2024-08-15 00:56:20
“The Paris-2024 Summer Olympic Games were the most difficult in history.”
Idman.biz informs that this was said by Pedro Roque, the head coach of the Azerbaijani national team of male boxers.
An experienced Cuban specialist assessed the chances of our national team at the Paris-2024 Summer Olympic Games. He said that the boxers who fought in 13 weights in the world championship entered the ring in the most spectacular competition of the quadrennial with only 7 weights: “For this reason, some athletes had to either reduce or increase their weight. Our Olympic medalist Alfonso Dominguez competed at 86 kg in the cycle. On the eve of Paris-2024, he started fighting at 92 kg and got a license and went to the competition. As for his performance at the Olympics, he fought against a strong Uzbek boxer in the final. Which he had lowered his weight. This step was taken because there are athletes like Bahodir Jalolov in this weight. Alfonso entered the ring only 88 kg. Weight is also decisive in the fight of strong boxers. I’m not making excuses or saying that’s why we didn’t win gold. The opponent was very strong and deserved the championship. We won a silver medal.”
Roque said that he is happy that the Azerbaijani boxer reached the finals for the second time under his leadership at the Olympics: “Alfonso won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. I think he will turn it into gold in Los Angeles.”
It should be noted that in Rio 2016, Lorenzo Sotomayor advanced to the finals and finished the competition with a silver medal. Our boxer Alfonso Dominguez repeated the same success in Paris-2024.
Banuchichak Huseynli
İdman.biz