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Sambo may get the Olympic status, Vzglyad newspaper reports. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already approved the provisional recognition of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) – a significant progress for Russia. There is no sport invented in Russia in the program of the Olympic Games.
Now FIAS has to wait for three years to get the permanent recognition from IOC. If this happens, sambo athletes will soon compete in the Olympic Games.
According to Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov, IOC’s decision turned into a gift for the sport’s anniversary. Sambo (an acronym for the Russian samozashchita, self-defence) was developed by the coaches of Dynamo Sports Society in 1930-s to train the military. It is 80 years since sambo was officially recognized as a sport.
The Russian martial art is in fact Soviet one as it combines the techniques and sport moves from the national combats practiced by different nationalities who lived in the USSR.
Earlier Russkiy Mir reported the Russian sambo wrestlers to have won the unofficial medal standing in all disciplines at the world championship last month. The tournament took place at the capital of Romania. Athletes from eighty countries strove for the victory.
Sambo is extending its boundaries. A French athlete won the first place at the world championship for the first time. Sambo is developing in Philippines. The level of this sport tends to raise.
Sambo centers are to appear in Cyprus and Columbia, the negotiations are being held with other countries the Asian-Pacific Region.
Russkiy Mir
