Grigory Stetsyuk: Kazan is becoming Russia's swimming Mecca. Part 3

First Vice-President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation, Grigory Stetsyuk, expressed content with how much attention is paid to the development of aquatic sports in Kazan and also revealed plans of the athlete eligibility committee that will extend its work because of the bad weather. 

"Kazan is becoming Russia's Mecca and not just because there are a lot of sports venues here and not just because the 2015 FINA World Championships will be held here but also because of a great number of young Tatarstan athletes who are now part of the national team," Stetsyuk said. 

"The weather prevented us from gathering a certain amount of athletes in time. Most members of the Russian national team will have their flights at 9pm instead of the morning. One of the leaders of the roster, Danila Izotov, took a car and is now driving to Kazan together with his coach. Athletes from 48 regions out of 60 were approved by the eligibility committee, 377 athletes applied. The work is underway, and the eligibility committee proceeds it's work. I hope that our team will do well at the championships," Stetsyuk concluded. 

The Russian Swimming Championships are organised by the Sport Ministry of Russia, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan, Executive Directorate for Sports Projects, All-Russian Swimming Federation and Swimming Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan. 

The team of Kazan volunteers assists in staging the national swimming event. For six full days, 60 volunteers will be performing volunteer duties in such functional areas as Competition Programme, Press Service, Event Services, Doping Control, Transportation and Volunteer Management.