Earlier this month the Russian Rafting Championship “Inter-Rally-Belaya-2021” was held on the Toporiki and Moskovskaya Bochka rapids of the Belaya River, Khamyshki, Republic of Adygea.

The excellent and warm weather along with traditional North Cacasus hospitality greeted a massive number of 41 crews participating in R4 and R6, men’s and women’s divisions. Teams came from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ryazan region, Belgorod region, Krasnodar region, the Republic of Adygea, Tomsk region, Lipetsk region, Krasnoyarsk region and the Altai Territory, the Altai Republic.

Over four days of competition, athletes competed for 20 sets of awards and determined the strongest crews in Russia, forming the National Rafting Teams in the open and masters categories.

The competition organisers, fans, all amateurs and admirers of rafting were delighted not only by the beautiful, spectacular and intriguing wrestling of the strongest crews, but also by the sports brotherhood of athletes gathered on the stormy waters of the Belaya River.

Results of the Inter-Rally-Belaya-2021:

R4 Men:

• 1st place: raft team “Tomsk-Odyssey” (Tomsk region)
• 2nd place: raft team “GAGU-main” (Altai Republic)
• 3rd place: raft team “GAGU-reserve” (Altai Republic)

R4 Women:

• 1st place: raft team “Yeniseyushka” (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
• 2nd place: raft team “Sibiryachka” (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
• 3rd place: raft team “Altai-raft-GAGU” (Republic of Altai

R6 Men:

• 1st place: raft team “GAGU-main” (Altai Republic)
• 2nd place: raft team “Odyssey-Azimut-Tomsk” (Tomsk region)
• 3rd place: raft team “GAGU-reserve” (Altai Republic)

R6 Women:

• 1st place: raft team “Yeniseyushka” (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
• 2nd place: raft team “Altai-raft-GAGU” (Altai Republic)
• 3rd place: raft team “Storm” (Belgorod region)

As a result of the Inter-Rally-Belaya-2021, 1st places will become the main national rafting teams of Russia in 2022 and will represent our country at the World and European Championships. The 2nd placed teams become the reserve National Teams of the country and will represent Russia at the European Championships with the first team. 3rd placed teams become the reserve teams of the Russian National Team, and they will have a chance to play at the World and European Cups.

In the Masters standings, the teams that made up the Russian National Team – 2022 are:

R4 Masters Men:

• 1st place raft team “Raft22 Masters” Altai Territory
• 2nd place – raft team “Rainbow Veterans” Ryazan Region

R6 Masters Men

• 1st place raft team “Raft22 Masters” Altai Territory
• 2nd place – raft team “Rainbow Veterans” Ryazan Region

R4 & R6 Masters Women

• The Anselma Veterans raft team, Ryazan Region

The World Rafting Championship will take place in August 2022 in China.

The main panel of judges of the competition was headed by the Chair of the All-Russian Panel of Judges: Viktoria Vladimirovna Shirokova (Chief judge of the competition) – Tomskaya obalst, the Chair of the Organising Committee was: Feshin Petr Valentinovich, judge of the All-Russian category of the Republic of Adygea.

Inspector of the Championship of Russia – Karyanov Petr Vladimirovich – honorary inspector, founder and founding father of “Inter-Rally-Belaya”, which turned 46 this year !!!

We will continue our story about these competitions. In the meantime, we enjoy the photos from Vladimir Petukhov – the head of the Rafting Workshop in Adygea.

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