Nikolay Merkushkin discussed construction of the Palace of single combats with Olympic champions in judo

On Monday, March 4, governor Nikolay Merkushkin met the Russian judoists, Olympic champions of London and the world champion of last year. At a meeting with the head of the region were present Tagir Haybulayev, Mansur Isayev, Arsene Galstyan and Camille Magomedov.

Known athletes will carry out in Samara a master class for the Samara judoists, and as Arsene Galstyan was expressed, indicative training is more calculated not on acting athletes, and on those who only tries the forces in judo to involve as much as possible children and teenagers in sports activities.

During a meeting with the governor construction questions in the regional center of the Palace of single combats were discussed. Let's remind, Nikolay Merkushkin declared need of a construction of similar object during the December message to deputies of duma and inhabitants of the province.

"We are interested in emergence in the city of similar object. If the big modern center is constructed, the Russian national team here will be able to carry out trainings, Samara will be able to accept competitions of level of the European championship or the world", - Tagir Haybulayev told to the governor on behalf of the Russian collections.

"And what hall characteristics for carrying out the international competitions have to be? " - Nikolay Merkushkin took an interest. According to Haybulayev, carrying out the European championship in a hall requires four tatamis of 12х12 m everyone and tribunes on 2-3 thousand audience. "I think, we will build here a universal complex with tribunes on 5-7 thousand audience", - the governor noted.

In spite of the fact that construction of the center didn't start yet, Tagir Haybulayev noted that already now it is necessary to prepare trainers for future sports center. In his opinion, athletes who plan to finish soon career can become them. Nikolay Merkushkin agreed with the proposal of the Olympic champion.

"It seems to me that creation of the center of single combats important not only for Samara, but also for all Volga district. In the long term the center has to become the center of gravity of athletes", - Mansur Isayev added.

Nikolay Merkushkin gave an assignment to the minister of sports of the regional government Dmitry Shlyakhtin to prepare all necessary documentation for creation of the center of single combats and to start implementation of the project.

Shlyakhtin reported that the project of the Palace of single combats will be ready already by the end of the year. Besides, according to the minister, in plans of the regional government construction still a number of the multipurpose sports centers, in particular the track and field athletics.

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