World champion national wrestler Rıza Kayaalp, who is preparing for the European Championship in the Bolu camp, emphasized that he wants to equal the gold medal record of the legendary Russian athlete Aleksandr Karelin, who has 12 European championships, and to become the athlete with the most medals in Europe, “I am very eager and I am working very well. “I am an athlete who always wants new achievements. I have the last year and a half and I want to break the European record and win the Olympic championship, which I could not win,” he said.
The Greco-Roman Wrestling National Team continues its preparations for the European Championship, which will be held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, on April 17-23, in Bolu Aladağ. National wrestlers, including world champion national wrestler Rıza Kayaalp, continue their challenging camp activities under the management of Greco-Roman Wrestling National Team Coach Erdoğan Karaali. Rıza Kayaalp, Adem Burak Uzun, Kerem Kamal, Mehmet Çeker, Murat Fırat, Selçuk Can, Yunus Emre Başar, Burhan Akbudak, Ali Cengiz and Metehan Başar, among the 32 athletes in the Bolu camp, will participate in the European Championship.
World champion national wrestler Rıza Kayaalp, who is preparing for the championship, will be on the mat to equal the gold medal record of the legendary Russian athlete Aleksandr Karelin, who has 12 European championships, if he wins a gold medal. Rıza Kayaalp said that they are continuing their final preparations for the European Championship in Bolu, “We have had a difficult preparation period since January and now we are making the final preparations. We want to participate strongly as a team and return with plenty of medals. We are training here to increase our strength. We are going to the European Championship. It is a very important championship for me. One of my biggest goals is to equal Russian wrestler Aleksandr Karelin’s record. It will be very proud for me to break the Russian wrestler’s gold medal record. I have 12 finals. I reached the finals, but I have 11 championships. “I want to be the athlete who wins the most medals in Europe in total number of medals. I am very eager and I work very well. I am an athlete who always wants new success. I have one and a half years and I want to win the Olympic championship, which I could not win by breaking the European record,” he said.
Stating that they spent their third and last camp period in Bolu, Greco-Roman Wrestling National Team Coach Erdoğan Karaali said, “We have been in Bolu for 10 days. Our camp was very productive. We have one week left until the end of our camp. Currently, we have 32 athletes in the camp, but we have 10 players who are included in the team. “We want to give a holiday gift to our citizens at the championship. All of them are our experienced children. Our goal is to become the European Champion, but there are Olympics in 2024 and we have the right to participate in the Olympics according to the quota we will get in the world championship. The most important test for this is the world championship,” he said.