Penza, 27 February 2017. PenzaNews. The trainee of the sports training centre of the Penza region, the international master of sports Alexei Sobin won a gold medal at the Russian Championship in athletics among athletes with hearing impairment, which was held in Saransk on Monday, February 27.

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Alexei Sobin clocked a time of 9 minutes and 8.48 seconds at the 3km distance.

On Sunday, February 26, the athlete occupied the third place at the 1.5km distance having clocked a time of 4 minutes and 5.61 seconds, the website of the sports training centre reports.

Last year Alexei Sobin won a gold medal at the 3 km distance at the Russian Championship in athletics (among athletes with hearing impairment), which was also held in Mordovia.