Many leaders of the Russian wrestling team were denied Romanian visas to participate in the European Championships in Bucharest, but the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) will try to do everything for the team to compete to the fullest, declared the president of the FSBR to . Mikhail Mamiashvili .
The European Championships will take place from February 12 to 18. According to the head coach of the Russian freestyle wrestling team, Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, out of ten weight categories, only three wrestlers from the first team of the Russian national team received a Romanian visa – Magomed Kurbanov, Gadzhimurad Rashidov and Abasgadzhi Magomedov.
— We requested Romanian visas not only for the first 10 numbers of each team, but for a larger number of our athletes. Many leaders were ultimately denied visas.
— Can’t the International Federation help with the issuance of visas?
– We do not communicate with them now. They are scoundrels, they delayed the question of admission until the last moment, and tomorrow the Greco-Roman wrestling team should fly away. But I think our team will be complete anyway (at the European Championships). This means that we will replace the first national team numbers with the second ones and the third ones with those who have a visa. We will do our best to ensure that the complete isolation they dream of does not happen,” Mamiashvili told .
Previously, the next composition of the Russian freestyle wrestling team for the European Championship was announced:
Up to 57 kg. Zaur Uguev is an Olympic champion and double world champion.
Up to 61kg. Abasgadzhi Magomedov is world and European champion.
Up to 65 kg. Gadzhimurad Rashidov is an Olympic medalist, world champion and two-time European champion.
Up to 70 kg. Kurban Shiraev is the European champion.
Up to 74kg. David Baev is a world champion.
Up to 79 kg. Khalid Yakhiev.
Up to 86kg. Artur Nayfonov is a medalist at the Olympic Games, World Championships and three-time European champion.
Up to 92kg. Magomed Kurbanov is a European champion and medalist at the World Championships.
Up to 97kg. Abdulrashid Sadulayev is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time world champion and five-time European champion.
Up to 125kg. Abdullah Kurbanov.
Source : MatchTV
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