WORLD CHAMPION B.ARIUN-ERDENE NOMINATED FOR ATHLETE’S COMMISSION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A world champion for sambo wrestling B.Ariun-Erdene was nominated for a membership of the Athlete’s Commission of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) at the 26th FIAS Congress ran Thursday in Narita, Japan. Together with him, people from Venezuela, Tunisia, France, Serbia and Slovakia were nominated for the commission’s membership. The FIAS Congress brought together representatives of 72 countries, and Mongolia was represented at the event by a delegation led by D.Gerel, the president of the Mongolia’s Sambo Wrestling Federation (MSWF). The participants heard a report on the FIAS works done in 2014 and discussed some alterations of the rules of sambo. Moreover, a decision was made to organize the 2015 Sambo World Championships in Morocco.