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“Sambo deserves the right to enter the Olympic program” – the first ever world champion from the refugee team
The winner of the World SAMBO Championships, Maria Amyulina Guedes from Venezuela, spoke about her dream to compete at the Olympics.
Gedes became the first ever world sambo champion representing the refugee team.
Would you like to compete at the Olympics someday?
— Of course, every high-level athlete dreams of participating in the Games.
I believe that SAMBO deserves the right to enter the Olympic program. I don’t know when this will happen, but I will train to be always ready, ”Gedes said in an interview with RT.
The national team of independent refugee athletes was established in March 2016 and took part for the first time in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (2016).
The World Sambo Championship takes place in Bishkek from 11 to 13 November.
Source: Sportbox
