The 3rd reporting and elective conference of the Wrestling Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan was held the day before at the Ak Bars Wrestling Palace. Rector of the Volga Region University of Sports and Tourism Rafis Burganov was one of the guests invited to the event.
Eczam Gubaidullin, President of the Federation and Chairman of the "Council of Municipal Formations of the Republic of Tatarstan" Association, unveiled the report on the work of the Federation for the last five years. He underlined that the Federation's rating has risen with high results. Meanwhile, Ekzam Gubaidullin pointed out that there are problems in training coaching staff. "In my opinion, we don't take full advantage of the Volga Region University to train our coaches," the federation president said.
In his welcoming speech, Minister of Sport of the Republic of Tatarstan Vladimir Leonov also noted that the wrestling federation today is one of the foremost in the republic. "One of the best conditions for wrestling have been created in Tatarstan. We've created system conditions from the management bodies' point of view. The pyramid, which is built and includes, among other things, our flagship university - Volga University - shows that we have to work for both mass and professional results of our athletes," stressed Vladimir Leonov.
Rafis Burganov, the rector of the sports university, reminded the audience about the capabilities of the research institute of Povolzhye University, inviting coaches to cooperate in terms of conducting an examination of wrestlers to understand their physical condition and possible adjustment of the training process. "It was mentioned today that there are issues in the medical support of athletes. We invite cooperation in this direction. We need closer cooperation in this field as well as in others," the rector of a sports university said.
Among other topics taken up for discussion were the election of the Federation's governing bodies. By unanimous decision Eckzam Gubaidullin was re-elected as President of the Federation, and Yury Boltikov, head of the Chair of Theory and Methods of Martial Arts of the Volga Region University, was appointed as one of 29 members of the executive board.
