World's top divers to compete at FINA diving world series in Kazan

The World Series is held annually under the umbrella of the International Swimming Federation (FINA). It offers a meeting opportunity for the world’s top divers who are capable to exhibit supreme athletic prowess. The World Series was founded in 2007 as a fusion of a prestigious tournament and exhibition performances. Launched by such diving powerhouses as Great Britain, China and Mexico, it was soon joined by other countries as host organisers: Russia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.\

At each leg, the three-day competition schedule features the following events: men's and women's 3m springboard, 10m platform, 3m springboard synchro and 10m platform synchro. Quite recently, in January, FINA approved the inclusion of two new disciplines in the World Series programme: 3m springboard and 10m platform mixed gender synchro events. A total prize money of US$120,000 will be distributed in the third leg of the Series. In Kazan, the audience will also be treated to a water show hosted by Gleb Galperin, two-time Olympic bronze medallist, two-time world and European champion and Kazan 2015 Ambassador. Medals at diving events will be contested by such tournament favourites as Ilia Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov (RUS), Thomas Daley (GBR), Patrick Hausding (GER), Tania Cagnotto (ITA), Kai Qin and Minxia Wu (CHN). 

70 volunteers will lend their support across such functional areas as information centre, medical services, doping control chaperoning, transport, field of play (students of swimming sports schools will be recruited to work here), press operations, press service, broadcasting, event services. This tournament will also serve as a test event for volunteers who have been selected to work at the Aquatics Palace during the FINA World Championships. 

With the assistance of the Executive Directorate for Sports Projects and deputies of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, Olga Pavlova and Anastasia Isaeva, Day 1's opening ceremony will be attended by 25 children of the Gavroche Social Shelter who will later have the opportunity to meet with the world's diving celebrities.