Press-conference of the Mountaineering and Climbing Federation held on Saturday was on the results of a two-day tournament in memory of outstanding climber of the country, Akif Rustamov. The members of the Presidium of the Federation, Nizami and Saridan Mursagulovs informed about the aims and objectives of the tournament, and the identity of Akif Rustamov.
It was noted that such a representative tournament aims to prepare young, promising climbers, and give them an opportunity to go international. Then the winners of the three types of competitions were awarded with medals and cups.
"A large preparatory work has been carried out, and the results showed that there is a greta number of talented and promising athletes in the country.
Mountain climbing is an important element of preparation of mountain riflemen and one of our goals is to train people able to fight in the mountains, because a large mountainous part of the country is under occupation," said a member of the Presidium, Nizami Mursagulov.
Vice-President of the Federation, Saridan Mursagulov, noted that many members of today's competition are students and alumni of Akif Rustamov, and this tournament will give a significant boost to the sport, which in the future may become an Olympic.
Answering the question how he assesses conducting of similar tournament with a similar name and at the same time by the Federation of Extreme Sports, Mursagulov said that he considered it wrong. "We have been preparing for several months and agreed the tournament issue with Akif’s family. We also invited members of Fairex, but instead, they held the tournament under the same title," he said.
Akif Rustamov’s daughter, Esmira, expressed her indignation with the actions of Fairex, calling them tactless. "We have agreed to my father's friends from the Mountaineering Federation to host the tournament named after him. Therefore, the actions of Fairex are tactless and unacceptable," she said.
Representative of Fairex, who did not want to name himself, tried to justify the actions of his leadership, and came to the point that several years ago Fairex conducted a tournament named Akif Rustamov. The questions is: how such a tournament could be held, if Akif died just two years ago; a representative of Fairex could not answer.
In response to accusations of Akif Rustamov’s daughter, he said he wanted to show respect of Fairex to the memory of the famous athlete. -02В-
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