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There was a 75-kilogram bar, which disappeared from the top of Elbrus
The control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Kabardino-Balkaria found a bar, which was first dragged to the top of Elbrus, and then carried away from it. The department reported that the man who descended the bar from the mountain transferred it to the police department of the city of Tyrnyauz. He stated that he took the bar for household garbage.
Tyrnyauz is about 50 kilometers from the top of Elbrus.
The rod to the highest point in Europe was raised in early September, Murmansk athlete Andrei Rodichev. He did this to attract the attention of sponsors to the absence of a bar in his hometown, suitable for professional powerlifting competitions.
A few days after conquering the top of Rodchev, the bar with Elbrus disappeared . It was assumed that the fighters did this for the purity of the top.
According to eyewitnesses, this is not the first loss of things from the top of Elbrus. At different times, enthusiasts lifted weights to the highest point of Europe, a motorcycle, even tried to raise the car, but all these objects disappeared. At one time, the busts of Stalin and Lenin were installed at the top, who also carried away after perestroika.