The Sports Spektakel in Kirkenes has become an annual event the week before Barents Spektakel in the same town. This year there were competitions in swimming, badminton, wrestling, ice hockey, cross country skiing and fotball.
The football tournament with teams from Sør-Varanger municipality and the Murmansk district was dominated by the Russian teams, who won all their matches against the Norwegians.
“Such cross-border tournaments may become a good start for boys. We are happy to get them interested”, says Harald Sorensen, the organizer of the Sport Days.
For the young Russian sportsmen the festival was a success on the field and a fun time spent together with their Norwegian opponents afterwards. They came to the small border town interested in learning more from their Norwegian friends and improving playing skills at the same time.
“It is nice that boys can play here, at a bigger field and train their long passes, run more”, - said Vladimir Samoilov, trainer of the Russian team.
Text: Daria Shirokova
