The People's Deputy of Ukraine Ivan Ivanovich Stupak, the elected about a month ago the chairman of federation of judo of the Dnepropetrovsk area, visited national team training.

Ivan Ivanovich personally communicated to each athlete from the national team, everyone asked that it is necessary for it for the maximum quantity of victories.

"It for the first time when to us there comes the official, the head of federation and personally communicates with us, asks about our problems and wishes, - athletes speak, - Ivan Ivanovich makes impression of the person sincerely interested in our problems and judo problems".

"Certainly, problems in our sports suffice, and judo as a look – not an exception. The minimum salaries of athletes, lack of a food is, perhaps, the main problems which should be solved soon", - Ivan Stupak told.

Judo in the Dnepropetrovsk area is a "top" sport. Annually athletes judoists bring to the region about 10 medals from official international starts. Judoists of Dnepropetrovsk set for themselves a new task – to bring the first Olympic medal to the region.

"It is important to us to work productively to 2016 is a year of the following Olympic Games which will pass in Rio de Janeiro. I don't doubt that someone from you precisely will fight there for a medal and for certain will bring it to the hometown", - Ivan Stupak told athletes.

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