Albania may have a gold medal at the Olympic Games for the first time. It is about the naturalized wrestler Chermen Valiev, who in "Paris 2024" won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling up to 75 kg.
Before the Red and Black wrestlers were competing for the third place, the president of the Wrestling Federation, Sahit Prizreni and KOKSH complained about the unfair elimination and the incorrect decisions of the judges after the elimination of Valiev in the quarterfinals. Our wrestler was eliminated 6-5 by the Uzbek Jamalov Razambek, this after the technical point contested by our wrestlers after the competition.
For "RTSH 24", the head of wrestling in the country, Sahit Prizreni has confirmed that the decision to eliminate Valiev has been sent to the CAS, bringing a parallel that the right has triumphed in several similar episodes and in the event that the CAS (Lausanne) gives the right to the Albanian side, then Valiev will take the first place and the gold medal.
"Chermen Valiev was denied the match in the semi-finals, it was stolen from him and we filed a complaint with CAS. I claim that justice is done. What happened with Chermen Valiev and the opponent from Uzbekistan is an open theft as there is no regulation that justifies what the referee did where they took the last 10 seconds and took a point from our boy. We felt an injustice was done to us, but when we got two medals I feel a little relieved and happy that we did it. I hope that justice will be done and if that happens it means that we will have a gold medal and a bronze medal. There is precedent of a case of a girl in India who got the gold medal from USA after the justice spoke after the Games were over. Albania has fulfilled its mission", said Prizren.
