Several members of the Russian team in wrestling are not released from Zagreb airport

Several members of the Russian team in the wrestling who arrived in Croatia to participate in the World Cup are not released from Zagreb airport, the senior coach of the Dagestan national wrestling team Mahmud Magomedov said on social networks.

The world championship in Croatia will be held from September 13 to 21. Russian athletes will perform at the tournament under the flag of the United World of Wrestling (UWW).

– I hope all this is not done on purpose. Visa was given on the last day. As a result, Zagreb’s airport is not launched into the country.

For more than five hours, Zaurbek Sidakov, Akhmed Usmanov and Abdullah Kurbanov have been holding.

The police came to the hotel – to check the documents of those who have already arrived, as well as to confirm what they live here, ”Magomedov wrote.

On Thursday, the press service of the Russian wrestling Federation (FSBR) reported that the two -time winner of the Olympic Games Abdulrashid Sadulaev would not perform at the World Cup in Croatia, since the athlete was not given a Schengen visa. In the national team he was replaced by Magomed Kurbanov.