Belgorod State University sent a team of Kettlebell weightlifters to the National Student Championships in Kursk to compete in the 'Long Cycle' event. Sergei Lupandin and Pavel Chuev brought back golds, and the team triumphed as well
Our team was one of 18 teams from across Russia, and our athletes are mostly studying at the Pedagogical Institute's Physical Education Faculty. Mr Lupandin and Mr Chuev won in the 63 kg and 85 kg categories respectively. Nikita Shepelev, from the Medical Institute, won silver in the 68 kg category, and Vladimir Sushkov took bronze in the 73 kg category.
Mr Lupandin, Mr Sushkov and Mr Chuev were joined by Pavel Kovalev and Alexander Sarychev in the Relay event, where they won gold, beating Surgut State University into second. Tomsk State Pedagogical University took the bronze.
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