University Students Join the National Armwrestling Team

09:22, March 10, 2022

Athletes joined the team due to the results of the Russian championship

On March 3-5 the Russian Armwrestling Championship was held in Orel. Ural Federal University students Anton Petrov, Alexey Zadiraka and Dmitry Luchinin took part in the competition. All athletes won prizes.

"Anton Petrov in the 90+ kg weight category won two first places in the left hand and biathlon and second place in the right hand. Aleksey Zadiraka in the 80 kg weight category won three silvers - on both hands and in biathlon. Both students were selected for the national team. Dmitry Luchinin placed third in the left hand in the 65 kg weight category", says Valery Filin, Ural Federal University senior arm wrestling instructor.

Note that the Russian team will not take part in the European Championship - 2022, but the team plans to go to the World Armwrestling Championship (championship) in armwrestling and para-armwrestling, which will be held in Turkey.

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office
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Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.