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Greco-Roman struggle is not threatened by the exclusion from the Olympiad program
The wrestling of the Greco-Roman style does not threaten the exclusion from the competitive program of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. This was stated by TASS in the press service of the united world of struggle (UWW).
Last week and. O. The President of the Federation of Working Azerbaijan, a member of the UWW bureau Namik Aliyev said that the Greco-Roman struggle, apparently, would not be presented at the Olympics in Paris . In the competitive program, along with the free, not Greco-Roman, but a new wrestling style can be presented.
"The UWW President Nenad Lalovich said that the Greco -Roman struggle has always been in Paris -2024 and will remain in the Olympic program for many years, - we reported to Uww.“ We are dealing with the case when the person who interviewed incorrectly interpreted what was said, because it was poorly familiar with the Olympic context. ”
The reform of the international federation previously carried out by Serb Lalovich helped the wrestling in 2013 to maintain a place in the Olympic program.
UWW emphasized that the appearance of new styles does not correlate with long -term organizations of the organization to exclude the previously existing Olympic style. "This is the dynamic cooperation of international federations with the International Olympic Committee with the aim of testing new styles under the necessary conditions," the international federation noted.
The Greco-Roman struggle entered the program of the modern Olympic Games in the first Olympics, which took place in Athens in 1896. The only time she was not presented in the program at the Olympics, held in 1900 in Paris. The French capital will again accept the Olympic Games in 2024, the competition will be held from July 26 to August 11.
By the way, the Russian athlete Alexander Karelin, who is a three-time Olympic champion and nine-time world champion, was recognized as the International Federation of the Wrestling of the Greco-Roman style of the 20th century.