Leonid Rapoport achieved prestigious international competitions in the Urals. The World Cup in ski jumping from a springboard among women in 2019 will take two Ural cities - Nizhny Tagil (Sverdlovsk region) and Tchaikovsky (Perm region).

Sverdlovsk Minister of Physical Education and Sport represented the Urals at a meeting of the Subcommittee of the International Ski Federation (FIS) in Zurich, Switzerland. The calendar of competitions, adopted the day before, will be approved at the FIS Congress in May 2018. On the mountain of Dolgoy in Nizhny Tagil competitions will be held on March 16-17, 2019, and in Tchaikovsky - March 23-24, JustMedia correspondent reports.. en.

"This is a joint project of the Perm Krai and the Sverdlovsk region - this is our common victory! Our region and personally its head - Evgeny Kuyvashev really take care that this sport - ski jumping - develops, and we will do everything possible to organize competitions at the highest organizational level. It is noteworthy that men have competitions "tour of four jumps", and among women have just decided to hold competitions "tour of two jumps" - this will be an independent competition, according to which a special cup will be awarded, "said Leonid Rapoport.