Mintimer Shaimiev presents golden medal to swimmer Yana Martynova

On July 10 Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev took part in awarding ceremony of winners of swimming competitions within the framework of 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.

He presented a golden medal to sportswoman from Kazan Yana Martynova, the winner of medley swimming for 400 metres. He also handed silver and bronze medals to Megan Hawthorne (USA) and Sakiko Shimizu (Japan).

Mintimer Shaimiev said that Tatarstan citizens have always been proud of Yana Martynova, who lived up to their expectations and her victory proved high level of sport development in Tatarstan.

“Tatarstan sportsmen have become Russian and European champions in many sports. Today we are glad to see such results. Surely, any region and state faces urgent social problems. We tried to improve living standards of our citizens and due to support of Russian President and Government, efforts of regional leadership we managed to develop sport and build new sports venues. These days I’ve met with Universiade guests who said that after Kazan Universiade it will be very hard to keep the same level of other student games. During Universiade we become known around the world, we are developing. We are joining global dialogue of civilizations,” Mintimer Shaimiev said.

To the point, swimming competitions started today at Aquatics Palace. 638 sportsmen from 76 countries are taking part in competitions. Russian team is presented by 46 swimmers, 10 of them are winners of Olympic Games.