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It was a pleasant surprise to see Kamaz-Mater trucks taking all three spots on the Dakar 2013 podium, says the Russian team’s founder, Semyon Yakubov.
“Of course, we didn’t think it would be possible to sweep the whole podium,” Yakubov told Sportbox.ru. “Taking into account the number of serious drivers, who competed in the Dakar, setting such a task would’ve been simply inappropriate. Our goal was to see at least one of our trucks in the top three.”
Russian sport minister called the venue in Kazan a highly effective stadium compliant with the FIFA requirements.
The Russian team has for the 11th time won the race. The 34th transcontinental rally raid Dakar 2013 on Sunday concluded in Chile’s capital, Santiago.
Kazan's preparations for the 2013 Summer Universiade are a unique experience for the global sports community, FISU Secretary General/CEO Eric Saintrond stated during the press conference on Friday, January 18.
The flame for the 2013 Summer World University Games in Kazan, Russia, is stuck on a sailing boat in the South China Sea due to a hurricane-strength storm, according to the Russian State Fisheries Agency (RSFA).
The 12th stage of the Dakar 2013 transcontinental rally raid finished on Thursday. Two more stages are ahead.
The Executive Directorate of the 27th Summer Universiade with the support of the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, in cooperation with all-Russian and regional sports federations is actively working on the creation of a database of the Russian sports judging corps as well as on the establishment of the quantitative and qualitative composition of judges for the 2013 Summer Universiade.
Delegation of the Volgograd region led by the Governor Sergei Bozhenov arrived in Kazan. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met members of the delegation at the international airport “Kazan”.