24. 09. 2017
Košice - Kemerovo (RUS) - 22.09.- 24.09.2017. Košice senior Michael Bodnár flew to faraway Kemerovo with the assistant national team coach, Marek Sciranko. The SZZ President Mgr. Ján Karšňák, European Championship medalist Akhsarbek Gulaev, and Taimuraz Salkazanov also joined the delegation. The traditional, very high-quality international tournament did not bring success to our club. Michael lost in the 97kg/23 weight class to Russian wrestler Ovsjannikov 0:3 and did not compete further. Despite this, it was a successful tournament for the Slovak colors, as Taimuraz Salkazanov won the gold medal and was also declared the most successful foreign wrestler. Losses are part of sports; it is a pity that our freestyle wrestler finished in the first round, but we believe he learned as much as possible from the Russian school and will work on eliminating his mistakes in training. The main competition of the year, the senior Slovak championships, awaits us in November. ah