International Judo Federation hosts seminar ahead of 2015 season
Baku, January 31, AZERTAC
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has hosted a two-day seminar at the Presidential Office in Budapest, with organisers of all World Judo Tour events in 2015 present to share knowledge, experiences and attend workshops.
During the seminar every IJF department gave presentations of the requirements that the organisers need to meet to produce a top level event, with sport matters, Judogi control and pre-event organisation topics discussed, as well as medical protocol, television and media.
The 2015 World Judo Tour will consist of 21 events, including World Championships, one World Masters event, five Grand Slams and 11 Grand Prix events and the IJF head sport director Vladimir Barta claimed "judo has finally created a product and the World Judo Tour is like a shop window."
The first event of the 2015 season is due to be the Düsseldorf Judo Grand Prix from February 20 to 22.
Larisa Kiss, director of the Presidential Office, claimed the Judo World Tour events will help to develop the sport and see it build on the success of London 2012.
"Each event is important and we want to reinforce the collaboration between all of us. After the Masters 2015 every competition will be counting 100 per cent for the Olympic qualification. It means more athletes and more responsibility, but also more benefits for judo and all of us."
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