Rio Olympic gold medalist Soslan RAMONOV has been in news recently in India. Their were reports, that the mercurial Russian is contemplating coaching stint with Bajrang Punia before Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Ramonov has been struggling with his back since last few months now and also had a fall-out with head coach of Russia. All this resulted in Olympic champion staying away from the mat since last year and a half and reports of him retiring from the sport.
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Ramonov finally put all the speculations to rest as he made a comeback to the mat once again as Chechnya’s capital city of Grozny hosted the Akhmad Kadyrov Cup. Ramonov, finished in second place at 70kg, dropping his finals match to Rasul ARSANALIEV (RUS).
After his runner-up finish, Ramonov took to his social media account to announce that he’ll be heading back down to his Olympic gold-winning weight of 65kg for this weekend’s Vladimir Semenov Memorial — which takes place in Nefteyugansk, Russia. The same weight category in which India’s Bajrang Punia will be fighting for Gold in the Olympics.
In that post, Ramonov roughly said, “After a year’s pause, the first start, yesterday I enjoyed the fights. Today I was completely empty! Unfortunately, my body was not ready to go through the whole tournament…but this is all fixable. I will work even more. The next competition is in a week, at 65kg in the city of Nefteyugansk.”
Meanwhile, two-time world champion Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) highlighted the list of ten Russian winners at the Akhmad Kadyrov Cup.
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Gazimagomedov, up from his Budapest world-title winning weight of 70kg, won his first 74kg competition after a third-place finish at July’s Russian National Championships. His win in the finals came over Musa BAZIEV (RUS).
Another notable champion was Akhmed CHAKAEV (RUS). The two-time world bronze medalist won his third consecutive Akhmad Kadyrov Cup with a win over Muslim SAJDULAEV (RUS) in the 65kg finals.
Outside of the champions, RESULTS
57kg – Muslim SADULAEV (RUS) df. Abubakar MUTALIEV (RUS)
61kg – Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (RUS) df. Muslim MEHTIKHANOV (RUS)
65kg – Akhmed CHAKAEV (RUS) df. Muslim SAJDULAEV (RUS)
70kg – Rasul ARSANALIEV (RUS) df. Soslan RAMONOV (RUS)
74kg – Magomedrasul GAZIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) df. Musa BAZIEV (RUS)
79kg – Kahaber HUBEZHTY (RUS) df. Adam KHASIEV (RUS)
86kg – Muslim DADAEV (RUS) df. Dzhabrail SHAPIEV (UZB)
92kg – Anzor URISHEV (RUS) df. George RUBAEV (MDA)
97kg – Alikhan ZHABRAILOV (RUS) df. Tamerlan RASUEV (RUS)
125kg – Batradz GAZZAYEV (RUS) df. Baldan TSYZYPOV (RUS)
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