The 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games will be held in Innsbruck, Austria. 1,059 young athletes from 67 nations will compete for a total of 372 medals during 9 days of competition from 13 to 22 January. Kazan 2013 volunteers will travel to Innsbruck to help the 2011 Winter Youth Olympic Games OC and to enrich their practical experience.
Two ballets of the 25th anniversary edition of the Rudolph Nureyev International Classical Ballet Festival which opened on May 15th in the Musa Jalil Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre will be staged under the auspices of the Cultural Universiade and Pearls of the Russian Culture All-Russian Project
The cheerleading championship took place at the Universiade Village on May 16. The tournament was held for students of Kazan (Federal Region) University residing in the student campus
