President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with three-time Olympic champion, President of Russian ski race Federation Elena Vyalbe and Honoured master of sports of the USSR, two-time Olympic champion Vyacheslav Vedenin.

President of republican ski race Federation Ilshat Fardiev, Deputy Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Khalil Shaikhutdinov participated in the meeting at the RT Government House.

Participants of the event discussed development of ski sport in Russia and Tatarstan. Elena Vyalbe noted Tatarstan contribution to training of skiers for the national team and expressed hope for participation of Tatarstan sportsmen in Sochi Olympic Games.