If the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had not suspended the leaders of the Russian wrestling team, the Russians would have won medals in many weight categories at the Paris Games, the president of the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) told . Mikhail Mamiashvili.
In early July, the FSBR reported that Russian wrestlers, invited by the IOC, had refused to participate in the Paris Olympics. The federation stated that it “does not accept the principle of non-sporting selection that guided the IOC in drawing up the list of eligible athletes, the purpose of which is to undermine the principle of team unity.” The list of wrestlers to whom the IOC granted neutral status did not include many of the strongest athletes, including Olympic champions Abdulrashid Sadulaev, Zaur Uguev, Zaurbek Sidakov and Musa Evloev.
— Are you interested in an Olympic tournament without Russian wrestlers?
— There are, of course, strong countries at the Olympics – representatives of our fraternal republics, Iran, the United States, Japan. There is someone to compete with. If everything had been in accordance with the proposed protocols and conditions, and the IOC had not made a completely unprecedented decision to completely exclude from participation in the Olympic Games our athletes, who themselves have obtained licenses and are world leaders in their categories, we would have “I fought in many categories for medals in Paris,” Mamiashvili told .
The Olympic wrestling tournament began on Monday.
The games in Paris will end on August 11.
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