Foreign athletes are happy that the Russians came to the World Wrestling Championships, the president of the Russian Wrestling Federation told . Mikhail Mamiashvili .
The World Championships, which serve as qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, began on Saturday in Belgrade. Russian wrestlers participate in the tournament in neutral status.
Russian wrestler Abasgadzhi Magomedov reached the final of the World Championship in the weight category up to 61 kg. In the quarterfinals he defeated Ukrainian Valentin Blesetsky with a score of 16:4. The two wrestlers did not approach or shake hands after the winner was announced. Magomedov, in an interview with , said that his hand was always open for handshakes, but even before the fight he understood that the Ukrainian would not want to shake hands.
“Unfortunately, evil people are doing everything to completely eradicate humanity, in order to anger people. Just yesterday (in Belgrade), a completely crazy story happened. The United States Ambassador to Serbia invited United World Wrestling (UWW) executives to dinner, excluding Russian and Chinese executives from the UWW leadership structure. And the Chinese girl is an absolutely charming girl, she does a lot for the development of the UWW. She is a member of the office, my colleague.
To resist such dehumanization, we must close ranks, be together. Look at this World Cup, all our colleagues are happy that Russia came. Everyone here is friends, communicates with each other, helps each other, including us. This is how we must continue.
When the Olympic movement was resurrected by great tragic romantics like Pierre de Coubertin, the basis was not the result, nor the reward, nor the pedestal, but a handshake, regardless of birth, skin color or of religion. It didn’t matter if you were a loser or a winner, the first thing was the handshake, the brotherly attitude of any person. The Olympic site is also subject to a total desire for destruction. But I don’t think it will work. We are supporters of a fair fight, supporters of the fact that the Olympic venue generates only the desire to create,” Mamiashvili told .
Source : MatchTV
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