Russian Olympic champion excluded from qualifying match
Also turned world champion in 2021: Abdulrashid Sadulayev from Russia
Source: dpa/Berit Roald
The World Wrestling Federation didn’t admit two-time Olympic champion Abdulrashid Sadulayev to the qualifying match in Baku for political causes. Russia then introduced that it could subsequently implement the approval.
DHe prime Russian wrestler and two-time Olympic champion Abdulrashid Sadulayev is just not allowed to participate within the European qualifying match for the upcoming Summer Games in Paris. The World Wrestling Federation UWW introduced this on Thursday. An exterior committee made this resolution based mostly on the standards set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the eligibility of impartial athletes to compete, it stated.
According to the assertion, new info has been discovered concerning help for Russia's battle of aggression towards Ukraine. Sadulayev can be nonetheless a member of Dynamo Moscow. The membership is historically thought of to be near the Russian secret service.
Wrestlers from Russia and Belarus are at the moment solely allowed to participate in worldwide competitions underneath a impartial flag. The European Olympic qualifying match in Baku takes place from Friday to Sunday. Sadulajew, Olympic champion in 2016 and 2021, would have gone to the mat as the favourite within the weight class as much as 97 kilograms freestyle.
17 Germans are preventing for qualification
The president of the Russian Wrestling Federation, Mikhail Mamiashvili, introduced that he would communicate to the UWW on Thursday to get Sadulayev permitted. This was reported by the state information company Ria Novosti. Mamiashvili is himself considered one of a number of vice presidents of the world affiliation.
“Of course we are working to ensure that all restrictions against Sadulayev are lifted and that he can prepare for the Olympic Games,” stated Russian nationwide wrestling coach Khadzhimurat Gazalov.
A 17-member German staff can be registered for the match in Azerbaijan's capital. The final probability to struggle for a ticket to the Olympics in Paris is on the international elimination match in Istanbul in mid-May. So far solely Luisa Niemesch from Germany has certified within the class as much as 62 kilograms.
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