23:20, 10 September 2012

Five footballers from North Ossetia win Paralympic Games in London

Five football players from North Ossetia - Alexander Lekov, Zaurbek Pagaev, Eduard Ramonov, Lasha Murvanadze and Aslanbek Sapiev - member of the Russian national team, have won gold medals in the football tournament of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

The Russian national ream began at the Paralympic Games in London in a qualifying group, where they defeated Argentina and the Netherlands, by scoring a total of eight unanswered goals; and Lasha Murvanadze scored twice in each of the matches. After beating Iran 3:1, Russian players went to semi-final, where they defeated Brazil with the same score.

On September 9, the Russian men's team defeated their Ukrainian opponents 1:0 in the final (the team has 7 players - athletes with cerebral palsy, - note of the "Caucasian Knot"). Thus, the Russian players took revenge for the defeat from the Ukrainians in the final match of the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

The press service of the head of North Ossetia said that Taimuraz Mamsurov has congratulated the players and their coaches with the deserved victory.

Author: Dmitry Tamerlanov

Source: CK correspondent