On 6 October at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the President of the Russia Triathlon Federation Kseniya Shoygu discussed issues of cooperation in promotion of physical training and sports, organization of triathlon competitions in the republic and a project of building a Triathlon Federal Center in Almetyevsk.
Today more than 2 thousand people are doing this kind of sports, which includes a multi-sports race, combining swimming, cycling and running and which is included into the Olympics programme, in Tatarstan.