The 9th All-Russian Summer Universiade in Ufa continues to welcome students representing various sports.
Earlier, the Volga Region University swimming team showed impressive results in the swimming pool, and now sambo wrestlers demonstrated their skills on the carpet.
Anastasia Ivanova, Tatiana Fedorova, Vadim Kupriyanov and Kirill Bazhin became the strongest in their weight categories, and bronze medals were won by Alexandra Ivanova, Dilara Ibragimova, Orazeddin Abaev, Azizbek Masharipov and Mintimir Khairutdinov.
The Volga Region University team came second in the team standings, losing the first place to the representatives of Krasnodar University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism.
"Each of us put a lot of effort to win second place in the team competition, it's a reason to be proud," said Anastasia Ivanova. - But I am not very satisfied with my struggle. A week before the competition, when I had to go to the finish line of training, I got sore throat. At the time of the fight - it was the second day without fever, I was struggling to recover from the illness, during which I lost five kilograms. I tried to finish the meetings on the mat as quickly as possible, and used painful techniques. I realised that with each time, with each stand, my strength was getting less and less. But it was enough. The main thing I learnt from this experience is that I need to be even more attentive to my health.
Text: Daria Bezzubova
