February 22 became known list of 296 Russian athletes who will perform at the winter Universiade 2019 in Krasnoyarsk. Among them are 10 students of the Volga sports Academy.
Recall that the XXIX world winter Universiade will be held in Krasnoyarsk from 2nd to 12th of March. The program of the Games includes competitions in 11 sports (biathlon, skiing, Curling, speed skating (short track), cross-country skiing, snowboarding, figure skating, freestyle skiing, hockey, orienteering (skiing) and ball hockey). In total, about 3 thousand athletes from more than 55 countries will perform in Krasnoyarsk. They will compete for 76 sets of medals.  In our team, as reported by the press service of the minsport of the Russian Federation, became the double world champion in snowboard Dmitry Loginov, world champion freestyle Maksim Burov, winners of the world Championships Sofia Prosvirnov (short track), Natalia Soboleva (snowboard), Lyubov Nikitina (freestyle), Maxim Kovtun (figure skating).
Volga region Academy at the Universiade 2019 will be presented in competitions in four sports. Daria Busygina, Dilyara Zaripova, Luisa Murtazina and Renata Khuzina will perform in the team" Tatarstan " in competitions in synchronized figure skating. Yana Kirpichenko, Christina Matsokina and Yegor Kazarinov will compete for medals in cross-country skiing. Inclusion in the program of hockey Games was a chance to test yourself at such a high level freshman Vladislav Veselov, a pupil of Kazan "Dynamo". And in the snowboard competition will perform namesake Veselova, also a first-year student Hadarin, the winner of the world Cup in big air and silver medalist of the winter Youth Olympic games 2016 in slopestyle. Together with Hadarin on the snowy slopes of the ski complex "Sopka" in Krasnoyarsk will perform and fourth-year student of the Academy, participant of the Olympic games-2018 Milena Bykova.