Head coach of the national team Russia freestyle wrestling Khadjimurat Gatsalov in a conversation with , he called the results of national athletes at the World Championships in Serbia good, who won four of the six Olympic licenses.
At the freestyle wrestling tournament at the World Championships in Belgrade, Russians won four of ten possible medals (two gold, silver and bronze) and four of six Olympic licenses.
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— Many thanks to Mikhail Mamiashvili for not standing idly by, but for doing everything so that our team represents our country as a whole at the World Championships. The result is not bad. We have taken four licenses out of six, we will still have to obtain two. I think we will definitely take them and have a complete set.
We haven’t wrestled anywhere in two years, but competitive practice is still necessary. Many guys made their debut at this World Championship and competed well. We have two gold medals, Sidakov and Usmanov showed a very good fight. Sidakov had a very principled fight, he fought with an American, three-time world champion, Olympic medalist Kyle Dake. It was the most anticipated fight of this tournament. I am incredibly happy that the victory is ours, Russia’s.
— Did Usmanov bring Russia the first gold medal at the World Championships in his category?
— Yes, it’s been a very long time since we had a medal in this category. Jordan Burrows has always been a winner in this category, and Kyle Dake was in this category and won as well. I took Akhmed Usmanov to the World Club Championship in Iran, where he had some good fights. I realized that this guy could be taken to the world championships, where he could always show good results.
— Shamil Mamedov was praised a lot before the tournament. How would you rate it?
— Mamedov is a very promising wrestler with great potential. There is very strong competition in the category up to 65 kg; there is no such competition in any category. Musukaev, originally from Russia, became champion and defeated the Puerto Rican in the final. The Puerto Rican is a new athlete, but he trains in America. And our Shamil beat the current world champion in the fight for bronze. He’s a fighter, and the most important thing for a fighter is his fighting skills. But Musukaev let his guard down when they fought in the quarterfinals. Musukaev during the fight pretended to be tired, these tricks of the opponent will be a great experience for us.
We will draw the right conclusions, and when the time comes for the Olympic Games, Mamedov will not give in to anyone. He has confidence in himself and that’s the most important thing. It will be impossible to beat Shamil in the next fights; in the next departures he will make a statement,” Gatsalov told .
The World Championship in Serbia will end on September 24, the Russians will participate in the tournament in neutral status. Watch live broadcasts of World Championship fights on the “Match!” channel. » Fighter” and the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru, broadcasting will begin on September 20 at 19:00 Moscow time.
Source : MatchTV
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