The badminton competition ended on July 13 in Ufa as part of the All-Russian Universiade. Students of the Volga Region University surpassed their opponents for the fourth time and won gold.
A special feature of the competition was the team score based on the results of five matches: two singles, three doubles - men's, women's and mixed.
The national team of the Volga Region University included third-year students Regina Galieva, Nikita Muleyev, Ivan Gushchin, first-year student Niyaz Galikhanov, as well as first-year master's student Regina Galiakhmetova and master's student Maria Malygina.
The Volga Region University team faced a difficult set of final matches. At first, the opponent was a team from the Krasnodar region, which our badminton players beat with a score of 3:0.
Then in the semi-finals they defeated their opponents from the Nikolai Lobachevsky National Research University of Nizhny Novgorod with a score of 3:2.
The Povolzhsky team also turned out to be stronger than the team from the Russian University of Physical Culture and Sports, winning with a score of 3:2, which allowed them to win the team “gold” of the tournament.
“The Povolzhsky badminton players are real fighters, they gave their all until the very end, defending the honor of the university. Despite the fact that not all of our leading athletes came to Ufa, we still managed to surpass our rivals once again. The badminton players have many other competitions ahead of them this season, including national tournaments,” coach Alfred Shamgullin shared his impressions.
Text: Adelina Khramova
Photo: Badminton Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan
