Wrestlers who obtained Olympic licenses are preparing to participate in the Paris Games, Mamiashvili said

President of the Russian Wrestling Federation Mikhail Mamiashvili On , he said that athletes who have obtained Olympic licenses are preparing to participate in the Paris Games.

The Russians participated in the 2023 World Cup in Belgrade in neutral status.

— Sidakov, Uguev, Mamedov, Kurbanov obtained Olympic licenses.

– They are preparing for the Olympic Games, they will still have to prove their worth in the country. The guys aim to win the missing licenses in freestyle, classic and Greco-Roman wrestling. Young and ambitious team. If we manage to put in place educational and training logistics, if we are not prevented from competing with the strongest athletes, the team will be able to get closer to the license. Then we will wait for additional decisions and, in the end, we will decide whether to participate or not.

So many questions that make you think. In the conditions we find ourselves in, there is no definitive solution. We are preparing and qualifying for the Olympic Games.

We have to discuss absurd questions. The Military World Cup is under the patronage of the IOC. If athletes do not participate, they are sanctioned by the military’s international sports authority. If they do not participate, they are not eligible for admission. Then, by this logic, war games must first move away from IOC patronage. Absurd! – said Mamiashvili on the air of the show “Loud” on .

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on December 8 that it would grant neutral status to Russian and Belarusian athletes who successfully qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Russian athletes will be able to perform in Paris without a flag , anthem and other national symbols. The IOC banned the participation of athletes associated with security forces or who had expressed support for the SVO.