Penza, 4 September 2012. PenzaNews. Alumni of Penza school of the highest sports skills Elena Bocharnikova showed the second best result in a cycling competition, which took place in the first round of the championship of Russia in Maykop.

According to the agency interlocutor from the school, the athlete came second in the individual race up the hill, 16-kilometer distance, losing only six seconds to the winner Anna Evseeva from Volgograd.

The third place was taken by the representative of Rus team, a participant of the London Olympics Larisa Pankova.

The second round of the championship of Russia will be held in October.