KOK: Some Federations Ready to Continue Races

Kosovo Olympic Committee leaders President Besim Hasani and Secretary-General Shasivar Hadziaj have held an online meeting with top sports federation leaders today.

21 federations, including the Kosovo Paralympic Committee, responded positively to the invitation, which thanked the KOK for the initiative taken.

The subjects discussed were: The state of our sports and sportsmen at the time of the Coronian pandemic, the Cavid-19 virus, as well as what we can do with elite athletes on the way to the Olympic rate.

All federations showed the state of their athletes and the challenges they have been facing since the ban on sporting activities, with the government's decision of the Republic of Kosovo.

President Hasani, thanking representatives for the participation, encouraged all federations to try to keep athletes active and simultaneously organise courses for trainers, judges, sports managers, etc.

President Hasan and Secretary General Hadijaj have come up with ideas to follow the example of Judo, depending on the federation's specifics, to find a training centre in Kosovo for the establishment of elite athletes who are in the race for qualifications for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which the KOK expressed readiness to support.

Also discussed was the beginning of the relief of measures by the Government of Kosovo, where some sports, such as Tennis, table tennis, beach volley, automobileism, badminton, alpine bjelasty, bowling and minigolf, expressed themselves ready, that based on easing the measures, they can begin their 4 May activities, while other sports, such as basketball, volleyball, weightlifting, boxing, etc., can begin with activities after the second or third phase of the measures.

The next online meeting is expected to be held in two weeks.