The Spanish boxer, Gazi Jadilov, has no Olympic place for now after the arbitration decision

The Spanish boxer Gazi Jadilov, third in the last world championship of his weight, has not achieved, so far, the place for Paris in Busto Arsizio pre-Olympic tournament (Italy) losing in the thirty-second finals round, in a match where an Algerian judge “always ruled against us,” his coach José told EFE. Ignacio Barruetabeña.

Jadilov, of Russian origin and whoHe has lived in Logroño since he was young.is one of the main medal contenders in Olympic Games in Paris at his light weight and keeping those options intact, as he will participate in another pre-Olympic in June, scheduled to Thailand.

The boxer dedicated the last few years, after his Olympic diploma in Tokyo, to establishing himself as one of the best specialists in the world in his weight and to preparing for the Paris Games.

However, “now our whole plan has been cut because we have to go to a qualification tournament that was not in our plans,” Barruetabeña stressed, and, for that reason, “Gazi is a little upset, he feels that they played. with his work.”

The coach emphasized that “this is not Gazi’s only problem, because in the pre-Olympic, the Algerian judges, the Spanish team, always scored against them because there was a political issue behind it.”

Go to Thailand for everything

In the Italian tournament, Gazi Jadilov played his first match in Colombian Juan Ortiz and “we are determined not to go out to the maximum because then there are three more matches” to access one of the four places for Paris at stake.

So, “in the first round, although it was equal, we won, but the vote of the Algerian judge decided against us,” said the coach; and, in the second, “although it was clear in our favor, it also reduced our score”, so, “in the third, which it is true that is not good (Gazi), the overall score left us out.”

Besides, “they ended up giving the victory to a boxer who ended up with an open cheekbone and a broken hand,” so, “he might not even be able to move on,” he stressed.

Jadilov debuted as a professional boxer, but a few months ago he chose to return to the amateur field because “his dream is to win the Olympic Games,” he added, and “now he feels a little bad because he feels like he gambled his job.” .

However, “now there is nothing left but to get up, change the planned plans and go to Thailand for everything, knowing that every match will be final”, although “it is difficult to do that and in a few weeks the Games”, recognized the coach, who regretted that “these things happen because politics enters the sport.”

Barruetabeña There is no question of filing a claim with International Federation for what happened in Italy, because, in the 38 years he’s been in the world of boxing, he’s only seen one protest develop and, besides, “just filing an appeal costs five thousand dollars,” he concluded.