Olympic champion Zaurbek Sidakov On the air of the show “Above Olympus” on , he said he wants to continue fighting, but at the same time understands that, given the lack of time, he must use it as efficiently as possible.
Sidakov, 28, is a champion of the Tokyo Games and a three-time world champion in freestyle wrestling. Earlier in an interview with , the athlete said that he wanted to realize himself in MMA.
In early July, the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) announced that Russian wrestlers, who had received an invitation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), had refused to participate in the Olympic Games. The FSBR stated that it “does not accept the principle of non-sporting selection that guided the IOC when drawing up the list of admitted athletes.”
– Two days [после того, как стало известно о решении не выступать на Играх‑2024] I went to bed late. I came home early, watched TV and got distracted. But it’s hard to fall asleep when different thoughts come to mind: what to do next, what to do. Since I was 11, I’ve been training every day, coming to the gym, sweating – and here is this information.
— Is it hard to realize that these medals hanging on the wall are perhaps the last ones won in the fight?
“I didn’t think about it, but now you said it and… it became difficult.” I want to stay in sports, but I’m no longer a little boy who can work day and night, and tomorrow he has to go to the 2028 Olympics or the 2032 Olympics. I want to use the time I have. The most important thing is that your health allows it,” Sidakov said on the air of the program “Above Olympus.” Fight “on .
The Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11.
Watch the full version of the wrestling episode of the series “Above Olympus” on July 17 at 00:30 (Moscow time) on .
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