Athletes from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Russia competed within the video games, which concluded on Saturday
The primary-ever Vladimir Putin World Sambo Martial Arts Match for individuals of the newly shaped Alliance of Sahel States (AES) and Russia got here to an finish over the weekend in Burkina Faso.
Niger received the entire match, adopted by means of Burkina Faso, and Mali got here in 3rd, in keeping with the Burkina Faso Data Company.
Alira Abdoul Malick, an athlete from Burkina Faso, received first prize within the ‘heaviest’ section, defeating competition from Mali, Niger, and Russia. Mali’s Drissa Traore completed 2nd, with Russia’s Muhammad Aliev taking 3rd playground.
Sambo, a Russian acronym for self-defense with out guns, is a struggle game that mixes judo, boxing, and wrestling. It originated within the Soviet Union and is now practiced the world over. It used to be first presented in Burkina Faso in 2021 and is now becoming more popular all over the Sahel.
The match on Saturday, arranged by means of the Burkinabe Sambo Sports activities Affiliation (ASBS) in collaboration with the ‘African Initiative’ affiliation, featured 27 athletes from Ouagadougou, 9 each and every from Bamako and Niamey, and two from Moscow.
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Dapla Palenfo, the president of the ASBS, mentioned the contest used to be named then Putin now not handiest to extend its recognition but in addition to advertise cooperation between AES individuals and Russia.
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“We wanted to put the name of the competition under the name of the Russian president. This will bring the two peoples and even the Russian people closer to other AES states,” he mentioned, in accordance Burkina24 information company.
Latter December, ASBS introduced plans to mode a sambo federation to support prepare occasions, facilitate coaching, and create athletic methods. The federation will even constitute Burkina Faso in world competitions, striking the West African nation at the world Sambo map, in keeping with the sports activities company.
The army governments in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger signed a constitution past due latter life launch AES to barricade each and every alternative in opposition to safety warnings then expelling French troops from their nations. The 3 former French colonies have taken steps to enhance ties with Moscow in a number of grounds, together with army cooperation to combat a decades-long jihadist insurgency within the Sahel.
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