3. Although I live in a small town of Shuya, we have a lot of athletes, and many of them are
known in the Ivanovo region. Sergei Tyurikov is one of them.He studied at the Faculty of
Physical culture in SHGPU. And also he graduated from the College of Secondary Special
School of Police.
4. The event took place on July 10. "Russian press" experts call this “a force exercise”. In order
to break the current record for Russia in this discipline, Sergei had to bench-press using two
10-pound dumbbells at least 1200 times during one hour.
5. Sergei Tyurikov set a new world record by skipping a rope for an hour, he has made more
than 9,000 jumps without a single failure. To implement a record Sergei prepared daily for six
months. As the athlete says himself, he is fanatical about the sport and the training - it's a part
of his lifestyle.