The women’s national rugby 7 team of Russia won gold medals at the Universiade because it was a united whole in the final game, said Marina Petrova, a player of the national team.

Captain of the Russian rugby team Nadezhda Kudinova told reporters that the Universiade women’s rugby 7 final was difficult for her team, but they managed to gather themselves together in the second half and didn’t leave any chances for the Italian team to win.

The victory of the Russian rugby team at the Kazan Universiade is very important in terms of popularization of this sport in the country and attracting fans to the tribunes, said the Russian player Denis Simplikevich.

The Russian men’s rugby 7 team did not have to rely on individual actions in the final match at the Universiade, Igor Galinovsky, the Russian national team’s captain, said.

The player of the Russian team Ilya Babaev said to journalist that it was physically difficult for Russian rugby players in the final match at the Universiade.

The gold medals of the Kazan Universiade, won by the Russian rugby players, have great importance for both athletes and Russian rugby in whole, the Russian head coach Alexander Alekseyenko said.

It was difficult for the players of the Russian rugby team to prepare psychologically for the final match at the Universiade, but they managed to perform the tasks, set before them, Ekaterina Kazakova, a representative of the national team, said.

The Russian men’s rugby team was willing to win in the Universiade finals more than French team, thinks a player of Russia’s team Sergey Yanyushkin.

The Russian rugby players by the victory at the Universiade in Kazan proved to everyone disbelieving in them that they could succeed, the player of the Russian team Vladimir Ostroushko said to the agency R-Sport.

17.07.2013  14:16

The tournament rugby 7, where two sets of medals have been played, finished at the 27th World University Summer Games in Kazan on July 17.