07/04/2010 18:13
Wrestlers with Armenian surnames expelled from Russian team
Russian national wrestling team has expelled athletes with Armenian surnames, who were before reported as participants at the European Championship in Baku.
Team’s chief coach Gogi Koguashvili said: “We were planning to contest Seyran Simonian and Migran Harutyunian, but later we had to change our plans.”
Koguashvili said that Simonian was injured and is preparing for surgery, while the team’s management made a decision to expel Harutyunian from the list of participants, for obvious reasons to have no track with provocations.
“I believe that the Azerbaijani side will make efforts to provide security for participants of Armenian origin; however, there can be someone out of balance, whose actions can be unpredictable,” said Gogi Koguashvili.