From left: Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiyev and Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Universiade 2013 Organizing Committee Igor Shuvalov during official ceremony of opening new sports facilities of the Universiade 2013 at the Ak Bars Martial Arts Palace.21.12.2009#535110
Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Universiade 2013 Organizing Committee Igor Shuvalov during official ceremony of opening new sports facilities of the Universiade 2013 at the Ak Bars Martial Arts Palace.21.12.2009#535102
October 23, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, seen during a visit to the Kazan Tennis Academy. From right: Olympic tennis champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian Tennis Federation president, member of International Olympic Committee Shamil Tarpishchev, and Marat Bariyev, Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism Minister of Tatarstan.23.10.2009#485019
The XIII Summer Universiade, Kobe, Japan, August 24 - September 4, 1985. The city of Kobe during the Universiade.24.08.1985#8367641
Journalists at the official opening ceremony of the XIII Summer Universiade, which took place in Kobe, Japan, August 24 - September 4, 1985.24.08.1985#8367640
The XIII Summer Universiade, Kobe, Japan, August 24 - September 4, 1985. The city of Kobe during the Universiade.24.08.1985#8367639
Soviet track and field athlete Yekaterina Smirnova won the heptathlon event during the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City.30.04.1980#8180289
The seventh Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). The Big Central Arena of the Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium (today's Luzhniki Stadium). The winning volleyball teams are seen on the podium: the USSR - gold medals; Kuba - silver medals; and South Korea - bronze medals.25.08.1973#5774872
The VII Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). Grand Sports Arena of Lenin Central Stadium (now Grand Sports Arena of Luzhniki Olympic Complex). A volleyball competition.23.08.1973#5773684
The 7th Summer Universiade, August 15-25, 1973, Moscow. The Grand Sports Arena of the Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium. A long-distance runner from Kuwait A. Sabri gains the lead.20.08.1973#5705853
The VII Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). Grand Sports Arena of Lenin Central Stadium (now Grand Sports Arena of Luzhniki Olympic Complex). A fencing competition.20.08.1973#5773683
The VII Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). Grand Sports Arena of Lenin Central Stadium (now Grand Sports Arena of Luzhniki Olympic Complex). Soviet and Latvian track-and-field athlete Janis Lauris during a pole vault event.20.08.1973#5773679
The 1973 Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973), Moscow. The Big Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. Sprinter from Kuwait Younis Rabee, right.20.08.1973#5706320
The Seventh Summer Universiade. August 15 — 25, 1973. Vladimir Nazlymov, the winner in the sabre fencing competition (second right on top).20.08.1973#3141508
The 6th Summer Universiade in Moscow (August 15-25, 1973). Photo: Swimming competitions at the Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium, now Luzhniki Stadium.20.08.1973#5976245
The seventh Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). The final basketball game between the USSR and US women's team.20.08.1973#5735129
7th Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). Final match of the USSR and US national men's basketball teams.20.08.1973#5735127
The 1973 Summer Universiade. August 15-25, 1973. Vasily Stankovich, center, foil fencing champion, during the medal ceremony.20.08.1973#3008060
The 7th Summer Universiade. August 15-25, 1973. Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut signs an autograph for one of the fans.20.08.1973#3007964
The VII Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). Grand Sports Arena of Lenin Central Stadium (now Grand Sports Arena of Luzhniki Olympic Complex). Soviet track-and-field athlete and Olympic discus throwh champion Faina Melnik.18.08.1973#5773680
The VII Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). Grand Sports Arena of Lenin Central Stadium (now Grand Sports Arena of Luzhniki Olympic Complex). Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion Olga Korbut performs parallel bars exercise.17.08.1973#5773681
Vladimir Bure, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR in swimming, with swimmers from Egypt during the 7th Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973).17.08.1973#5735125
The 7th Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut performs the beam routine.17.08.1973#5734743
Japanese gymnast Kaziyama Siroze (left) and Soviet gymnast Vladimir Safronov (right) at the Universiade-73. 17.08.1973#61502
VII Summer Universiade, which took place in Moscow on August 15-25 August, 1973. The swimming pool of the Lenin Central Stadium. The US national swimming team.15.08.1973#5705602
The opening ceremony of the 7th Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). The Big Sports Arena of the Lenin Central Stadium (today's Big Sports Arena of Luzhniki Olympic Complex).15.08.1973#5734741
The opening ceremony of the 7th Summer Universiade (August 15-25, 1973). The Big Sports Arena of the Lenin Central Stadium (today's Big Sports Arena of Luzhniki Olympic Complex).15.08.1973#5734732
Gymnasts' demonstration performance at the opening of VII Summer Universiade at Central Lenin stadium, Moscow.15.08.1973#587842
The 3rd Summer Universiade in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1963. Soviet swimmer Ivan Karetnikov, winner in the 200m event, exchanges pennons with an Australian athlete.15.05.1963#6005381
