Silver medalist of the Olympic Games Rio-2016 Greco-Roman wrestling Jean Belenyuk was refused to go to the World Wrestling Championship, which will be held in the Russian city of Kaspiysk.

According to Belenyuk, this happened a week before the departure. In addition, as Belenyuk noted, he spent a lot of time and energy in preparation for these competitions.

The corresponding message he wrote on his page in Instagram. Note that the World Cup will be held from April 30 to May 6, 2018. A total of 30 athletes from Ukraine will compete for these competitions.

Recently, Belenyuk commented on the ban on Ukrainian athletes taking part in competitions in Russia.