January 27-28, the official Olympic season has been opened at sports arena of Zaporizhstal Metallurgy Works. About 700 of the experienced athletes across all the regions in Ukraine have been engaged in competition within the framework of the Indoor Cups of Ukraine in athletics and all-round events. Zaporizhzhya sportsmen including undergraduate and graduate students of Zaporizhzhya National University have shown rather high scores.
Meanwhile, Oleksiy Kasianov, contestant in Beijing Olympic Games, Europe Cup silver medalist, world-class master of sports and ZNU graduate has hit the best world result in this season in winter heptathlon by making 6237 points. Olesia Povkh, ZNU student came second with 7.19 seconds result in 60m final being only 2 centiseconds away from Maria Remin, another Zaporizhzhya athlete.
