RUDN student Konstantin Abdula-Zade - sumo world champion
Konstantin Abdula-Zade as a member of the Russian national team spoke at the World Sumo Championship in Japan. The athlete won a gold medal in the weight category up to 115 kg. More than 200 sumo wrestlers from 31 countries fought for 12 sets of awards.
Another victory of Russia in Japan was the confirmation by the participants of the Congress of the International Sumo Federation (ISF), which was held in Osaka as part of the 2019 World Cup, of the application of the Russian Sumo Federation to host the World Sumo Championship in 2022 in our country.
On a Sunday winter day at the exhibition named “Russia” RUDN University gathered students, partners, colleagues, and organized lectures under the title “We are different! We are equal! We are together!” The event took place in Pavilion 57 on the platform of the Russian Society “Znanie”. And on this day the hall was jam-packed.
The event was attended by more than 350 students from Russia, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The students organized an exhibition of the fraternity, introducing the guests to national dances, treating them to Algerian coffee, Arabic sweets and talked about the culture and history of the people of the country. The week ended with a futsal tournament.
On the eve of the New Year, we are summing up the past 365 days and set new goals for the next year. Whatever we do — study, work or do research — we intend to conquer even higher peaks.