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Perurena’s run for World Games and Canoe polo and Canoeing freestyle for the Olympics

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Petr Sedivy | AIPS Young Reporter - Karate, aikido, squash - they are just some of the sports which are not in the Olympic family at the moment. But they belong to the International World Games Association (IWGA), which will elect a new president during the SportAccord Convention in Antalya. One of the candidates is José Perurena, the president of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) and a member of the International Olympic Comittee (IOC).

He is seeking to advance the prospects of these sports to appear in future Olympic Games.

"My plan for the future years is having an agreement with the IOC to use these Games for the possible alternatives of the future sports that go to the Olympics," said Perurena as he outlined his manifesto.

The International World Games Association was founded in 1981. It administers a quadrennial and multidisciplinary sports event, The World Games, which aspires to equal and exceed the importance of world championships organized by each federation individually.

"There are competing sports such as karate, dance sports or climbing sport. But we have two important points of view. We want to get some sports to the Olympic Games. But some international federations are not recognized by the IOC. So we work on the possibility the IOC recognises them," Perurena added.

Perurena is also the president of the International Canoe Federation, which has two disciplines in the Summer Olympics. He feels, and hopes, that the number of canoe-related disciplines may increase.

"Canoeing has eight disciplines. That means that 60 or 65 percent of the canoeing activity is not in the Olympic disciplines. For us this is very important to explain disciplines like canoe polo or freestyle kayaking. These two disciplines have the potential to get to the Olympics in the future," he concluded.

Sportscene is a member of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) who published this article.

 

UPDATE 12:15 pm CET José Perurena has been elected as president of the International World Games Association (IWGA).

The election took place at the SportAccord Convention in Antalya, Turkey where each candidate spoke about their aspirations for the future of the organisation.

Following a convincing speech, Perurena successfully secured over half the votes to ensure his place as president.

Read more here.