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European Sambo Federation Prez Reprimands Azerbaijani Athlete for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Sergey Eliseev, President of the Russian and European Sambo Federation, has publicly reprimanded Azerbaijani athlete Bakhtiyar Abbasov for ‘unethical behavior’ when he squatted during the playing of the Armenian national anthem at the Moscow World Cup Sambo competition held last weekend.

In his weight class Abbasov came in third to Armenia’s Ashot Danielyan.

When Danielyan and the runners up took the podium, Abbasov squatted during the playing of Armenia’s national anthem and thus provoked the ire of many, including Eliseev.

While Azerbaijan’s Deputy Ambassador to Russia, who attended the event, verbally apologized to Armenian Sambo Federation President Levon Hayrapetyan, the Armenian delegation filed an official complaint to the competition’s organizing committee.

On the official European Sambo Federation website Sergey Eliseev reprimanded Abbasov and wrote:

“I condemn this act, and find it unacceptable for an athlete. Especially since he is a member of the national team of Azerbaijan, and represented his country at the official World Cup. This is unsporting behavior. This athlete does not deserve to be winner of the World Cup.

I believe that an athlete who commits such violations of competition rules and ethics should be excluded from the competition and deprived of medals. The disciplinary committee of the International Federation of Sambo must decide on the further participation in international tournaments of this athlete.”

Comments (2)

GB
A brain washed Axeri-Turk like this guy, has the same mentality of the axe murderer, Ramil Safarov!
Hagop
That poor Azik is taking a dump on himself when confronted with Armenian victory, just like his compatriots did in Artsakh 20 years ago.

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