The Minister of Sports of Russia also came for the first time. He signed a memorandum of understanding with his counterpart at the Ministry of Sports on 26 February after visiting the facilities wrestling house at Azadi Stadium. Until two months ago, Oleg Matistin was the head of the International Federation of University Sports (FISU). He, who is 59 years old, graduated from the Lenin Institute of Physical Education and Beijing Sports University during the Soviet Union.
