On August 6, Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev visited swimming competitions of the 16th FINA World Championship 2015 at Kazan Arena stadium.

Mintimer Shaimiev and four-time Olympic champion Aleksandr Popov took part in the awarding ceremony of winners of 100m freestyle.

Farid Mukhametshin handed over a gold medal to the Chinese sportsman Ning Zetao. Mintimer Shaimiev handed over silver and bronze medals to Cameron McEvoy (Australia) and Federico Grabich (Argentina). Russian sportsman Aleksandr Sukhorukov was sixth.