Russia intends to take advantage of the success of the world athletics championships in Moscow last August to regain a more visible place in the international calendar. Vitaly Mutko, the Russian Minister of Sports, took advantage of a press conference to announce the country's ambition to soon host a stage of the Diamond League. “But for this we will have to renovate the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow,” he explained. Another project revealed by Vitaly Mutko: the organization of the junior world championships in 2016. A competition for which Russia could submit Kazan's candidacy.
— Published on December 26, 2013
