The head coach of the Russian boxing team, Viktor Farkhutdinov, told that the Georgian athlete Lasha Guruli provokes, accusing an anonymous party of attempted corruption.
Earlier, Guruli said that he was offered a large sum of money before the last match of the European Championship against the Russian. Tarkhan Idigova . In the fight in the weight category up to 67 kg, the Russian won ahead of schedule: Guruli refused to enter the third round. At the award ceremony, the representative of Georgia took off his medal, after which he shook hands with everyone, including Idigov, and did not take a joint photo with all the medalists .
– It’s a provocation. I don’t know what his intention is, I don’t understand. We do not do such things, we fought with dignity. Yes, an attempt at hype. We have discipline and order in our team,” Farkhutdinov “.”
The Russian team participated in the European Championships with national symbols by decision of the International Boxing Association (IBA).
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Source : MatchTV
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