Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Peoples'Friendship University of Russia –
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For some, summer means relaxing on the beach or mountain hikes, walking in parks or traveling around Russian and foreign cities. But for athletes, it is also a time of constant training and competitions. In honor of Physical Culture Day (it will be celebrated on August 9), we talked to RUDN students who took part in the Summer Student Track and Field Championships in Smolensk and returned from there with third place in the team and personal victories.
The competitions were held in July at the Smolensk State University of Sports. 362 athletes from 46 universities in 21 regions of Russia competed. The disciplines included walking, running, hurdles and barriers, long jump, high jump and pole vault, triple jumps, relay races, javelin, hammer and discus throwing, and shot put.
The composition of the RUDN University track and field team:
1. Polina Khomyakova (400, 800 m run, 4 x 400 m relay).
2. Anastasia Matveeva (long jump, triple jump, 4x100m relay).
3. Timofey Shilov (long jump, triple jump).
4. Elizaveta Ipatova (100, 200 m run).
5. Victoria Isakova (200, 400 m run, 4 x 400 m relay).
6. Jesse Otaigbe (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay).
7. Donaldson Onoigboria (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay).
8. Viktor Shebalin (400 m run, 4 x 400 m relay, 4 x 100 m relay).
9. Nikita Gubarev (400 m run, 4 x 400 m relay).
10. Veronika Divakova (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay).
11. Denis Abitabile (javelin throw).
12. Ruslan Zalyaev (shot put, discus throw).
13. Lada Pelevina (high jump, 4x100m relay).
14. Daria Semyonova (100, 200 m run, 4 x 100 m relay).
15. Tengei Senyo (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay).
16. Kirill Kovalev (200 m run).
Ahead – 16 meters
"I liked how the event was organized, especially the stand where you could leave your autograph. I was also pleased that there was a broadcast of the competition. However, I was a little disappointed that the relay race was scheduled in parallel with the jumps, and my plans to participate in it did not come true," says Timofey Shilov, a bachelor of the RUDN University Agrarian and Technological Institute (Standardization and Metrology major, 3rd year).
Timofey has been involved in track and field since he was 13, starting with short-distance running, but then, together with his coach, he discovered his talent for the triple jump. After which the young man began to specialize in this discipline. At the competition, the student won silver in the triple jump with a result of 15.51 m and bronze in the long jump with a result of 7.18 m.
"I am not entirely happy with how I performed at the championship. If I had been more focused from the first attempts, I would have shown myself better. In general, I strive to overcome the 16 m mark in the triple jump, so I focus more on achieving a personal result than on winning the competition," – Timofey Shilov, Bachelor of Science at the RUDN University Agrarian and Technological Institute (Standardization and Metrology, 3rd year).
In love with running
Polina Khomyakova ran for gold at the summer championship. The student covered 400 m in 54.77 seconds. She has been involved in track and field since elementary school and has been involved in the sport for about 13 years.
"My physical education teacher noticed me and invited me to join her track and field section. I fell in love with running from the very beginning of my career; just long jumping or throwing a javelin was boring. I loved competing for first place in a race, which I was good at! My greatest achievement was third place in the Russian Championship in the 4x400m relay," says Polina Khomyakova, a bachelor's student in the RUDN University Faculty of Philology (Psychology major, 3rd year).
According to Polina, the RUDN team coach Olesya Vladimirovna Pogorelova helped her prepare for the competition perfectly. The girl is happy with her result in Smolensk, but she certainly has new goals for the future. She dreams of winning a personal medal in the 400 m race at the Russian Championship, because these are the largest track and field competitions in our country.
In mother's footsteps
Another gold medalist of the Summer Student Championship from RUDN is Anastasia Matveeva. She began to seriously engage in athletics after entering our university in 2020, although she has been in sports since childhood. The girl's first major victory was third place in jumping at the Russian Championship under 20 in 2021 in Ufa, and a year later she won bronze at the Russian Championship.
"I followed in my mother's footsteps in triple jumps. She also did this discipline and was quite successful. But I also run relays. Because it is a team effort, I am even more nervous before relays than before my own event, but I really like running. At the competition in Smolensk, I performed even better than I expected. I jumped 13.24 m, but I always want to be even better. My main goal for the future is to improve my results and meet the standards for a master of sports," – Anastasia Matveeva, Master of Philology at RUDN (Psychology major, 1st year).
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