Athletistic/Boxing. Tatiana Kirienko, Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation, expressed her thoughts on the incident at the award ceremony of the European Boxing Championships in Belgrade (Serbia).

Recall that during the Russian anthem performed in honor of Yulia Chumgalakova, a technical breakdown occurred which interrupted the musical accompaniment. However, the audience took the initiative and sang the national anthem without musical accompaniment.

“It was an unfortunate moment, but there was no intentional malice. We have received a formal apology from the technical delegate. We understand that this was a technical issue. Additionally, even l The electricity was cut off at the beginning There were some organizational difficulties As our anthem was the first, this created some inconvenience, but this should not be seen as something negative. accepted the apology, the main thing is that we all remembered the words of the anthem and I was able to sing it, which, as I always say, is the right decision, ”Kiriyenko shared in an interview with. a correspondent from the “Championship”.



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