Three Olympic champions from Russia were cleared to compete at the wrestling world championships this week because they were judged to have been pressured to appear at a pro-war rally in Moscow last year.
The United World Wrestling governing body explained Tuesday why Zaurbek Sidakov, Zaur Uguev and Abdulrashid Sadulaev were among the Russian wrestlers who passed vetting to compete as neutral athletes in Belgrade, Serbia, and try to qualify for next year’s Paris Olympics.a flag-waving rally at Luzhniki Stadium in March 2022
However, a vetting process for the three wrestlers concluded “their participation in certain events is not their own will,” United World Wrestling said in a statement. However, Sidakov, Uguev and Sadulaev — who stood at the Moscow rally next to military personnel and other athletes who wore the pro-war “Z” symbol on their uniforms — were cleared.
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