The French men’s freestyle wrestling team at the European Junior Championship (U23) will be made entirely of Chechnya natives. This is specified official website of the organization.
Thus, Adam Bibulatov (up to 61 kg), Khamzat Arsamerzuev (65), Muhammad-Amin Sangariyev (70 kg), Magomed Deliev (74 kg), Rakhim Magomadov (86 kg) and Adlan Viskhanov (92 kg) entered the application for France. .
The European Championship will be held on 13-19 March in Bucharest (Romania).
Recall that since the beginning of last year, Russian wrestlers have not participated in international competitions, and some of them represent other countries.
On January 25, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it is considering the possibility of allowing Russian athletes who do not support the conduct of a special operation on Ukrainian territory to participate in international competitions in a neutral status.
On February 10, it was reported that a group of 35 countries, including the USA, Germany and Australia, agreed at an online conference to demand the suspension of participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the 2024 Olympics.
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