Two-time Olympic champion Oleg Saitov, in a conversation with , highly noted the performance of the Uzbekistan men’s team at the Paris Olympics, but also recalled the absence of the Russians.
The 2024 Olympic Games ended in Paris on Sunday. Seven sets of medals were contested in the men’s boxing competitions. Boxers from Uzbekistan won gold medals in five weight categories.
— Five medals out of seven possible, I don’t even remember before. Yes, the Cubans won five gold medals in 2004, but there were 11 categories then, and here, out of seven possible, take five…
But let’s not forget that there were no Russians at the Olympics and they are the main competitors. I think that Russian boxers would have had 1-2 gold medals, and then the situation would have been different. Unfortunately, today’s politics weakens the sport,” Saitov told .
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