Russian team wins at Universiade 12.07.2009 Russian athletics team placed first in the medal standings of the 25th Universiade in Belgrade taking 2 medals on the last day of the competitions.
Gold, silver and 2 bronzes in Belgrade 12.07.2009 Aleksandr Gripich won the men’s pole vault at the 25th Univesiade in Belgrade clearing 5.60m. Natalya Kutyakova was second in the women’s triple jump with 14.14m, and Anastasiya Medvedeva was third –
Tsirikhov and Shutova take medals in Belgrade 07.07.2009 Soslan Tsirikhov won the men’s shot put at the 25th Universiade in Belgrade. He achieved 19.59 and beat Jun Zhang of China by 1cm. Krzysztof Krzywosz of Poland was third – 19,38.