The first-ever London President’s Sambo Cup has been started with
a press conference of the up-coming event. Vasily Shestakov, FIAS President,
Lord Simon Reading, President of the Commonwealth Sambo Association, and Martin Clarke, President of the British Sambo
Federation, participated in the press conference. Read our today’s story
about all the tournament’s details and special aspects told by event’s
participants to journalists.
“Historical roots
of the English Sambo are meaningful, and the history of the British Sambo
accounts for several decades already. The English national team participated in
the first Sambo World Cup organized in Iran in 1973. I hope after holding this
tournament, the development of Sambo in Great Britain will become more
successful. The British Commonwealth Sambo Championship will also take place in
London the next day after this tournament,” said Vasily Shestakov at the
beginning of a press conference.
Simon Reading went
on, “I’m happy to greet you here in London at the President’s Cup. Sportsmen
from 8 countries have come to Britain to participate in the tournament, and I
am proud of the fact that we are the organisers of such an event which is
interesting for the international Sambo and important for the English Sambo.”
Martin Clarke said,
“This is a great event for us, and it pushes the limits of the English Sambo. I
remember that Sambo athletes from only 15 countries took part in the 1992 Sambo
World Cup while last year 75 countries participated in the 2013 Sambo World Cup
held in Saint Petersburg. This fact shows a successful development of Sambo
around the world. And I hope our tournament will become a good contribution to
the development of Sambo on the planet.”
Timur Kabukaev,
President of the Jewellers of North Capital Company, told about the Cup itself (i.e. about the Cup
prize), “The most common question I’m recently asked is how much the Cup costs.
I want to stress it is invaluable as it includes energy and love that we wanted
to give to our favourite kind of sport, Sambo. And today we’re happy to present
it to you.”
The winner of this
wonderful gem-incrusted Cup weighing for about 10 kg will be known in a few
hours. The tournament final will begin in the entertainment centre Bluewater at 5 p.m. local
time.
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