The IOC continues to bombard them with threats, but the 2024 BRICS Games in Kazan, Russia (June 12 to 23), are progressing at a good pace. Tatarstan Sports Minister Vladimir Leonov took advantage of a forum in Moscow, “ We Are Together: Sports », to unveil the mascot of the multisport event. It is a leopard, an animal already chosen to represent the Summer Universiade in 2013, which was organized in the same Russian city. His name: Bricsik. According to the official version, “ Bricsik was born in Asia, just like the first BRICS Games, and then it grew and developed along with the event. Its name symbolizes agility, strength, speed and toughness of character, the qualities that true champions possess.. » During the same forum, Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matitsyn assured that all BRICS member countries had confirmed their presence at the 2024 edition, including the five founders (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). South). The former president of FISU also announced the presence of athletes from at least fifty countries.
