“Belenyuk’s deserved Olympic gold was stolen,” – Minister of Youth and Sports

Jean Belenyuk, who confidently went through all the steps in the 1/8 finals defeated the representative of Egypt, Mohamed Saad (9: 0)  defeated Nicholas Bayryakov from Bulgaria (10: 1) in the quarterfinals, and in the semi-final was stronger Belarusian Javid Gamzatov (6: 0 ), was considered a favorite of the finals and had coefficients to win one to two, it is content with the silver award, which was the fifth in the bank of our national team ( “silver” in the asset Sergei Kulish, Oleg Vernyaeva and our team sablistok, “bronze” – Olga Harlan) .

Minister of Youth and Sports Igor Zhdanov said that Belenyuk’s deserved Olympic gold was stolen “So him personally and said on the phone after the match is finished. For us, Jean Belenyuk real champion! And the fact that stolen unfair wrestling – can not be considered a victory in the Olympic Games “, – wrote Mr. Zhdanov on his page on Facebook.

Recall that the referee from Georgia, who was mainly in the final battle against the Ukrainian Jean Belenyuka Russian fighter with Georgian roots Davit Chakvetadze (born in Kutaisi) gave a subjective assessment of the course of the match, which became decisive.