Special security measures for Armenian and Russian teams
Azerbaijani mass media outlets report that during the World Boxing Championship the teams of Armenia and Russia will have special security guards.
“The Russian team will depart to Baku on September 23. An agreement has been made with Azerbaijan’s sports leadership and boxing federation to provide separated shelters for the teams of Armenia and Russia, the sportsmen will live in a separate sport base. We’ve included two Armenian boxers in our team, and we decided not to risk,” said Yevgeni Sudakov, executive director of Russian boxing federation.
Armenian boxers Davit Hayrapetyan (49kg) and Misha Aloyan (52kg) are included in the Russian national team.