The closing ceremony of the World Champion on athletics in enclosed space passed in the sporting complex "Olympiyskiy".
During the ceremony the mayor of Moscow Yuriy Luzhkov expressed gratitude to sportsmen, "which presented us pleasure of communication with the queen of sports"
"We are thankful to the sportsmen for this holiday. We all feel belonging to the results showed by the sportsmen" said Luzhkov.
Also the mayor of Moscow in his speech especially noted the management of the International athletic federation (IAAF). "We are grateful to Lamin Diak and the Athletics Association for the confidence, which was shown to Russia and to Moscow" he said.
After the appearance Luzhkov the President of IAAF Lamin Diak declared the World Championship closed.
Russian athletes won on the world athletics forum 18 medals, among them eight gold, five silver and five bronze ones.
American team became second according to the number of medals. They won 13 medals (seven gold, four silver and two bronze ones).
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