Kharkov Rugby Club "Olympus" ahead of time became the champion of Ukraine in rugby-7. To achieve this team, supported by a famous businessman Alexander Yaroslavsky, was able to defeat his rivals in Lviv. It was here on Saturday, June 2, that the matches of the Premier Division of the national championship. Thus, for the tour before the end of the tournament RK "Olympus" ahead of time issued the championship, which became for the club ninth in the history and eighth in a row.
Wards Vadim Kolyshkin and Valery Kochanov. Which led the standings for the first round, in the second round held three matches, each of which won. So, the match with the team "Gornyak-PAO KZHRK" ended with a score of 38: 0, with the team "Polytechnic" - 35: 0, with the team "Evolution`7" - 15: 5. "From year to year we prove that we are the strongest. Of course, becoming a champion is not easy, but keeping the championship even harder. I'm glad that the guys performed the coaching facilities, were a single team on the field and, having won in the second round, prematurely became the champions of Ukraine in rugby-7 ", - said the trainer of the RK" Olympus "Vadim Kolyshkin.
It is significant that the third, final, tour of the national championship in rugby-7 already held champions will host at home, in Kharkov. Here at the stadium "Dynamo" rugby players from all over the country will gather on June 24.
As previously reported, the Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Alexander Yaroslavsky is the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Olympus" throughout his history. Thanks to the support of the businessman, the club has collected a huge collection of high sports awards and is the most titled in Ukraine.
For today, Olympus is a 13-time champion of Ukraine in rugby-15 (in 2005, 2006, 2007-08, 2008-90, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. ), nine times - on rugby-7 (in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013. 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018), the owner of the Cup of Ukraine in rugby-15 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017. and Rugby-7 in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. In addition, the club's athletes constitute the personnel base of the national rugby team of Ukraine, and Valery Kochanov is its head coach.