Edeshko on Kirilenko’s re-election as RFB head: “He is in the right place”

Andrei Kirilenko copes with his work as head of the Russian Basketball Federation (RFB), he is in the right place, Olympic champion Ivan Edeshko told .

Kirilenko was re-elected as RFB chairman on Friday, winning the election with 143 of the 144 votes cast by delegates.

“The fact that he was re-elected was done correctly. He is really in the right place and does the job. Kirilenko, being one of the most famous athletes, unlike many officials, does not hesitate to travel, meet and talk. He was born a genius, and despite his heavy workload, he manages to meet basketball players, children … Andrey does all this wonderfully. I welcome his re-election. The only thing, of course, is that the federation should pay more attention to basketball veterans,” Edeshko told .

A former basketball player, European champion and Olympic bronze medalist with the Russian national team, Kirilenko has led the federation since 2015.

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