On Thursday, the open swimming championship of the Republic of Tatarstan started in the 25-meter pool "Akcharlak".  The competition will end on Saturday. At the end of the first two days on account of students of the Volga Academy one gold, seven silver and six bronze medals.
The gold in the 200m breaststroke was won by the freshman Vyacheslav Malkovskiy, which account for more and a bronze in the 50m breaststroke. The second result at a distance of 50 meters breaststroke showed sophomore Darya Golovina (which became the third 100 meters complex swimming).
Silver medalists of the championship were also a third-year student of the Academy Ksenia Sevastyanova (200 meters on the back), freshman Alina Sitdikova 100 meters "complex" and 200 meters breaststroke), sophomore Darina Sergeeva (200 meters freestyle), 1st-year student Roman Kuznetsov (200 meters on the back) and the Academy team consisting of: Olesya Korchagina, Daria Golovina, Darina Sergeeva and Ksenia Sevastyanova (relay 4x100 m).
"Bronze" on account of freshman Olesya Korchagina (50 meters breaststroke and 100 meters freestyle), 3rd year student Igor Lebedev (200 meters on the back) and the relay team in the composition? Olesya Korchagina, Irina Akhunova, Darina Sergeeva and Ksenia Sevastyanova (4x200 freestyle).
More than 300 athletes from Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Sarmanovo, Arsk, Kukmor, Bavly, Laishevo, Leninogorsk, Menzelinsk, Kazan, Almetyevsk, Bugulma, Buinsk, Rich Sabov and Bugulma participate in the championship of RT. 26 of them are students of the Volga Academy. Including Nikita Korolev, who is the main part of the Russian team.
As always, the Academy takes an active part in the organization of the tournament. As judges starts serve 14 students of the University.