The championship of the Republic of Tatarstan in swimming, which was held in the "Akcharlak" swimming pool in Kazan from September 21 to 24, came to an end. About 400 athletes applied for participation, including students of Volga Region University of Sports and Tourism.
Among the girls who won gold in individual heats, fourth-year student Irina Zlobina distinguished herself in 100m and 200m (both freestyle), sophomore Irina Krasilnikova (200m backstroke) and Dina Kiramova, a first-year student, in 50m butterfly , 50m and 100m backstroke. Freshman Svetlana Bogomolova lost a little to her rivals and won silver in the 200m backstroke and bronze in the 200m medley. In addition, Irina Zlobina added awards to her collections - three silver medals (50 m in / s; 50 m on the back; 100 m on the back), Irina Krasilnikova - "silver" (200 m c / p) and two "bronze "(100 m high / s, 100 m backstroke) and Dina Kiramova - a silver medal at a distance of 100 m k / p.
Among the men who took first place were first-year student Alexei Krutykh (100 m backstroke), sophomore Yegor Shabalin (400 m/s, 1500 m/s) and third-year representative Dmitry Cherkasov (200 m backstroke) . Alexei Krutykh added two silver medals (50 m/s, 50 m b/w) and two bronze (50 m breaststroke, 100 m b/w) to his treasury of prizes, while Egor Shabalin got a silver (800 m/s) ), Dmitry Cherkasov has two medals for third place (200 m/s; 100 m backstroke), Aleksey Fedoseev, a second-year student, has two bronze medals (100 m breaststroke; 200 m breaststroke) and third-year student Dmitry Balandin has a bronze » at 50m backstroke.
In the relay races, the women's team won the 4x100m freestyle (Irina Zlobina, Irina Krasilnikova, Ekaterina Maysheva, Alisa Bondarenko) and the 4x100m medley relay (Dina Kiramova, Arina Ryabova, Irina Krasilnikova, Irina Zlobina). At a distance of 4x200 m freestyle, the girls won the second place (Irina Zlobina, Ekaterina Maysheva, Alisa Bondarenko, Irina Krasilnikova). In the men's relay races, the university team climbed the podium three times. The students came second in the 4x100m medley relay (Dmitry Balandin, Alexei Fedoseev, Dmitry Cherkasov, Dmitry Salamashko) and twice third in the 4x100m (Dmitry Balandin, Dmitry Salamashko, Ilya Ryzhenkov, Dmitry Cherkasov) and 4x200m both freestyle (Dmitry Cherkasov) , Egor Shabalin, Ilya Ryzhenkov, Dmitry Balandin).
In addition, among the medalists were University students who played for other teams. Alexey Krutykh won the 100m medley, placed second in the 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly and came in third in the 50m breaststroke and 100m butterfly. Svetlana Bogomolova won silver in the 200m backstroke and bronze in the 200m medley.
