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According to the latest data, the television audience of the 16th FINA World Championships is about 4.5 billion people worldwide. Thanks to the expertise and excellent teamwork of the sports production crew and cameramen, TV viewers will be able to see the best moments and the best action from the competition venues..

On 30 July, for one evening, the JAZZ at Sandetsky Mansion Festival will move from the Museum of Fine Arts Park to the FINA Water World Park. The fourth concert of the 9th festival will be hosted as part of the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan cultural programme. The Evgeny Borets quintet with the soloist Diana Polenova (Moscow) will perform for the Kazan residents and guests to the city. The concert starts at 19:30. Entrance to the FINA Water World Park is free.

In the FINA Water World Park, every visitor can feel the historical moment and see the symbol of the Championships, the capsule with water from the Kazanka River that spent 167 days in space. It is believed that the water from the Kazanka River charged with space energy will boost our athletes with the space velocity. The symbol of the 2015 FINA World Championships was taken to the International Space Station (ISS) orbit and back to the Earth by the Kazan 2015 Ambassador, cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev.

Today at 19:00, a concert of Dmitry Burmistrov, a famous beatboxer from Kazan, will be held in the FINA Water World Park. Mitya's fans were able to see him in the Park this afternoon. Several hours before his performance, he conducted sound check and she some light on his evening concert.

Russian synchronised swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medallist, Kazan 2015 Ambassador and Pilgrim show stage director of synchro swimming routines, Maria Kiseleva, dwelt on her mission at the FINA World Championships in Kazan and major rivals of the Russian national team.

Deputy Director General of the Executive Directorate for Sports Projects, Dmitry Mikhailov, who is responsible for supervising broadcasting and mass media services, told us how exactly this great sports event will be broadcast throughout the whole world and what countries will be able to follow the success of their favourite athletes in real-time mode.

In his interview with the Press Office of the Kazan 2015 Organising Committee, Deputy Director General of the Executive Directorate for Sports Projects, Alexander Karpov, who is responsible for supervising the volunteer programme, explained why elderly people are usually eager to be volunteers on such events and also commented on whether it is easy or not to find Chinese speaking volunteers.

Secretary General of the Executive Directorate for Sports Project, Ranko Tepavcevic, who is responsible for the preparation of sports venues for the upcoming FINA World Championships, sat down for an interview in which he explained why Kazan is able to bid to host sporting events of any kind and what is so special about sports facilities built for the forthcoming World Aquatics Championships.