METROPOL Group Organizes and Sponsors the Opening of Russian House Cultural Center at the First World Martial Arts Games in Beijing
The Russian House Cultural Center was opened on August 29, 2010
in a ceremony at Friendship Hotel in Beijing with the
organizational and financial support METROPOL Group. The Russian
House is a traditional communications venue arranged at
international competitions for its visitors to learn about national
cultures, to talk with the Games winners, runners-up and
participants, and to take part in various activities.
The opening ceremony was attended by Russia’s Ambassador to the
People’s Republic of China S.S. Razov, Co-Chairman of the Russian
Union of Martial Arts and Head of Rosatom State Corporation S.V.
Kirienko, famous Russian martial arts fighter Fedor Emelyanenko,
heads of the SportAccord International Organization, international
sports federations, and the Beijing Games Organizational Committee,
as well as high-profile politicians, sportsmen, and
journalists.
On August 2, Head of METROPOL Group, President of the Russian
Kyokushin-kan Karate Do Federation М.V. Slipenchuk and Fedor
Emelyanenko participated in a ceremony held at the Russian House to
honor Russian winners and runners-up of the World Martial Arts
Games.
For reference
The First World Martial Arts Games are held in Beijing from
August 29 to September 3, 2010 under the auspices of the
SportAccord International Organization and under the patronage of
the International Olympic Committee. The program of the Games,
which bring together sportsmen from sixty countries, includes
thirteen Olympic and non-Olympic kinds of martial arts and combat
sports. The Russian team is comprised of sixty sportsmen, who have
successfully passed qualification tests and received invitations
from international sports federations.
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