On December 19,   the World Championship in swimming on  short  distances — 2010 in Dubai (UAE) was completed. Russian national team took the second place in the team event, having won 10 medals — four gold, four silver and two bronze ones, losing the first place to Americans. Unfortunately, the  medals were won by representatives of the male half of the team.

    Swimming is a truly beautiful and spectacular  kind of sports, which collects a lot of fans across the planet!  The Russian national  team  consists of  really strong Russian heroes who have shown themselves worthy of the championship in Dubai! The most significant contribution to the collection of medals of  Russia was made by  a student-miner Nikita Lobintsev (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)! During  the first two days  Nikita won a silver medal in the 4x100 meter relay race by the crawl style and gold in the 4x200 meters relay race.

 

    The third day of the championship was marked by the event that Nikita became  the only one who brought a medal for the Russian team, having won a  silver in the 400 m crawl. During the last day Nikita won just two medals: a bronze in swimming at the 100 m crawl and silver in the 4x100 meter combined relay together with Stanislav Donets, Stanislav Lahtyuhov and Eugene Korotyshkin..

Alexander Sukhorukov, Danila Izotov, Eugene Lagunov Nikita Lobintsev

    It is hard even to imagine what an incredible effort it takes to  keep constantly yourself in top form, to compete with the world stars of swimming, multiple Olympic champion. Nikita Lobintsev is a wonderful example of how to combine  incredible victories at the world level with  successful  university studies in engineering specialities.

Nikita Lobintsev, Danila Izotov

    We heartily congratulate our student Nikita, his family, his coach  at USMU Professor Valery Shevelev and wish them new victories, new awards and to go along  the track to win  medals at the Olympics in London — 2012. I would also like to congratulate our fellow-countryman Daniil Izotov, USPU student, who also received deserved rewards  during  these competitions,  having won one gold and two silver medals.

Olga Ustyugova