President of the International SAMBO Federation – Vasily Shestakov, took part in a media conferencе. The main topic was recognition granted to FIAS by the International Olympic Committee.
“Quite a lot is done so far and yet there is more left to do. We should work more actively with the national federations, finish the construction of SAMBO centers in Colombia, Cyprus, the Republic of Korea, and the Russian Far East,” concluded the FIAS leader.
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While expatiating upon the issue of success that SAMBO had achieved, Vasily Shestakov clearly stressed that this recognition was the upshot of the collective efforts of national federations, reports sambo-fias.org.