The wrestler Yuri Kalashnikov opened the new competition season with the bronze medal he obtained last night (Saturday) at the French Grand Prix.
Kalashnikov, who competes in freestyle, in the weight category up to 86 kg, lost in the quarter-finals to the German Lars Korfor after 4:0, which sent him to the consolation bracket, where he defeated opponents from Canada and Lithuania. From there he went on to compete for third place against Owen Douglas Webster, whom he defeated 1: 6.
The top Israeli in the field would like to reach the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, when his main goal this year will be the World Championship in September in Serbia, when even before that, the European Championship will be held in Croatia in April.
In the meantime, the Israeli Wrestling Association is currently hosting a group of 14 young sportsmen and women in the industry, along with their coaches, for a special training camp, to give them a break from the war in their country, when at the weekend he took them on a tour of Jerusalem.
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