Ukrainian wrestlers refused to participate in the European Championship to protect the country from the Russian occupiers

Only women will go to the tournament.

Украинские борцы отказались от участия в чемпионате Европы ради защиты страны от российских оккупантов

Ukraine 's men's wrestling team will not go to the 2022 European Championships in Budapest.

According to the president of the Wrestling Association of Ukraine Yuri Kopytko, our men's team remains in Ukraine to defend their country from the Russian occupiers.

At the same time, the women's national team of Ukraine is already training in Hungary and will perform at competitions.

We will remind, on February 24 the president of the Russian Federation Putin made the urgent statement on carrying out special military operation in the territory of Ukraine, having begun large-scale invasion of the Ukrainian cities.

After that, Russian sports began to plunge into complete isolation. There are almost no federations left that have not excluded Russians from their competitions.

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Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian chess players refused to play with Russians and Belarusians under any flags .

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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