quite a young sport
Minigolf: what is it and how is it interesting
Mini golf game for Russia is new, unfamiliar and unusual. What is the difference between mini-golf and its “big brother”, where did it come from and what is it about it?
Minigolf is, in fact, older than a large golf course. There are different versions of its origin, the Scottish is considered the main one – the shepherds from boredom drove round stones into the rabbit holes with sticks.
Now mini-golf is 18 holes, at each following obstacles for the ball become more difficult and more difficult. Continue reading
Record Tournament Vladimir Dolganov
Young skiers of the Omsk region won 17 medals in the tournament of Vladimir Dolganov. This result was a record for the entire history of the Omsk performances in competitions named after the famous countryman.
VI All-Russian competition “Festival of youth sports of the Omsk region in cross-country skiing” for the prizes of the master of sports of international class Vladimir Dolganov ended in the sports and recreation camp “Alpine”. Continue reading
Synchronized swimming
In synchronized swimming, Russian athletes are always at their best. Even at the Olympics in Athens (2004), when in the finals of the group tournament the music of our athletes Ermakova and Davydova were turned off twice, they still took first place.
Water ballet (the original name of synchronized swimming) is quite a young sport, it appeared only in the 20s of the last century in Canada and very quickly gained popularity in other countries. For a long time (since 1948) synchronized swimming was only an indicative sport, and only in 1984 it was included in the main program – solo performances and a duet. Continue reading
