TSPU Fencers are winners of the Interregional Art Fencing Festival and the Krasnoyarsk Region Cup

In May, the city of Krasnoyarsk hosted the annual Interregional Art Fencing Festival «Steel Dawn» and the Krasnoyarsk Region Fencing Cup. The event brought together 16 teams from five regions of Russia, including athletes from the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, members of the fencing studio «Saberia». The team was led by associate professor of the Institute for the Development of Pedagogical Education and Vice President of the Tomsk Region Fencing Federation, Viktor Lobanov.

Performances were graded under two sets of rules: the festival was judged based on adapted international regulations, while the cup followed official fencing rules approved by the Russian Ministry of Sport. Across both events, a total of 54 performances were showcased, including solo, duet, ensemble, and group routines.

Tomsk students delivered outstanding results, earning multiple victories and podium finishes in a variety of categories.

In the “Solo” category, Denis Bazavluk took the first place (Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports), while former student of the Faculty of History and Philology and current teacher Andrey Ryabov took second place.

Their joint performance, Portrait—a stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s famous novel—earned second place in the «Duel – Antiquity» category. Denis Bazavluk also took second place in the «Duel – Freestyle» category. Anna Yegorova (Institute of Foreign Languages and International Cooperation) won bronze in both «Duel – Antiquity» and «Group» categories. Other TSPU students, including Ksenia Mansvetova (Faculty of History and Philology) and Alina Lobanova (Technical and Economic Faculty), also demonstrated inspiring performances.

At the Krasnoyarsk Region Cup, which is part of the official regional calendar of sporting and physical education events, the TSPU team also achieved significant success:

• Solo Exercise: 1st place – Andrey Ryabov; 2nd place – Denis Bazavluk
• Duel – Freestyle: 1st place – Denis Bazavluk & Andrey Ryabov; 2nd place – Anna Yegorova & Dmitry Kryzhevich
• Group – Freestyle: 2nd place – Anna Yegorova, Alisa Kamartdinova, Timur Boltovsky

Head of the «Saberia» fencing studio, Viktor Lobanov, was awarded a letter of appreciation for his role on the judging panel of the «Steel Dawn» Art Fencing Festival.