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The 16th FINA World Championships have come to an end and have already gone down in global sports history. There are many things that happened at this international aquatics tournament for the first time.

One and the only eight-time Olympic diving medallist and Kazan 2015 Ambassador Dmitry Sautin shared his impressions of the 16th FINA World Championships.

Being the national Kazan 2015 partner, Kaspersky Lab provided a stable and robust operation of information resources at the 16th FINA World Championships that took place in Kazan between July 24 and August 9, 2015. Founded in 1973, the World Aquatics Championships were held in Russia for the first time.

The 16th FINA World Championships has come to an end. The dazzling show of the Closing Ceremony seemed to be the logical conclusion of the sport extravaganza that reigned in Kazan for more than two weeks. The Closing Ceremony was conducted at the Tatneft Arena Sports Palace and the country’s best performers, artists, ballet dancers and athletes took part in it. The officials, athletes and artists together shared one point of view saying that these Championships would not have been this amazing without volunteers. And it’s to them that the first episode the Closing Ceremony Programme, 'Thank you, Volunteers!', was dedicated.

In his interview with a reporter of the Kazan 2015 OC's Press Office, Cameron Van der Burgh, 2012 London Olympic champion, three-time world champion, South African swimmer who is best remembered as the silver medallist in the 50m backstroke event, shared his impressions of Kazan, key breakthroughs of the Championships, explained the meaning of his tatoo, and predicted the future.

London 2012 Olympic champion, South African swimmer, Chad le Clos, who won the men’s 100m butterfly event at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, spoke on this performance during the FINA World Championships and his impressions and plans for the Rio Olympics.

The Closing Ceremony of the 16th FINA World Championships took place yesterday in Kazan. However, competitions of the Masters tournament are getting underway and the FINA Water World Park will keep operating until August 16. Since its very opening, the Park has already welcomed over 300,000 visitors and it’s only the beginning. Yesterday, about 36,000 people visited the Park whereas 20,000 people watched the live broadcast of the Closing Ceremony on the media façade of the Kazan Arena Stadium.

Double Olympic champion Sun Yang surprised the spectators yesterday with his decision not to race in the men’s 1,500m freestyle final. After the finish, the athlete sat down for a press conference to explain his decision to journalists. It turned out that after a warm-up before the final heat the Chinese athlete felt weak, that’s why he pulled out of the race. Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri earned gold.