Together with the medals of all the merits won by the team of veteran rowers in Munich at the European rowing championship, Amateur athletes brought a great gratitude to the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the rector of the Volga region Academy of sports Yusup Yakubov for the opportunity to train and continue active sports activities at one of the best sports facilities in the country. According to the member of the star team, Chairman of the chamber of Commerce of the RT Shamil Ageev, Russia was represented in Munich by three cities – Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan. "We participate in competitions among rowers from 60 years - says Shamil Ageev. - The winner of the competition was our Olympic athlete in 1976, Alexander Plushkin, " silver "in the Kazan four," bronze " - the eight with a steering. We have combined our competitive practice with the working practice, holding negotiations with representatives of business from different countries, as academic rowing abroad is a sport that is extremely popular in universities, and then remains a love for life."
The traditions of the Kazan rowing school are actively supported by students of the Volga region Academy of sports, who are part of the Russian national teams of different ages. In particular, today at one of the facilities of the University, in the center of rowing sports, in the framework of the IV summer sports Festival of youth of Russia in 2018, the final competitions in rowing started, which are attended by about 190 athletes from 10 regions of Russia. 21 "Akademik"will compete for the awards of the tournament in the national team of RT.
On materials of the newspaper Business-online.