Karate

SportAccord President Clarifies plans of United World Championships 

  SportAccord president, Marius Vizer has taken note of an article in Around the Rings that has mis-quoted him regarding SportAccord’s plans to organize a United World Championships.

 During a press conference at the World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk in Russia, responding to a question from an Around the Rings representative, on what the plans for a United World Championship may be, Mr. Vizer had stated, “If one day the member federations of SportAccord would like to see the creation of a United World Championship as a requirement and an opportunity, while at the same time all international federations would support such an idea unanimously, we can discuss the concept and sculpt it into an event that would be neither a competitor to nor against the Olympic Games.”

Additionally, Mr. Vizer expressed during the Olympic Summit that the target of SportAccord is to develope the multi-sport events organised under its umbrella (the World Combat Games, the World Mind Games, the World Urban Games and the World Beach Games).

Mr. Vizer understands that this subject is particularly interesting and “delicious” for the media in order to cause intrigue. However, this is not the case.

C.d.P.