Estonia, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Russia. I went to the opening of the tournament and the first game between Russia and Sweden.
At the opening of the gathered players of all teams, officials and even a few dozen spectators - about sledge hockey at us while few know.
Played the national anthem, the tournament host. Players of Russia: Vasily Varlakov Ilya Volkov, Alexander Glebov Vladimir Kamantsev Kirill Kozhevnikov, Vadim Selyukin Dmitry Lisov, Andrew Dvinyannikov, Yevgeny Petrov, Sergey Panfilov Igor Lomakin, Alexey Lisov, Ivan Kuznetsov, Konstantin Shikhov Paul Shirobokov Stanislav Pavlov and Ruslan Tuchin.
Alexei Kasatonov made a symbolic face-off the puck
In this hockey players in front of the judges stand on one knee. It looks touching.
And away we go. See sled Player installed on one blade. We shot two of them. In the hands of the player's two clubs, which he plays with them moves, starting from the ice with special steel spikes on the end of the handle. These nozzles, like blades, natachivayut before the game. Hardware simple enough, it now produces many, not only in Scandinavia.
Playing sledge hockey in three periods of 15 minutes, five players + goalkeeper on each side of the country, but according to the official rules, there is no limit to the number of players in the team in the game with the Swedes Russians had a significant numerical advantage - our was 16, Swedes - 9. Changing the composition of the Russian team have made it possible to play an active, Swedes bench was twice shorter. So more experienced Swedish team conceded, of course, the physical condition of athletes.
The first two periods were kept Swedes, but in the third noticeably tired and goals in their gates fell down, one after another.
On the rigidity of the fight Sledge hockey is not inferior to his older brother. There may also sealed to the board or hold a reception in the selection of the power washers. Felling of ice is such that in the pauses can be seen from both fighters knocks pole pairs - in the training hall of the Ice Palace in Podolsk cool, to say the least.
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Head coach of Sweden's Jorgen Lyundgren watered Vodicka best player of the team Pera Casper. The Swedish team - family team. Here plays the son of the head coach of Rasmus, and his father, Allan Pera - one of the trainers.
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This Swedish goalkeeper Kent Jonsson. He fought like a lion.
Team Russia beat the Swedes with the score 7: 0. Match with Estonia ended with the score 3: 1 in our favor, and then the Russians defeated the team of Great Britain 16: 0. Today, in the final of the tournament Russian team will meet with the Czech national team.
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Sledge hockey quickly taken root in Scandinavia, particularly known for its careful attention to people with disabilities. In 1967, the Swedish tournament teams sledge hockey has become traditional, and then the Swedish team began meeting with Norwegian. In 1976, at the Winter Paralympic Games in Swedish Ornskoldvike hosted the first exhibition match of sledge hockey. In 1990 he took the official rules, and in 1994 at the Paralympics in Lillehammer (Norway) sledge hockey was included in the official competition program. Now Sledge hockey is played in the UK, Italy, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, South Korea, Norway, Sweden, Canada, the United States and Russia.
18 Photo © drugoi
In our country, sledge hockey began to develop several years ago. In 2009, it was created by the team of Russia, and in 2010 held the first international tournament in Podolsk. At the same time the general partner of the team cellular operator "MegaFon", which supports sports for people with disabilities (wheelchair tennis pro I wrote). In summer 2011, "MegaFon" has signed an agreement with the Federation of Physical Culture and Sports of Disabled Russia to allocate 73 million rubles for the preparation of the Russian national sledge hockey Paralympic Games 2014 in Sochi. The funds have helped to create a very strong team, which this year became the world champion in Serbia.
From 8 to 10 December 2012, Podolsk passes III International tournament on New Year's sledge hockey. The tournament included in the calendar of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). This year, teams of Podolsk came five countries - the United Kingdom, Estonia, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Russia. I went to the opening of the tournament and the first game between Russia and Sweden.
At the opening of the gathered players of all teams, officials and even a few dozen spectators - about sledge hockey at us while few know.
Played the national anthem, the tournament host. Players of Russia: Vasily Varlakov Ilya Volkov, Alexander Glebov Vladimir Kamantsev Kirill Kozhevnikov, Vadim Selyukin Dmitry Lisov, Andrew Dvinyannikov, Yevgeny Petrov, Sergey Panfilov Igor Lomakin, Alexey Lisov, Ivan Kuznetsov, Konstantin Shikhov Paul Shirobokov Stanislav Pavlov and Ruslan Tuchin.
Alexei Kasatonov made a symbolic face-off the puck
In this hockey players in front of the judges stand on one knee. It looks touching.
And away we go. See sled Player installed on one blade. We shot two of them. In the hands of the player's two clubs, which he plays with them moves, starting from the ice with special steel spikes on the end of the handle. These nozzles, like blades, natachivayut before the game. Hardware simple enough, it now produces many, not only in Scandinavia.
Playing sledge hockey in three periods of 15 minutes, five players + goalkeeper on each side of the country, but according to the official rules, there is no limit to the number of players in the team in the game with the Swedes Russians had a significant numerical advantage - our was 16, Swedes - 9. Changing the composition of the Russian team have made it possible to play an active, Swedes bench was twice shorter. So more experienced Swedish team conceded, of course, the physical condition of athletes.
The first two periods were kept Swedes, but in the third noticeably tired and goals in their gates fell down, one after another.
On the rigidity of the fight Sledge hockey is not inferior to his older brother. There may also sealed to the board or hold a reception in the selection of the power washers. Felling of ice is such that in the pauses can be seen from both fighters knocks pole pairs - in the training hall of the Ice Palace in Podolsk cool, to say the least.
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Head coach of Sweden's Jorgen Lyundgren watered Vodicka best player of the team Pera Casper. The Swedish team - family team. Here plays the son of the head coach of Rasmus, and his father, Allan Pera - one of the trainers.
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This Swedish goalkeeper Kent Jonsson. He fought like a lion.
Team Russia beat the Swedes with the score 7: 0. Match with Estonia ended with the score 3: 1 in our favor, and then the Russians defeated the team of Great Britain 16: 0. Today, in the final of the tournament Russian team will meet with the Czech national team.
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