Down-the-line.com/Wrestling. Three-time Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling champion Alexander Karelin shared his opinion on the situation in which Russian athletes found themselves. Many international sports federations have suspended them from competitions due to the Ukrainian events.

“When we come back to the global sports suits, we have to be ready for that. We are in a correct and complex cyclical definition.

Lopez, four-time Olympic champion, compared himself to Karelin

In 1980, the athletes did not come to the USSR; in 1984, the countries of the socialist camp did not come to the Games. And in 1992, I carried the united team flag: a white flag with Olympic rings. But we were ready then and now. But we will learn to treat victory in the national championship in a different way, ”quotes TASS Karelin.