07.08.2018

Mayor of Krasnoyarsk  Sergei Eremin met with  Oleg Matytsin FISU President.

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The meeting was held on the eve of the opening FISU Forum "Student sport — springboard for innovative leadership". This is an important check of  Krasnoyarsk  readiness for the Games. The purpose of the Forum is to promote the ideas of the international sports student movement, to popularize student sports all over the world. The theme of the Forum this year is "Student sport — springboard for innovative leadership". Inhabitants of five continents, Eurasia, South and North America, Australia and Africa, all in all 170 people from 50 countries came to the host city of the Winter Universiade 2019. Students, NUSFs representatives, famous athletes, scientists and experts with the experience of international events organization will discuss the issues of youth sports movement development around the globe.

 

Oleg Matytsin FISU President shared his impressions about the level of organization to the Forum, which is a test event for the  Winter Universiade 2019: "I am in center of events and can objectively estimate, that a good team, including volunteers, has been selected. In terms of infrastructure, security, hospitality - everything is at a high level. Of course, Krasnoyarsk has transfigured. Sports facilities satisfy the most modern world standards. Representatives of some countries are already interested in possibility of using them as a training base in the future".

In turn Mayor of Krasnoyarsk  Sergei Eremin noted,  that the active preparation of Krasnoyarsk for the Universiade 2019  continues.

 

Let us note, that the FISU Forum is the third test event of the Winter Universiade 2019. The participants were accommodated in the new Perya Dormitory Complex situated in the future Universiade Village in order to check the readiness of the premises to welcome a large number of guests.

The FISU Forum works till August 10 inclusive.