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Women’s student team withdrew from tournament in the United States due to a transgender member of the opponent

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Women’s student team withdrew from tournament in the United States due to a transgender member of the opponent

The Boise State University women’s volleyball team announced it has decided to withdraw from its Mountain West Conference semifinal match against San Jose State, which has a transgender player on its roster.

— The decision not to continue playing in the tournament was not easy. Our team overcame a string of losses to earn a spot in the tournament and battled to defeat Utah State University in the first round on Wednesday. Our female athletes should not have missed this opportunity in anticipation of a smarter and better system that would serve all athletes,” the Boise State University team said in a statement.

The match was supposed to take place on Friday. “San Jose” directly reached the final. His opponent will be the winner of the match between Colorado and San Diego. The Boise State University team twice boycotted regular-season games against San Jose because of the presence of a transgender person on the team. Teams from universities in Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and Southern Utah also boycotted matches against San Jose.

Players from different universities have filed a lawsuit against the conference and San Jose State University officials, demanding that a transgender athlete be barred from participating in the women’s tournament and naming the athlete. However, on Monday, a magistrate court in Denver rejected the lawsuit, and the next day a federal appeals court upheld the decision. It is noted that the transgender man from San Jose did not reveal his identity, like his San Jose University, relying on federal privacy laws.

It was previously reported that the transgender player is Blair Fleming, who has previously been seen throwing balls at opponents’ faces during matches.

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A doctor from the Yenisei volleyball club provided emergency assistance to a child on board the plane

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A doctor from the Yenisei volleyball club provided emergency assistance to a child on board the plane

The doctor of the men’s volleyball club “Yenisei” from Krasnoyarsk, Shakhriyar Mirzoev, provided emergency assistance to the boy on board the plane.

The incident happened during the New Year holidays on the Kazan-Krasnoyarsk flight. The specialist noticed that the man and child were in the toilet for 20 minutes, and the flight attendant came in there periodically.

“I approached and saw that a boy of about nine was standing at the sink filled with water and blood. At that moment, the flight attendant began to ask if there was a doctor on board, to which I replied: “I’m a doctor, I’ll help now.”

I tried to stop the bleeding using cotton wool and improvised means that the conductors had, applying cold to the bridge of the nose. But this had no effect – everything was soaked in blood. The bleeding did not stop for about 20 minutes.

I tried to calm the child down and began to think about what to do next. I asked the flight attendants for a first aid kit and found ampoules of adrenaline there. Having opened two ampoules, I soaked two cotton pads with the solution and inserted them deep into the child’s nose. After a couple of minutes, I saw that the blood had stopped,” AiF Krasnoyarsk quotes Mirzoev as saying.

The child came to his senses. As it turned out, the boy had undergone surgery to remove his adenoids the day before, which probably caused the bleeding.

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Lokomotiv volleyball players beat MSTU in a Russian championship match

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Lokomotiv volleyball players beat MSTU in a Russian championship match

Novosibirsk Lokomotiv defeated Moscow MSTU in the match of the 18th round of the Russian Volleyball Championship.

The meeting in Moscow ended with a score of 3–2 (25:21, 20:25, 25:23, 23:25, 15:10) in favor of the guests.

Lokomotiv scored 44 points and ranks second in the Super League standings, MSTU (6 points) is 16th.

In other matches of the day, the Gazprom-Ugra club beat Dynamo-Ural from Ufa at home (3–0, 26:24, 28:26, 25:21), Nizhny Novgorod Gorky lost away to Orenburg (0–3, 28:30, 11:25, 25:27), Belogorye took victory over Yaroslavich in Tula (3–0, 25:17, 25:15, 25:22).

In the Women’s Super League, Minsk in the away match of the 17th round defeated the Zarechye-Odintsovo team with a score of 3-2 (15:25, 22:25, 25:21, 25:15, 15:7).

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Volleyball players of St. Petersburg “Zenith” beat “Nova” and won their fifth victory in a row in the Super League

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Volleyball players of St. Petersburg “Zenith” beat “Nova” and won their fifth victory in a row in the Super League

St. Petersburg “Zenith” defeated “Nova” from Novokuybyshevsk in the match of the 18th round of the Russian Volleyball Championship.

The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 3–2 (25:17, 25:21, 19:25, 20:25, 15:13). Zenit extended its winning streak in the Super League to five matches.

In other matches of the day, Zenit Kazan beat Krasnoyarsk Yenisey at home – 3-1 (25:18, 25:20, 25:27, 25:20), the Dynamo-LO club (Sosnovy Bor) defeated Kemerovo Kuzbass at home – 3-0 (25:15, 25:19, 25:20).

The leader in the table is Zenit Kazan (16 wins, 45 points), Zenit from St. Petersburg (14 wins, 43 points) is second.

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