Penza, 17 June 2017. PenzaNews. The student of the sports training centre of the Penza region Ilya Zakharov won a gold medal of the European Diving Championship in 3-metre springboard diving.

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During the competitions, which were held in Kiev on Friday, June 16, he received 525.10 points.

Ilya Zakharov left behind his main competitor – the Ukrainian athlete Ilya Kvasha, having scored 40.80 points more despite a bad fifth attempt in the series.

A bronze medal was won by the Ukrainian athlete Oleg Kolodiy, who received 470.30 points from the jury.

Another representative of the Russian Federation Evgeny Kuznetsov occupied the 13th position in the final protocol. He gained 363.90 points, the press service of the Russian Diving Federation informs.