SAMBO Union of Asia Adopted Special Uniform for Female Muslim Athletes

Additional garment pieces of the sambist uniform for female athletes from Muslim countries have been approved at the Congress of SAMBO Union of Asia (SUA) in Mongolia. Thus, at the tournaments hosted under the aegis of SUA, female athletes can now add special leggings, a jersey, and hood to the traditional sambist uniform, a jacket and shorts. This decision has been unanimously made at the Congress of the organization.
‘We’ve been seeing this decision coming for quite a long while,’ remarked SUA President Alamjon Mullaev in his interview to the FIAS website. ‘We have discussed this issue with a number of international organizations, including the Olympic Council of Asia and the International SAMBO Federation. Adoption of the special uniform enables female athletes from the countries where Islamic traditions still hold sway to practice SAMBO and to participate in Asian SAMBO tournaments. Up to this time, many female athletes had to be left out of our tournaments. Now we’ve got an excellent opportunity to promote SAMBO in this direction, too, by attracting as many women as possible to our martial art.’
Quite recently, Alamjon Mullaev has had a meeting with the sheikh of Bahrain wherein this issue was also discussed.
‘I’ve notified the sheikh about our intentions to introduce additional elements to the female sambist uniform. Martial arts in Muslim countries are pretty well developed, and the introduction of the new uniform will allow women to perform at our competitions, while observing every norm and tradition of their native countries,’ claimed SUA President. ‘At the SAMBO Union of SAMBO congress that was held in Mongolia, Bahrain was admitted to our organization as a candidate member. At the moment about 50 athletes practice SAMBO in that country, with two foreign coaches managing the promotion of this martial art. We’ve witnessed a great deal of enthusiasm on the part of the state to help SAMBO expand not only in Bahrain but also over the Arabic countries nearby. The Bahrainis are willing to become the popularizers of our sport in their region, and I believe that the special uniform for female sambists would facilitate this task.’
-
Did you see it? 28 AugustAustralian sambist visited the International SAMBO Center and spoke about her plans to compete at the Olympics
-
Did you see it? 4 AugustIn Yerevan a barrel of cognac was laid, which will be opened when SAMBO enters the Olympic program
-
Did you see it? 28 JulySambists in the Philippines staged a demonstration performance
- Watch World SAMBO Championships 2023 in Yerevan, Armenia 18 November 2023
-
Personalities 7 DecemberAnzhela ZHILINSKAYA: “There are no excuses to be made – there never are”
-
Mass media 6 DecemberThe ninth episode of the series “Way of the Champion” has been released: the hero is Vakhtang Chidrashvili
-
Кaleidoscope 5 DecemberSambists chose the updated composition of the FIAS Athletes Commission
- Watch World Sambo Championships 2022. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 17 November 2022
-
Personalities 7 DecemberAnzhela ZHILINSKAYA: “There are no excuses to be made – there never are”
-
Mass media 6 DecemberThe ninth episode of the series “Way of the Champion” has been released: the hero is Vakhtang Chidrashvili
-
Кaleidoscope 5 DecemberSambists chose the updated composition of the FIAS Athletes Commission