After adopting the proposal of the jury and declaring water polo player Aleksandar Ivović the best athlete of Montenegro in 2015, and after considering the report of the Commission, the Executive Board of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee chose the award winners in the categories of the best national teams in the male and female competitions, as well as the best young sportsman and sportswoman this year.
The best men's selection is the water polo national team, which placed fifth at the World Championship in Kazan, while the handball players of Montenegro, eighth at the last World Championship in Denmark, are the best women's selection..
The best young athlete of Montenegro in the coming year is the athlete Kristina Rakočević, who won silver in the discus throw and bronze in the shot put at the World Junior Championship in Cali, Colombia. In addition, she was also the champion of the Balkans in these throwing disciplines in her age category.
Judoka Danilo Pantić was chosen as the best young athlete of Montenegro, who became the junior champion of Europe in the Austrian Oberwart in the category up to 100 kg, while he was seventh at the World Junior Championship in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
The executive board decided to award special COK plaques to karate player Marina Raković, tennis player Danka Kovinić, athlete Slađana Perunović and sailor Milivoj Dukić for outstanding results achieved in 2015.
The ceremony organized by the Montenegrin Olympic Committee on the occasion of the announcement of the best athletes and national teams of Montenegro in 2015 will be held on Tuesday in Villa Gorica in Podgorica starting at 12 noon.
"At the session, reports on participation in the first European Games in Baku (Azerbaijan), the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi (Georgia) and the first Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara (Italy) were discussed and unanimously adopted. Also, the Executive Board adopted reports on the progress of preparations for the participation of Montenegrin athletes at the Youth Olympic Games "Lillehammer 2016" and the most important sporting event on the planet in 2016, the Olympic Games "Rio 2016", reads the announcement of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee.
As stated, "reports on the international activities of the COC in the previous period were considered and adopted, with special emphasis on participation in the work of the XX General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and participation in the 44th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) ".
"At the meeting, the Report on progress in the organization of the multi-sport manifestation of the Games of Small Countries of Europe, which will be held in Montenegro in 2019, was discussed and adopted. In this regard, the activities undertaken so far were presented, as well as the Action Plan for the implementation of the planned activities , all with the goal of successfully organizing this, so far, the biggest sports manifestation that Montenegro has had the opportunity to organize," the statement added.
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