President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Poutine addressed with greetings to the participants and guests of the X International Youth Judo Tournament “Anatoly Rakhlin Cup”.
— I am sincerely happy that these traditional competitions for young judoists have successfully passed the milestone of ten years, have become a great expected event in the sporting and cultural life of St. Petersburg and the whole country.
It is important that, gathering on its site participants from different cities of Russia and foreign countries, your youth tournament paved the way for many children to professional sports, taught them to achieve their goals. And of course, such large-scale competitions are a significant contribution to popularizing and promoting the values of judo, physical culture, healthy and active lifestyle.
I am confident that the boys and girls who take to the tatami today will clearly and confidently demonstrate skill and will, and above all, continue to hold firm to the great principles, ideas and best practices. established by outstanding trainer and mentor Anatoly Semyonovich Rakhlin. I sincerely wish each of you worthy victories and new achievements. Sincerely, ”says the text of the telegram published on the Kremlin’s website.
The tournament, named after Putin’s judo coach Anatoly Rakhlin, will be held in St. Petersburg.
Source : MatchTV
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