NEWS
The US diver, Maria Coburn, claimed gold in the 1m springboard final (Group B Girls) at the World Junior Diving Championships that kicked off yesterday in Kazan. She collected 354.35, leaving two Chinese divers behind.
Today, on Day 2 of the FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kazan, a Russian representative climbed the top spot of the podium. Nikita Shleikher showed the best result in the 3m springboard final (Group A Boys) and earned the first gold medal for Team Russia’s collection.
Volunteers from the Republic of Tatarstan will participate in EuroSkills 2016 in Gothenburg.
The FINA World Junior Diving Championships started with the mixed team event that took place yesterday in Kazan's Aquatics Palace. British athletes became the first winners of the tournament. The Russian team occupied the fifth place.
Kazan hosted the ceremony of launching the clock that will count down the time until the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup RussiaTM. The clock was presented by Bud, one of the World Cup’s sponsors.
From 1 to 3 December, 2016, the Swedish city of Gothenburg will host the EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016, a European WorldSkills Competition. For the exchange of experience in the preparation of organisation and staging of the World Competition in 2019, the event will bring in 13 volunteers from Kazan.
A contest is underway to create a mascot for the 45th WorldSkills Competition 2019 in Kazan, Russia. The acceptance of projects was initiated today, on 16 November, 2016, and will continue until 2 December, 2016. The winner whose name will be determined by the jury will receive a prize worth 100 thousand roubles*.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan has extensive experience in the preparation of major international competitions.
Today, on the closing day of the Russian Short Course Swimming Championship the European junior record was broken in the men’s 100m individual medley. But the record was not achieved by the heat winner. Besides, a new national record was accomplished in the women’s 50m freestyle event.
14 medal events were contested on the closing day of the Russian Short Course Swimming Championship in Kazan.