23 June 2016
Student of Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University has collected a full set of medals at the World Championship

From 20 to 25 June the World Championship in classic power lifting took place in Killeen (USA). More than 700 athletes took part in competitions.

Among juniors in the national team of Russia Anna Filimonova (Physical Culture Faculty’s student of the Elabuga Institute of KFU) made a good showing.

She won 1 bronze and 1 silver and 2 gold medals in her weight class (up to 52 kg).

The athlete took the 1st place in "squats" and "bench press", and then in the triathlon she won the 2nd place and in the overall classification she had the 3rd place.

Anna’s coach says that the athlete is feeling great and is looking forward to returning home despite general fatigue because of the huge strain during the competition and the time difference.

We congratulate our champion and her coach Oleg A. Razzhivin on winning the competition.

Source of information: the press service of Elabuga Institute of KFU