The Latvians created a sensation at the World Championship in Japan.
On November 14, the 6th World Championship in Trout Fishing in Rotating Ponds (Trout Zone) in Japan's Nagano Prefecture ended. The competition took place at Hiraya Lake, where the best athletes from 15 countries gathered, including Japan, Italy, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
The Latvian team won bronze medals, losing only to the hosts of the championship - Japan - and the Italian team. The third place was the result of two days of intense competition, during which Latvian athletes won 59 individual victories and caught a total of 542 rainbow trout.
In Japan, this sport has become developed, and local fishermen are considered one of the strongest in the world. Therefore, the competition with the Japanese national team on its territory became a particularly serious test for visiting teams.