Three students of the Volga Region Academy of Sports were among the winners of the Russian Taekwondo Cup that ended in Voronezh. 450 athletes from 35 regions of the country took part in the competition.
European champion Larisa Medvedeva and her sister, European bronze medalist Galina confirmed the class. Larisa won the gold medal, and Galina won the silver medal.
The head coach of the national team of the academy Alexey Kaplev especially noted the result of another representative of the academy, Yulia Kazryatova. In Voronezh, she won the bronze medal, only losing to Larisa Medvedeva in the fight for reaching the final.
Becoming the winner of the Cup of Russia Julia, according to Kaplava, showed admirable character and will to win. In previous tournaments, she twice stopped a step away from the podium. In Yekaterinburg, at the tournament within the Universiade, she reached the semifinals, but then lost in the fight for third place (the rules of the competition provided that the losers in the semifinals should fight for "bronze"). And in the recent Russian championship, it was a shame to lose in the quarterfinals with a difference of three points.
by the way, in voronezh, yulia's opponent for reaching the semifinals was an athlete, to whom she had already lost twice in important fights. And, according to Alexey Kaplev, it is quite possible that the current "bronze" for the second-year student of the Volga Academy Yulia Kazryatova is a turning point-opening a new, victorious stage in her sports career.