While the French team flies off this Wednesday morning for the TQO (Olympic Qualification Tournament) in Baku, Azerbaijan with the aim of qualifying as many fighters as possible for the Paris Olympics, Gagik Snjoyan remains in Paris. Enough to seriously compromise his chances. The 22-year-old French wrestler of Armenian origin had nevertheless won his selection in -67 kg Greco-Roman thanks to his performances since the start of the year.
But, with death in his soul, he gave up this trip to reassure his family in a difficult context since the two countries have been in conflict for almost forty years. The French number 2 in his category, Mamadassa Sylla, therefore replaced him.
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