A graduate student of the Volga Region University of Sports and Tourism climbed the podium of the Russian indoor athletics championship. More than 680 athletes from all over the country showed up to compete in the CSKA track and field arena in Moscow. 14 last year's champions came out to defend their championship titles in the competition.
First-year graduate student Aleksey Fadeev won the bronze medal in the high jump with a height of 2.26 meters. Muscovite Danil Lysenko became the winner, his result was 2.34 m. The second was Ilya Ivanyuk, representing the Bryansk and Smolensk regions. He cleared the 2:30 mark.
Three more university students stopped in the immediate vicinity of the coveted rack of prezers. Svetlana Uloga became fourth in the 800 meters (her result was 2.06.19 seconds), Yulia Sokhatskaya in the long jump with a result of 6.39 meters also stopped a step away from the podium, Ramilya Valitova in the same event became the sixth with a result of 6.17m.
