Mikhail Mamiashvili said that what is happening around Isinbayeva pleases foreign partners
President of the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR) and Olympic champion Mikhail Mamiashvili explained the words of the two-time winner of the Olympic Games Elena Isinbayeva, who called her military ranks nominal. It is reported by TASS.
He emphasized that he himself is a colonel, but at the same time he did not run after a tank and did not take languages. “Which one of me is a military officer? I solved the tasks that the command set before me on the sports ground. And Isinbayeva too. Yes, she said inaccurately, but why are we breaking the chain? Mamiashvili noted.
The functionary added that what is happening around Isinbayeva pleases foreign partners. “We are citizens of Russia, we have one country, we must be united,” Mamiashvili said.
On July 20, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, stood up for Isinbayeva, saying that the sports community was reacting harshly to the statement of the jumper, not knowing what it was about. He added that we should not forget about the merits of the Olympic champion.
On July 12, El Digital Sur reported that the former athlete lives in Tenerife. Later, on her page on VKontakte, she wrote that her awards and military rank from the CSKA sports society were nominal.
Source: Lenta
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