Berlin – It was a strange feeling for the Kreuzberg boxer Murat Yildirim and his Berlin trainer Ralf Dickert when they were having breakfast in Sofia on Thursday morning. They had heard about the Russian attack on Ukraine. And they discussed in the hotel in the Bulgarian capital on the sidelines of the “Strandja Tournament” what effects this war would have. To the sports. On Europe. At the current tournament, which has the status of a small world championship: 350 athletes from 39 countries are at the start, including the Berlin boxer Zeina Nassar, who lost her opening duel.
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