In the packed Spens amphitheater, with the presence of many Olympians and top athletes, the President of the Association of Sports Legends and Veterans of Novi Sad, Dr. Jovan Pejčić, presented the President of OK BIH academician prof. Dr. Izet Rađo plaque of honorary member of the Association.

The ceremony was also attended by the President of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, Božidar Maljković, and the President of the OK BiH Academician Rađo said in his short address: "I am grateful for this flattering recognition. I am especially glad that together with the Rector of the University of Novi Sad, prof. Dr. Dejan Madić became an honorary member of the Association of Sports Legends and Veterans of Novi Sad, and I especially want to greet prof. Dr. Slavko Obadova, from whom I learned a lot in my judo sports career."