Kazan is getting ready for the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). The day before, representatives of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) conducted kick-off meetings with the leadership of the ANO “Directorate for Sports and Social Projects” and discussed preparations for the championships.
Brent Nowicki, FINA Executive Director: “Kazan is a special place for FINA, and this city is of global importance in terms of aquatics development. We have been successfully cooperating for many years, it is here where the FINA Development Centre is operating now and FINA World Championships will be held in 2025. Thus, we are all looking forward to the World Swimming Championships in December 2022 and are happy to do the preparations together with the team of professionals that we have known well for a long time.”
The 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) will take place on December 17-22, 2022. The event is projected to bring together as many as 1,200 swimmers from 180 countries, who will compete for 46 medal events. About 1,000 volunteers will assist in the competition organisation. Along with the championships Kazan will also host the 7th FINA World Aquatics Convention, while the 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships scheduled for August will be a test event in the run-up to the senior one, which will gather 850 swimmers from 120 countries as expected.
“As FINA representatives have pointed out many times, Kazan is the home for FINA. We are thankful that such trust has been placed in us yet again, and we are hosting the most prestigious tournaments under the auspices of this federation again. We will do our utmost to ensure that the championships and other events are held to the highest standards,” says Ranko Tepavcevic, Deputy Director General of the ANO “Directorate for Sports and Social Projects”.
The participants of the kick-off meetings reviewed the work in such functional areas as accreditation, transportation, food and beverage, accommodation, security, medical support, media services, marketing, look of the event and many others.
Press Office of the ANO “Directorate for Sports and Social Projects”