From 2 to 12 March in Krasnoyarsk will take the XXIX winter Universiade. More than three thousand athletes from 59 countries will compete for medals in 11 sports. The Russian team will present 296 athletes, and some of them are real stars in their disciplines and will be the undisputed favorites. RT represents those who should follow in the coming days very closely.

  • Sofia Prosvirnov, Dmitry Loginov and Maxim Burov
  • © Vladimir Song; Alexander Natruskin; Eugene Novozenina/ RIA Novosti

Maxim Burov (freestyle)

The ski acrobat Maxim burovu only 20 years old, and his track record there are already two major trophies out of three in the sport — “Crystal globe” and the gold medal of the world championship.

The victory in the world Cup the Boers, Jr. (his older brother Elijah is also engaged in acrobatics) scored a season-2017/18, becoming the first Russian in 15 years that did it.

The world championship gold he surrendered at competitions in the US just a month before the Universiade. There’s also a native of Yaroslavl won the bronze medal in the team tournament. In the collection of the young athlete while lacking only the medals of the Olympic games.

Ulyana Vasilyeva (Curling)

Ulyana Vasilyeva has long been known in the world of Curling. She was part of team Victoria Moiseeva, which in 2016 unexpectedly won the European championship and the next year took second place at the Universiade. 23-year-old athlete from the city of Slantsy also managed to make it to the Olympics in Pyeongchang. However, there is the Russian team ranked only ninth place.

In the current season, Vasiliev performs with a team of Alina Kovaleva and its composition represented Russia at the European championship, and will go to the world Cup in March. But before that Vasiliev will assume the responsibilities of the skip in the team, which will perform at the Universiade in Krasnoyarsk.

Elena Dergacheva (hockey)

The main star in the women’s team of Russia on hockey at the Universiade can be considered attacking Elena Dergacheva. Already at the age of 17 she began to represent the national team and in 2013 helped her for the first time in 12 years to win the bronze medal in the world championship.

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A year later Dergacheva performed at the Olympics in Sochi, becoming one of the two youngest athletes in the team. In 2016, she again reached third place at the world Championships, and then played at the Olympic games in Pyeongchang.

Members of the student team Dergacheva have already won twice at the winter Universiade in 2015 and 2017, and in the second case, it became the most productive player in the Russian team. At club level, the native of Moscow has won three times in the national championship.

Maxim Kovtun (figure skating)

Star Maxim Kovtun came in the 2013-14 season, when he was just 18 years of age have twice won silver at the Grand Prix events and won the championship of Russia. For several years he became the leading Russian figure skater-single skater and three times stood on the podium of the European Championships. Just at this tournament he won two silver and one bronze.

This season Kovtun has rebooted his career after the injury and change of coach. He won the Russian championship for the fourth time, repeating the achievement of the Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov. For a skater from Ekaterinburg, the Universiade will be another tournament, where he will be able to add to their collection of trophies.

Dmitry Loginov (snowboard)

In 2018 snowboarder Dmitry Loginov took the last place at the Olympics in Pyeongchang in the parallel giant slalom. A year later he became a double world champion, and the youngest in the history of the athlete from Divnogorsk is now just 19 years old. However, he alone of all snowboarders who owned gold medals and world Cup adult and Junior.

This season Loginov is also marked silver on the world Cup stage in Beijing, which will host the next Olympics. Because of this, he entered the top three of the overall standings in parallel slalom. For Loginov Universiade in Krasnoyarsk will be almost native — the city where he was born, is located a few kilometers from the venue of the competition.

Love Nikitina (freestyle)

In women’s competitions in ski acrobatics will also be their own star. Love Nikitina is already in 17 years, first won medals at the world Cup in his discipline, and this year it came to its main achievement — the silver medal of the world championship. Her Russian girls not been on the podium in these competitions for six years.

At the same world championship Nikitina won the bronze medal with his brother Stanislav and Maxim Drilling in the team. Also in the asset 20-year-old native of Yaroslavl, a seventh place at the Olympics in Pyeongchang — the best result among Russians in those competitions.

Sophia Presernova (short track)

Sophia Prosvirnov entitled to be considered as the best Russian athlete in short track, and there are a few reasons. In 2014, she was the first in the country won the Junior world championship, while setting a record for the planet for his age. Two years later Prosvirnov helped to win the first bronze in the adult world Championships in the relay, and in 2018 — the first individual award, becoming the second at a distance of 1000 m.

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This season, the 21-year-old athlete from St. Petersburg was marked by several achievements: won second place in the overall world Cup standings in the women’s 1,000 m, and helped the first to win the “Crystal globe” in women’s and mixed relays. At the European level the success Prosvirnov even more impressive — with Championships on the continent, she managed to get 15 medals, five of which were gold.

Alexander Samarin (figure skating)

In his last Junior season skater Alexander Samarin has shown that soon you may expect in the elite. He became the bronze medalist of the Junior world championship and won the silver at the Grand Prix final. Though not immediately, but 20-year-old athlete managed to make themselves known.

This season Samarin has achieved considerable for the Russian men’s skating result — he became the silver medalist of the European championship. At the same tournament Samarin set a world record score for a single item — for the cascade of a quadruple Lutz and triple toe loop he got 19,64 points that no skater in the world still can not count.

Natalia Soboleva (snowboard)

After a career of Alena Zavarzina, Ekaterina Tudegesheva took a break in the speeches, the leader of the Russian team snowboard was Natalia Soboleva. The Universiade in Krasnoyarsk 23-year-old athlete will go not just in the status of the prize-winner of the world Cup, and Vice-world champion among juniors in the parallel giant slalom is an Olympic discipline of snowboard. This achievement came only three countrywomen.

Maria Sotskova (figure skating)

To represent Russia at the Olympics in women’s figure skating is a huge honor of which received many great athletes. But Mary Sotskova in 2018 managed to pull the winning ticket in Pyeongchang. Prior to his trip to South Korea the sportswoman from Moscow region became the silver prize-winner of the Grand Prix final and took fourth place at the European championship. This season, Sotskova so consistently not performing, but at the Universiade in Krasnoyarsk with her no one can part titles.