INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Ossetia, had previously competed for Russia but changed his sporting nationality to Albania just before the 2024 Paris
Olympics.Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) official Mikhail Mamiashvili, who heads the national wrestling federation, got into an altercation
with Valiev at the European freestyle wrestling championships in Bratislava, where Valiev defeated a Russian athlete in the final.Video of
visibly upsets the athlete.Mamiashvili, himself an Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, then roughly grabs Valiev by both hands, and
delayed and eventually shelved.President Vladimir Putin, who is well-acquainted with Mamiashvili and personally awarded him with the Order
of Merit for the Fatherland in the Kremlin last year, has repeatedly criticized international sporting authorities for allegedly
The national team trained him
But today he's under the Albanian flag with tears in his eyes
