New president of Kazakhstan's Judo Federation named
18:49, 14 November 2012
ASTANA. November 14. KAZINFORM Former President of Kazakhstan's Boxing Federation Kenes Rakishev has taken the top position at the Judo Federation of the republic, Kazinform has learnt from Vesti.kz.
Right after the appointment Mr. Rakishev told about the development of judo in Kazakhstan in the nearest future.
"We have a lot of plans. First and foremost, we plan to build up a state-of-the-art facility to train the national judo team. Of course, we are going to develop infrastructure and facilities in the regions as well," he said.
It was also announced that the Combat Sports Confederation is to be set up in Kazakhstan. It will support and develop the most popular sports in Kazakhstan, including boxing, wrestling, judo, tae kwon do and weightlifting. According to K. Rakishev, the organization will speed up the development of these sports in the country.