UAE working hard to put jiu-jitsu on Olympic sports map: Top official

A top European jiu-jitsu official has praised the UAE for its huge efforts in trying to position the sport on the Olympic map. (UAEJJF)

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ABU DHABI: A top European jiu-jitsu official has praised the UAE for its huge efforts in trying to position the sport on the Olympic map.
President of the German Jiu-Jitsu Federation and senior vice president of the Jiu-Jitsu European Union, Michael Korn, said that it was not surprising for the UAE to achieve such excellence in hosting the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship 2022, given the success it had organizing previous editions.
Korn told the Emirates News Agency that the UAE was working extremely hard to put the sport on the Olympic map.
And he pointed out that the latest developments on the matter along with plans for improving the sport would be focal points during the congress meeting taking place as part of the championship.
The UAE was leading the way in adding jiu-jitsu to the Olympic Games, especially given its status as the most prominent player in the world of jiu-jitsu, as well as being the home of both the Asian and international jiu-jitsu federations, Korn added.
And he noted that all jiu-jitsu federations had confidence in the UAE’s ability to reach that goal.
The official also highlighted the Emirate’s notable role in hosting world championships and acting as a catalyst to accelerate the world’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and its return to normalcy, which reflected positively on the progress seen across the sport.