Competitions were held on September 6 at the Alkhovar cemetery in the city of Sexard (Hungary). In addition to the Russians, graves from Serbia, the Czech Republic and Hungary took part in them. Two hours later, they had to dig a grave 1.6 m deep, 0.8 m wide and 2 m long, and then fill it after 15 minutes. In addition, the accuracy of the size was evaluated.
The winners were awarded with trophies in the form of a shovel – from gold, silver and bronze, respectively.
The President of the Hungarian Association of leaders and operators of cemeteries Yozhef Varga noted that the competition is not only professional, but also enables society to learn about the profession of a tomb.
The title of champions for the third time received Laszlo Kish and Robert Nagi from Hungary, dug up the grave in 1 hour, 33 minutes and 20 seconds. Hungarian teams also received silver and bronze.
The media writes that Russian graves took part in the competition for the first time, which attracted additional attention, since Russia was excluded from other international sports competitions, for example, Olympiads and world championships due to political and sanctional restrictions.
The competition was held for the eighth time, the Russian Federation participated in it for the first time. The Russian propaganda publication Komsomolskaya Pravda reported in Telegram that the aggressor country was represented by a team of the Novosibirsk crematorium, which took the “honorable” last place.
