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Championships Ambassadors

Renowned, talented and merited athletes and public figures who serve as strong role models for present-day youth were awarded the Kazan 2015 Ambassador title. The names of the first Ambassadors were revealed one year before the start of the FINA World Championships.
Ambassadors are part of the Kazan 2015 team and promote positive values, sport and healthy lifestyles.

Rustem Chanyshev

Lead singer of the Bolshoy Kush ('King’s Ransom') pop band. Bolshoy Kush became the first Tatarstan band to earn the right to represent Russia at an international song contest. After winning the preliminary round of the Global Battle of the Bands 2006 Russia, Bolshoy Kush performed Russia's entry at the contest final in London. In 2010 and 2011, the band won the people's choice award at the Emergenza Rock Festival. In November 2011, the band became a winner at the Meet and Greet Contest on the Yatalant website and met with MAROON 5 in St Petersburg.

In June 2013, his song, 'Universiade in Kazan', was included in the collection of best songs about the Universiade compiled by Igor Krutoy