Late last year, Zaporizhzhya journalists and sports officials took part in the traditional referendum "Sports Year Laureates". They had to determine the three best sportsmen, coaches, teams of game kinds of sports. In a survey conducted under the auspices of Zaporizhzhya association of sports journalists and editors of "Zaporizka Pravda", was attended by 30 respondents.
Based on the results of the referendum in the category "Best sportsman of region" sportsman of ZNU - sprinters Mariya Remen and Olesya Povkh - took second place.
By the way, Mariya and Olesya traditionally included in the top three athletes of Zaporizhzhya region based on the results of this survey annually since acquiring top awards at the European Championships and the world. The last sports season was also good for them: when they won the European Championships "gold" in the relay. In addition, Olesya Povkh during the same championship won the 1st place at a distance of 100 meters, and the first Mariya Remen overcome distance of 200 meters. In addition, Mariya during winter European Championship won "gold" at a distance of 60 meters.
Congratulations to our sportsmen and wish them great performances and sports achievements!