Just today from Sankt-of Petersburg the Olympic champion, the deserved master of sports of the USSR Pavel Pinigin returned

where at the request of the President of Yakutia Egor Borisova and the secretary of regional political council of United Russia Party, the vice-president of the republic Dmitry Glushko personally  transferred to the president of the Russian Olympic Committee, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov a package from 11000 signatures of residents of Yakutsk.

The Olympic champion told with the correspondent of YaSIA about transfer of signatures to ROC for preservation of free-style wrestling in the Olympic program.

"We passed the first stage of the program. From 8 sports only three look entered into the ending: wrestling, baseball and squash. On September 6 there will take place session of the International Olympic committee in Buenos Aires (Argentina) where the destiny of one of favourite sports of residents of Yakutsk" will be decided - Pinigin told.

"Though ahead of 3 months, we aren't going to relax", - he emphasized.

The deserved master of sports also noted: "This document is desire and command of our people to keep this sport. About 11000 podpiseylyubitel of wrestling of different age were brought together: from children wrestlers to veterans of sports. And I think that it is sufficient argument that members the IOC correctly understood our intentions".

Pavel Pinigin hoped that residents of Yakutsk the minister of sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko, the member of the International Olympic committee Vitaly Smirnov, and also the member will support the IOC, Pavel Pavlovich Sergey Bubk's friend.

"We, Yakuts, for wrestling, for justice and for health! ", - Pavel Pinigin added.

Text: Nyurguyana Ivanova

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