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On February 26, ice hockey, curling and figure skating competitions as well as speed skating short track and cross-country skiing official training sessions took part as part of the Children of Asia G

The game between the Belarus national team and the team of the Siberian Federal District was held at Kuznetskiy Led Arena in Novokuznetsk and became one of the most prominent ice hockey events.

The Siberian team won with the score of 3:2. Yaroslav Bryzgalov (Republic of Belarus) made a double goal, Rodion Kazantsev, Vladimir Korzin and Roman Frass (Siberian Federal District) scored one goal each. Stanislav Pozdnyakov and Vladimir Lukashenko, Presidents of the National Olympic Committees of Russia and of the Republic of Belarus, and Vladimir Maksimov, President of the Children of Asia International Committee, attended the game.

Besides, the teams of Kazakhstan and Yakutia also met on the Novokuznetsk rink. The team of Kazakhstan won, scoring 11:0. The exhibition game between the teams of Uzbekistan and Kemerovo also took place today. The score was 7:5.

In Novokusnetsk, the junior short program in figure skating took place at Oleg Korolenko Kuznetsk Metallurgists’ Arena. Maksim Avtushenko from Moscow (The Pluschenko Angels Academy) took the leadership. Among girls, Dina Khusnutdinova from the Republic of Tatarstan is the leader after the short program. Tomorrow, competitions in junior free single skating will be held.

Competitions in curling are in progress at Sosnoviy Ice Sports Center. February 28 and March 1, dates of the semi-finals and finals, will be crucial in this tournament.