YuSU student became a bronze medalist of the international karate tournament

Olga Kineva, a 4th year student of the High School of Physical Education and Sport, became a bronze medalist of the RussiaOpen international karate tournament held in Sochi. More than 800 athletes from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Armenia, Egypt, Iran and 57 regions of Russia fought for victory in the tournament.

At the moment, this is the most significant award for the YuSU student. During her fight, the athlete was injured, the medics immediately provided first aid. " It was suspected of a fracture, but everything turned out fine," notes the girl. Now Olga is preparing for the All-Russian competitions, which will be held in September in Yekaterinburg.

Let's add that besides the competition for karate players there were international training camps organized for the first time by the Russian Karate Federation.

"Russia has a great experience of holding international competitions. But today we are participants of a historic event - for the first time under the leadership of the Russian Karate Federation international training camps are held. It is especially important that it was organized in full compliance with the standards of the World Karate Federation. I am absolutely sure that the stay in our camp will be very useful for each of its participants, and the knowledge and skills acquired here will definitely be useful for them when climbing the sport Olympus," - said the President of the Russian Karate Federation Sergey Tsoi.

"There were coaches-instructors who conducted the training process. Thanks to the trainings, I gained new experience," Olga said.