According to Offsideplus.az, this was stated by the captain of the Azerbaijani national freestyle wrestling team Jabrayil Hasanov, who finished his career.

Hasanov, who has been appointed the head coach of the youth national team, told the official website of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation (AWF) that he will try to succeed in his new job: “Obviously, I was planning to finish my career after performing at the Tokyo Olympics. However, due to this injury, the pain remained in training. So I decided that what I really needed to do was learn how to do it right. Hopefully, I will continue to work as a coach. I thank the vice-president of the federation Namig Aliyev for appointing me to this position. As a coach, I will do my best to justify the confidence. "

Although the young specialist is not an Olympic champion, he considers his bronze award to be his greatest achievement: “Of course, the greatest dream of every athlete is to become an Olympic champion. Although I was not lucky, I won an Olympic medal. I consider third place in the Rio Olympics the greatest success of my career. In fact, I could have signed the same result in London. I was close to winning the match with the Cuban wrestler. But a few seconds before the end, I made a mistake and lost. This was the most disappointing meeting. My main rival throughout my career was Russian Aniuar Geduyev. We met him in various competitions. "

Jabrayil Hasanov also wished success to Sharif Sharifov, who will captain the team after him: “Sharif is our Olympic, world and European champion. He is the only wrestler who signed this result. Hopefully, the captaincy will be good for both him and our team. I believe that our team will be successful in the Olympic Games and will raise our flag. "