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It’s not for lack of trying, though. Despite three new opportunities to win a bronze medal this Saturday at the Euro in Bucharest (Romania), the French team failed to get on a podium and will leave with the counter stuck at zero.
After Stéfan Clément (-63 kg) and Mamadassa Sylla (-72 kg) in Greco-Roman and Pauline Lecarpentier (-76 kg) in women’s wrestling throughout the week, Ilman Mukhtarov (-57 kg), Khamzat Arsamerzouev (- 65 kg) and Seyfulla Itaev (-70 kg) also gave in this Saturday in their match for the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling.
The bill was heavy for Mukhtarov, beaten 11-0 by the Georgian Roberti Dingashvili. It was a little closer for Arsamerzouev, who lost 4-0 to Azerbaijan’s Ali Rahimzada after winning 5-4 in the repechage against Romanian Stefan Coman earlier in the day. Of the three, Itaev was the one who came closest to the podium, losing only 2-1 against the Hungarian Ismail Musukaev, reigning world champion in the -65 kg category, after emerging victorious in his repechage match 5-2 against the German Alexander Semisorow in the morning.
To make matters worse for this very frustrating new day for the French clan, the French team is now guaranteed not to bring back any medals from Romania even before the last day of competition on Sunday. His last three wrestlers to enter the competition on Saturday all lost in their first fight and will not be drafted.
Arman Eloyan (-61 kg) fell against the Belarusian Andrei Bekreneu (3-1), Zelimkhan Khadjiev (-74 kg) suffered the law of the Azerbaijani Turan Bayramov (11-1) and Rakhim Magamadov (-86 kg) was surprised by the Azerbaijani Arsenii Dzhioev (6-2).
While they left Euro 2023 with four charms, the Blues will therefore miss out on this edition. Bad news two months before the European TQO in Baku (Azerbaijan), from April 5 to 7.