Current UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev spoke about the restrictions on the admission of Russian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed Russian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games with a neutral status and without national symbols. In addition, the athletes had to undergo additional tests. Many leaders of the Russian team were not granted access, so it was decided to refuse to participate in the competition.
— These days I enjoyed watching the fight. It is a pity that this dirty politics has infiltrated such a courageous sport. People who have devoted their whole lives to this sport and were lucky enough to participate in the Olympics are forced to stay at home and watch the Olympics on TV. The double standards of dirty countries deprive our athletes of what they have fought for all their lives, ”Makhashev wrote on social networks.
Dagestan natives Akhmed Tazhudinov (playing for Bahrain), Razambek Zhamalov (Uzbekistan), Magomed Ramazanov (Bulgaria) won gold at the Paris Olympics, bronze medals went to Dauren Kurugliev (Greece) and Magomedkhan Magomedov (Azerbaijan).
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