Today in Kazan starts the championship of Russia on track and field athletics. The competition will be held from 19 to 22 July At the Central stadium of Kazan.  About 1000 athletes from 76 regions of the country will take part in them. There will be 38 sets of medals.
Among the participants of the competition graduated this year the master's degree of the Volga region Academy of sports and tourism Artem Araslanov, who will compete for medals at distances of 200 and 400 meters. The judicial corps of the national championship is represented by a team of University teachers. Among them, the head of the Department of cyclic sports Sergey Pavlov, head coach of the University Sergey Borovik, as well as teachers Mostakov Dmitry, Rinat Valiullin, Timur Khafizov and Marat Ibatullin.
It should be noted that Kazan is hosting the Russian championship for the third time. Earlier, the starts of the strongest athletes of the country took place in our city in 2008 and 2014. The current championship will be the last test of strength before the European championship, which will be held in Berlin from 7 to 12 August.