COMPLEX WINNER OF THE 25th VARNA STUDENT UNIVERSIADE MU-Varna became the comprehensive winner of the 25th Student Universiade, organized by the Municipality of Varna, in cooperation with the student councils and sports units of the six higher education institutions. The new title for another year put Medical University at the top of student sports in Varna. It was achieved jointly by the 108 university athletes, their coaches and lecturers from the “Department of Physical Education and Sport". Thus, to the dozens of medals, team and individual awards from various competitions over the years, the next big distinction was added to the collection of sports trophies of MU-Varna - the Cup of Complex Winner together with 38 medals from the Varna Student Universiade 2025.
The sports event was held from 29 March to 11 April in the disciplines of athletics cross-country, mini football, basketball 3x3, table tennis, swimming, volleyball, chess and tennis. Once again MU-Varna was a resounding success in most sports. In the team competitions the athletes won 12 gold and 1 silver medal. In individual events they won 5 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze medals. Among the most intriguing moments of the competitions was the dramatic final in mini football, decided by penalty shootout, after which the footballers of MU-Varna became champions, prevailing over their eternal rival - the team of the University of Economics - Varna. Medical University was also the champion in 3x3 basketball.after very emotional and contested matches, the two teams of MU-Varna were the best and finally faced each other in the final for the gold and silver. MU-Varna students were also clear winners in many of the swimming events. In the final comprehensive ranking the university finished with the first result of 524 pts. In the individual championships 3 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals were won, as well as the first place in the mixed relay “5 by 50 m freestyle". Varsity volleyball was back in its prime with the men's team winning all three of its matches. The victory of the women's team in the finals of the tournament also brought great joy to all lovers of this sport. Excellent performance was realized by the tennis players of MU-Varna. They returned with 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals, and as winners in the team standings in the men's and women's tennis tournament. Admiration for the performance of Medical University athletes in the athletics cross-country, which opened the Varna Student Universiade. In the individual competitions MU-Varna won 1 bronze medal. In the men's and women's collective classifications, the university teams grabbed the gold. The table tennis tournament was successful for the athletes, where the women achieved first place in the team ranking. In the individual MU-Varna won 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in the women's tournament, as well as 2 bronze awards in the men's tournament. With an asset of 18 points, MU-Varna has won the team cup in chess.
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