Saint Petersburg
18. - 26. October,2013.
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12-09-2013
Spartak Arena Opens in Saint
Petersburg
Yesterday, the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina
Matviyenko, The Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, St. Petersburg Governor Georgy
Poltavchenko, accompanied by politicians and sports officials, as well as
well-known athletes participated in the opening ceremony of the new Spartak
sports complex on Krestovskiy Island in St.
Petersburg.
Spartak is one of the venues of 2013 World Combat Games.
"A glorious event, a landmark in the sports life of St. Petersburg took place
today. This sports complex provides a wonderful arena for training and team
competitions in many sports. I am confident that the opening of the complex
will give new strength to the Spartak basketball team" - noted Valentina
Matvienko. "Russia
is a country full of healthy people, we will have a healthy nation, and
therefore a healthy future".
The Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko
underlined that a very important event will take place at the Arena in the near
future - The World Combat Games. "It's like the Olympics for Combat
Sports, I'm sure that the competition will be held at the highest level and
subsequently this arena will provide a stage for the highest standard of
competitions in various sports in the future. The more sports facilities we
have, the higher the bar of St. Petersburg will be raised"- said the
Governor.
The construction of the basketball arena for 7,000
spectators on Krestovskiy
Island began in 2010.
Because part of the competitions of 2013 World Combat Games will take place on
this site, the construction process was accelerated and successfully completed.
After the ceremonial speeches and excursions around the
complex, dignitaries including the Head of 2013 World Combat Games Directorate
Pavel Zhuravlev and SportAccord Director General Vlad Marinescu, planted trees
at the Alley of Glory.
Sportaccord World Combat Games,St.Petersburg
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Saint Petersburg
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Sports introduction
http://www.worldcombatgames.com/en/sports
The second edition of SportAccord World Combat Games will
feature the following 15 combat sports: Aikido, Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Jujitsu,
Karate, Kendo, Kickboxing, Muaythai, Sambo, Savate, Sumo, Taekwondo, Wrestling,
Wushu.
This section provides information about the characteristics,
history, rules of each of the sports.
Ambassadors
http://www.worldcombatgames.com/en/ambassadors
Famous ambassadors will represent the 15 sports on the
program during the 2013 SportAccord World Combat Games.
Savate: Gilles le Duigou, Fencing: Karina Aznavourian, Wushu:
Daria Tarasova,
Taekwondo: Sarah Stevenson, Sumo: Olesya Kovalenko, Sambo:
Fedor Emelianenko,
Muaythai: Tony Jaa, Kickboxing: Bill Wallace, Kendo:
Yoshimitsu Takeyasu,
Karate: Tsugo Sakumoto, Ju-Jitsu : Vincent Parisi, Judo:
Ezio Gamba,
Aikido: Mitsuteru Ueshiba
.
Kickboxing refers to the sport of using martial-arts-style
kicks and boxing-style punches to defeat an opponent in a similar way to that
of standard boxing. Kickboxing is both practiced as a full-contact sport,
practiced in a boxing ring and as a more light version sport, practiced on
tatami. The disciplines in the ring sport are: Fullcontact, Low-Kick and
K1-Rules and disciplines in tatami sport are Point Fighting, Light Contact,
Kick Light and Musical Forms. Protection in the contact sports: mouth-guard, hand-wraps,
boxing gloves, groin-guard, shin-pads, kick-boots, and helmet. The uniforms are
various depends on the discipline, from silk pants or wearing shorts or uniform
including belts. All disciplines are very entertaining and popular and attract
youth and women all over the world.
Boxing is a combat sport played by two opponents of a
similar build and ability who fight against each other using their fists which
are covered by gloves. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is broken down
into rounds. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to
get up before the referee counts to ten seconds, this is known as a knockout.
If the fight is not stopped before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is
determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards. There are
numerous variations and styles of boxing practiced around the world each having
rules which are slightly different.
The Head of 2013. World Combat Games Directorate Pavel
Zhuravlev
Pavel
Zhuravlev (kickboxer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Zhuravlev_(kickboxer)
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SportAccord Appoints Stefan Vlad Marinescu as New General
Director
http://www.isportconnect.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20361:sportaccord-appoints-stefan-vlad-marinescu-as-new-general-director&catid=16:hirings&Itemid=26
SportAccord have appointed Stefan Vlad Marinescu as their
new general director.
He will replace the outgoing Vincent Gaillard as Marinescu secured
the role with a unanimous vote at a SportAccord Council meeting.
The former Karate champion said: “I am honoured with the
trust invested in me by the Council of SportAccord. I will do my very best to
positively implement the strategic goals and ensure the sustainable growth of
this organisation.”
The Californian, a graduate of Oxford Brookes
University and Army And
Navy Academy, will oversee the international umbrella organisation for
international sports federations both Olympic and non-Olympic and for
sport-related international associations.
Vizer revealed his excitement about the appointment:
"Mr Marinescu will bring new energy to SportAccord and with his help our
organisation can achieve its goals, will be better managed and can serve our
federations better."
The decision is the first under Marius Vizer's reign as he
was elected SportAccord President in May replacing Hein Verbruggen.
Vizer and compatriot Arkady Rotenberg, President of the
International Judo Fund have also been tasked in taking operational control of
the SportAccord International Convention, the biggest annual gathering of
sports leaders in the world.
The 28 year-old has been working for Vizer's Presidential
Office at the International Judo Federation (IJF) in Budapest
before this job opportunity came up and will now move to Switzerland next week to take up
his new role.
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