The BRICS Games continue in Kazan, with athletes demonstrating excellent results at the competitions. Among them are students and graduates of the Volga Region University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Sambo wrestlers showed brilliant results. Students of the Volga Region University of Sport - Kirill Bazhin (in the weight category up to 64kg) and Daniil Orlov (in the weight category up to 79kg) won gold medals at the sambo competition.

"The BRICS Games are held at the highest level! Athletes from 17 countries are participating in the sambo tournament, among them are world and European champions. I liked everything - from the competition as a whole to the way my bout went. I am happy that I managed to show my maximum and win a gold medal, as well as fulfil the standard of Master of Sport International Class," Daniil Orlov said.

Our graduates - badminton players - participants of the Olympic Games Sergey Sirant and Evgeniya Kosetskaya also performed well. In singles finals Sergey Sirant was stronger than Artur Pechenkin - 2:0 (21:14, 21:13), and Evgenia Kosetskaya defeated Maria Golubeva in a difficult struggle - 2:1 (15:21, 21:8, 21:13). 

"I am happy that I won, I proved that I can still win. I'm glad that I managed my emotions and won. I was very nervous at the beginning. The volley was flying away a bit, I didn't realise it straight away and made mistakes. Masha played very powerful and strong. I advise her not to stop and to keep fighting. The organisation of the BRICS Games is very cool, cool hall, delicious food, everything is great, everyone is very friendly," said Evgeny Kosetskaya after winning the final.

The gold medal of the BRICS Games also went to our alumnus Nikita Shleikher. He competes in the diving discipline. According to the results of the fifth competition day, Nikita Shleikher won silver (diving from a ten-metre tower, 518.50). Yulia Sokhatskaya, a graduate of the university, took second place in the track and field all-around with a score of 5826 points.

The Kazan Tennis Academy started the matches of the play-off stage. In the men's team events, semifinal matches took place. The Russian team beat India 2-0, thanks to victories of Ilya Simakin, a student of Volga Region University, over Karan Singh (7:6, 1:6, 6:0) and Danil Panarin over Chirag Dukhan (6:1, 6:2).

It should be noted that Russia is leading in the medal standings after 4 days. Belarus is in second place, while China is in third place.