Olympic champion, three-time world champion in freestyle wrestling, Russian Zaurbek Sidakov in an interview with , he said he was ready to meet again American Olympic medalist and four-time world champion Kyle Dake, whom he beat in the World Championship final in Serbia.
On Monday, Sidakov defeated Dake in the final of the Olympic category up to 74 kg and became a three-time world champion, thereby securing the Russian team an Olympic license. Sidakov said Dake behaved disrespectfully and did not shake his hand after the final fight.
— In addition to the number of contractions, there were also difficulties during contractions. Your opponents were all titled wrestlers, from the qualifications onwards.
— From the first fights, all my opponents were very difficult. At first I fought with the silver medalist of the World Championship Avtandil Kenchadze. Besides, I beat him in the final in 2018, then it was also a tense fight. In the second fight in Belgrade, I defeated the medalist of the World Championships and Olympic Games Bekzod Abdurakhmonov. I beat him in the Olympics too. Further down the category, I fought with a very good and promising Iranian, double medalist at the World Championships, Younes Emami. He fought against world champion and European Championship medalist Khetag Tsabolov to reach the semi-finals. I know him very well, we train together. I lost twice to Tsabolov, now we are tied – 2:2. In the semi-final, I beat the Azerbaijani Turan Bayramov, under-23 world champion.
— And the end of such a difficult course is the American Kyle Dake in the final.
– Yes, everyone knows him very well. He is a four-time world champion, Olympic medalist and a very serious opponent.
— After the finale, Dake said he wanted to see you again and get revenge on you. What can you say to the American?
– Sooner or later we will meet. I hope during a major tournament. It is precisely these starts that I approach at the top of my form and where I feel very good. “I like to take a responsible approach to my work,” Sidakov said in an interview with .
The World Championships in Serbia will end on September 24. Watch live broadcasts of World Championship fights on the “Match!” channel. »Fighter” and the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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