The Russian swimming championship ended in Kazan with a whole scattering of prize awards for students of the Volga Academy. More than 400 athletes from Russia and 5 foreign countries started the competition at the aquatics Palace and competed for medals in 42 disciplines. The Volga region Academy was represented by 15 students at the championship. 
The national championship, held in the capital of Tatarstan, became a qualification event for the participants. Meeting the standards will allow you to qualify for the Olympic games in Tokyo in 2021. However, the most important advantage of this start, the head coach of the student swimming team Maxim Dedlovsky called the fact that the guys can compete again.
"Most of all, we are happy that we can not only train, but also compete. It is very important for athletes to have the opportunity to start, - said Maxim Delovski. - The national championship brought together the strongest athletes in Kazan. Despite the absence of a number of leading swimmers who went to commercial tournaments under the auspices of the international swimming League ISL, the championship was held at a high level. In Kazan, athletes showed high results, 13 of which were included in the top 3 of the European rating of the current season at individual distances. Three national records were set for adult swimmers and 8 for youth swimmers, as well as six world and European youth records. Due to the absence of some leaders, the competition was a great chance for those who remained in the shadows."
As for the swim team-"academics" Maxim Delovski noticed that the students were worthy. "The guys were pleased with the high-level results, many of them improved their personal records," said the head coach – - three times master's student Grigory Tarasevich became the champion, he took all the gold on the backstroke-50, 100 and 200 meters. Another graduate student of the University, Maria Temnikova, distinguished herself in breaststroke. She has three silver medals in the 50m, 100m and 200m heats. Daniil Pakhomov became the finalist of three butterfly distances."
At the end of the Kazan championship, the swimmers of the Volga Academy, having become freshmen, went to the championship of the Volga Federal district in Saransk. Here will be the selection for the national short course championship, which is to be held in December in St. Petersburg.