INT. BODYBUILDING AND FITNESS ORGANIZATIONS

[DSc. Edmundas Daubaras]

LITHUANIA WAS IN NABBA FOR 16 YEARS. LITHUANIA IS IN WFF FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WE ORGANIZED 3 NABBA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LITHUANIA (1996. 1997. 1998).
THE GOVERNMENT OF LITHUANIA LOOKED UPON THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS POSITIVELY. NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE LOOKED POSITIVE TOO. ALL THAT TIME LITHUANIAN STATE SPORT DEPARTMENT WAS ASKING US TO PRESENT NABBA-INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE (ASKING WHAT IS NABBA IN REAL LIFE). THE OFFICIALS OF NABBA-INTERNATIONAL KEPT SILENCE, MAKING A LOT OF PROBLEMS TO US. THIS LASTED FOR MANY YEARS.
THE SAME HAPPENED WHEN WE ORGANIZED 1998 WFF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN LITHUANIA. NO REGISTRATION! NABBA AND WFF DOES NOT EGZIST!!! WFF WAS ONLY IN IMAGINATION OF PEOPLE, NOT IN REAL LIFE.
DUE TO THIS NONSENCE WE DECIDED TO WORK SERIOUSLY. IN 1998 WE ARRANGED INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN LATVIA. WE MADE THE CONSTITUTION, JUDGING RULES, ETC. FINALY WE REGISTERED WORLD FITNESS FEDERATION - INTERNATIONAL. WISHING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM NOT EGZISTING WFF, WE NAMED IT WFF EH (EASTER HEMISPHERE).
THIS GAVE US THE OPORTUNITY TO WORK AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICIALLY.
THIS IS HOW IT IS. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US!