(Kazan City
KZN.RU, January 25, Zilya Gayfi). Today at the City Hall at a meeting with the
President of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Julio Maglione and
Executive Director of the International Swimming Federation Corneille
Markulesku Mayor Ilsur Metshin paid tribute to FINA guidance in the preparation
and conduct of the championship. According Ilsur Metshin, international
competition given the opportunity to declare to the world about Kazan again.
The meeting
was attended by the president of the Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir
Salnikov, the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan
Vladimir Leonov, the general secretary of the Executive Directorate of sports
projects Ranko Tepavchevich.
Ilsur
Metshin thanked the members of the delegation of FINA for their support in
Shanghai in 2011, when, during a meeting of the Bureau of the International
Swimming Federation, it was decided to hold World Aquatics Championships 2015 in
Kazan. Julio Maglione, in turn, noted that the 2015 World Aquatics
Championships in Kazan became the best for entire history of these
competitions. According to the president of FINA, sports games in the capital
of Tatarstan may compete with the Olympic Games well in the level and scope.
Participants
of the meeting expressed hope for further cooperation and that the water world
championship will not be the last joint project of Kazan with International
Swimming Federation.
Recall, the
World Championships in Aquatics in Kazan was held from July 24 to August 9,
2015. The competition was attended by 2413 athletes, 1495 officials, and total representatives
of 190 countries. In Kazan, the record number awards have been played - 75 sets
- in six sports in the history of the championship.