The XVIII World Belt Wrestling Championship was held in Kazan with the participation of 160 wrestlers from 31 countries. The Volga Region Academy was represented by six students in this tournament. Five of them finished their performances with medals.
four "academicians" contributed to the success of the russian national team, in which they represented the tatarstan wrestling school. in total, wrestlers from tatarstan have won 13 medals, 6 of which are of the highest standard. Two of them are on the account of representatives of the Volga Academy. Gabdyzhalil Suleymanov (freestyle, 62 kg), a graduate of the graduate school of the university, now a teacher of the Department of Theory and Methods of Martial Arts, has registered his seventh victory in the world Championships. Master's student Shamil Cevik (classic style, 57 kg) became the winner of the competition in his weight category.
Silver medals were won by Master's student Timur Latypov (freestyle, 62 kg) and university graduate Dinar Karimullin (freestyle, 75 kg). "Bronze" on account of the wrestler from Kyrgyzstan, the second-year student, Absorbee Abduraimova.