News: AMSR was awarded the diploma for the participation of the exhibition Sport-6 At the end of the exhibition Sport-6 AMSR was awarded the diploma for the participation. At the exhibition with the active involvement of the federations, several sports recognized by the IOC were demonstrated, among them: climbing, korfball, underwater sport.
The president of Climbing Federation of Russia Alexander Piratinsky made his personal contribution to the organization and holding the competition at the exhibition. The stands were used not only as the equipment samples but also as a good area for demonstrating skills of sportsmen. In addition to Russian best climbers Climbing Federation of Russia invited Ukrainian athletes to take part in the event.
Anna Arzhanova, the vice-president of AMSR and the president of Russian Underwater Federation organized the work of a unique swimming-pool where such underwater sport disciplines as aquathlon, underwater rugby and apnoe (free diving) were presented. The federation representatives answered the questions of the spectators and persuaded then to visit the competitions. The main surprise for the audience was the opportunity to try themselves in underwater sport. Anyone had a chance to sink into water under the supervision of an instructor.
Oryol Korfball Federation presented a match of two teams. Among the players there were European and World Champions. It is necessary to pay special attention to Sergey Nizovsky, a player of the Russian national team. Sergey is one of the leading korfball players in the world. The associated member of IKF Executive Committee Michael Odereev explained the differences between korfball and basketball, the use of a football and the success of korfball among the audience. In this aspect it is worth mentioning female participation in the game; ladies’ uniform is similar to the one of tennis-players.
Thus, the exhibition was the first multisport event. Rossport and Sport Russia, the organizers of the next exhibition, reached the agreement that AMSR would also be involve in the organization of the exhibition. This means that the program of the next exhibition will be richer in both presenting new kinds of sport and demonstrating sports not included in the Olympic Games program yet. |