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Russians became the leaders of the medal count at the International University Sports Festival, TASS reports. The students of Russian universities won almost 500 medals, including 144 gold ones.
Chinese students became second with ten gold medals. Brazilian athletes closed top three.
Athletes from 22 countries became winners of the International University Sports Festival, athletes from 15 states took at least one gold medal from Yekaterinburg.
The festival brought together athletes from 36 countries in Yekaterinburg. A total of 197 sets of medals were played in 14 sports.
The Ural capital was preparing to host the Summer Universiade, but the International University Sports Federation postponed the competition. The Ministry of Sports of Russia decided to organize a student sports festival using facilities built for the Universiade.
More than 4,000 students aged 17 to 23 became participants in the competition. The BRICS, SCO, and CIS countries sent their teams to the festival.
Tournaments were held in badminton, basketball (3x3), boxing, volleyball, judo, futsal, table tennis, swimming, diving, sambo, wrestling, tennis, taekwondo and rhythmic gymnastics. When choosing sports, the level of their development in the participating countries was taken into account, among other things.
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