The first edition of the FINA High Diving World Cup kicked off today in Kazan.
A press conference was held shortly before the FINA High Diving World Cup opening ceremony and was attended by President of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Julio С. Maglione, FINA Executive Director Cornel Marculescu, Vice-President of the Russian Diving Federation and two-time Olympic diving champion Dmitry Sautin, 2013 world high diving champion Orlando Duque and Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan Khalil Shaikhutdinov.
Julio Maglione, who was first to take the floor, commended the high level of Kazan’s readiness for the High Diving World Cup.