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Wrestling has been dropped from the 2020 Games by the International Olympic Committee to make way for a new sport.
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov participated in research and practice conference “Private-public partnership as the efficient tool of preservation of Russia’s cultural heritage sites.” Plenary session of the conference was held at the Kazan City Hall.
Tatarstan residents joined in the national sports feast. A largest sports event, Russian Ski Track 2013, on Sunday took place in Kazan, as well as in many other Russian cities.
The 2nd inspection visit of the FISU Summer Universiade Supervision Committee led by FISU EC member Kemal Tamer (TUR) will take place in Kazan on February 12-16.
Tatarstan’s State Counselor, Chairman of the Board of guardians of the Republican fund for historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev held a meeting dedicated to reconstruction and development of the Complex of sacred spring “Gabdrakhman sakhabe koesy” (the well of sakhab Gabdrakhman) located in Northeastern part of Bolgar settlement. The meeting took place at the Kazan Kremlin.
February 1 the cyclists from Kazan have arrived at New-York city. Staying there for 4 days, they have enjoyed the views of the city from the Empire State Building (It is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan), visited the New York Public Library, one of the largest libraries in the world, visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, have walked around the Times Square, which is one of the major tourist centers in the shopping district of Manhattan. “Big Apple” has a seemingly endless array of interesting and exciting things to see.
The team this year won every prize of the high-profile Dakar rally raid.
Tatarstan Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sport and Tourism has today held an end-of-year meeting at the premises of Culture Ministry. President of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, Kazan 2013 executive directorate director general, Vladimir Leonov, Volga State Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism Academy rector, Yusup Yakubov, were attendees.