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Disabled people from Vladivostok participate in the pool tournament in Blagoveshchensk

Russia’s first billiards club for people with disabilities opens its doors in Blagoveshchensk with the direct involvement of the Amurskaya oblast province Governor Oleg Kozhemyako.
According the vice-president of the Russian Paralympics Committee Lev Seleznev, the equipment in the club meets all the standards and therefore can host tournaments not only on the national level, but on the international level as well.
Deputy Prime Minister of Amurskaya oblast province Valery Palatov said that the authorities of the region opened a tennis hall for disabled people a year ago, and also plan to open a swimming pool in Belogorye for people with disabilities.
Far Eastern teams of disabled athletes from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Amurskaya oblast province, Khabarovski and Primorski krai, representatives of regional and city halls, special guests from Moscow - Vice-President of the Russian Paralympics Committee Lev Seleznev and Federal Parliament member, a wheelchair user Sergei Poddubny, attended the ceremony. After arriving to Blagoveshchensk athletes held a Billiard Tournament with the total participation of 35 people.
As the chairman of the Federation of billiards of Amurskaya oblast Vitaliy Klimov said, no special adaptations of billiards equipment for people with disabilities were made. They used the equipment, which the athletes used before while attending the pool classes in one of the pool clubs in the city.
If you try to adapt the equipment for people with disabilities by lowering the tables, widening the pockets, etc. it would be a wrong approach for athletes for their participation in the tournaments of the national and international levels, said Klimov.
With the formation of a specialized hall in the Amurskaya oblast, there is a hope for disabled athletes, that they will be joined by other people with disabilities as well.

Translated for Kovcheg by: Anastasiya Baiborodina
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