Laboratory of Sports Studies Researchers Presented at 1st Central Asia Conference on Sports Science
The First Central Asia Conference on Sports Science took place at New Uzbekistan University on April 28–30, 2026. Researchers from the Laboratory of Sports Studies presented five papers at the event.
Junior Research Fellow Gleb Vasiliev spoke about the paper 'Performance Under Pressure When Competing Against the Other Gender'. Mixed-team curling competitions provide an excellent setting for examining how men and women differ in their reactions to stressful situations in terms of shot quality.
Research Assistant at the LSS and Faculty of Economic Sciences doctoral student Ivan Ovchinnikov presented the paper 'Regulation Design Effects on Athlete Retention, Performance and Competitive Balance in Student Rowing: Quasi-Experiment of Russian Student Rowing League'. In his speech, Ivan discussed the reform of the Russian student rowing league and analysed whether the new rules improve competitive balance and athletes' willingness to keep participating in the league.
Research Assistant and second-year student of the Economics programme Yaromir Kazakov presented the paper 'Detecting Anomalous Patterns of Judging Agreement: Evidence from Figure Skating'. In this study, Yaromir and his co-authors examine statistical methods for detecting collusion among figure skating judges.
Research Assistant and second-year student at the Faculty of Computer Science Andrei Danilov presented the paper 'No Use Crying to the Referee Committee'. In this study, Andrei and his co-authors examine the consequences of complaints from Russian football clubs to the Expert Refereeing Committee about referees' in-match decisions, and address the question of whether it is worth appealing erroneous calls.
Everyone agreed that the conference was a great success, and the team is looking forward to attending the second conference next year.
