The free-style fighter Abdulrashid Sadulayev brought Russia a 19th gold medal at the Olympic Games

Earlier, Russian Greco-Roman style fighters Sergey Emelin and Sergey Semenov won bronze awards in competitions in weight categories up to 60 kg and up to 130 kg, respectively.

Now, the Russian national team at the Games in Tokyo 19 awards of the highest dignity, also Russian athletes have 25 silver and 23 bronze medals.

Russian athletes at these games do not appear under the flag of the country, but under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee, since the Russian Federation was removed from participation in the Olympic Games until December 2022 due to manipulations from doping tests of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory.

According to WADA, the laboratory forged the results of tests intended for transfer to the World Anti -Doping Agency. The organization claimed that the information was faked for a year and a half.

In addition, the civil servants of the Russian Federation and the leadership of the OKR and the PCR, by decision of the committee, are prohibited from attending international sports events.

At the same time, Russian athletes who are not seen in doping violations are allowed to perform competitions under the neutral flag and without the execution of the state anthem.