On the eve of the competitions, the acting rector of DSUIA Ihor Mahdalina met with the team. The vice-rector, police colonel Ihor Kovalov, also took part in the meeting.
In October 2026, a sambo wrestling championship will take place among cadets of institutions of higher education with specific conditions of study, belonging to the sphere of management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations, and higher military educational institutions of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine.
The event will be conducted with the aim of identifying the best athletes and national teams-participants, spreading sambo wrestling as a sport among cadets, developing the abilities to work in a team, strength, endurance, coordination of movements, speed of reaction and other physical qualities of the participants, as well as for the popularization of physical culture and sports among youth.
Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs will be represented by seven athletes under the leadership of the coach, senior lecturer of the department of special physical training of DSUIA, police lieutenant colonel Volodymyr Rohalskyi.
Ihor Mahdalina wished the cadets to worthily demonstrate their sports abilities, as well as fortitude, inspiration and victory.
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