August 19^th

The Nis City Mayor Darko Bulatovic and Nis City Member for Sports Branislav Kacar met today with Stasa Gejo, a member of the sport climbing club PAEK, which won the first place in the general position of the IFSC. A very successful Nis sportswoman, whose father is one of the pioneers of sport climbing Slobodan Gejo, has been awarded the City of Niš gratitude for her outstanding contribution to the promotion and improvement of Nis sport. Stasa won the European Youth Championship in Langenfeld Austria. This is the seventh consecutive win in competitions for young Europe and the world.
Stasa won this year in all four European Cup and Championship competitions so she won first place in the IFSC General Placement for 2016 with a total of four competitions with a maximum of 400 points.

The reception was organized at Nis City Hall for athletes from Nis who won medals at the European University Games in Croatia. On this occasion Nis Mayor Darko Bulatovic thanked the athletes for a worthy representation of the city and the excellent results that have been achieved in a very strong competition. They won the total of eight medals – five gold medals, two bronze and one silver, and the medals were won in handball, volleyball, swimming and judo.

Handball players from Nis won the gold medal. The bronze medals were won by the volleyball team, while swimmer Nemanja Tadic won four gold medals and one silver medal. David Tekic won bronze medal in judo. As a token of gratitude the City of Nis gave to the  athletes the gold coin with the image of the Emperor Constantine, and the President of the University Sports Federation in Nis Nebojsa Jovanovic gave to Mayor Bulatovic official team uniform.

Upon the recommendation of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Vanja Udovicic, and at the initiative of the City of Nis and Nis Sports Association, Sports Association of Serbia has provided funding to compensate for absence from work for Nenad Filipovic, an athlete from Nis Club Nis Marathon.

Nenad Filipovic qualified for the Olympics in Rio in the discipline of fast walking. Olympic Committee of Serbia fully funded the preparation of all the athletes who ahd qualified; however, Nenad, who works in a private company, had to take unpaid leave in order to prepare for the Olympics so his family remained without basic livelihood during the period of preparation. The respective Minister acted upon the initiative that came from Nis, so the competent institutions will refund the amount that Filipovic would have earned you if he did not have to take the unpaid leave.

“This is really a nice gesture from the Minister of Sports and the new city authorities in Nis. Surely it we will represent an incentive for even greater work. This is my third Olympics and the principle of “third time lucky charm” I expect a good result, but I also expect that, after the Olympics, with the help of people from the city management, I would be able to find the employment in my profession” said Filipovic, who is at his final preparations on Vlasina Lake.

City of Nis and Nis Sports Association are pleased to have been able to help the athlete who has, for years, been representing the City of Nis in the best possible way, convinced that it will be the same at the Olympic Games in Rio.