"A lot of people and a lot of noise": Ukrainian woman who defeated the world's strongest wrestler describes the difficulties of the Olympics

Ukrainian wrestler Iryna Koliadenko, who reached the finals of the 2024 Olympics by defeating the world number one, admitted that she still does not believe in her success. At the same time, the athlete from Irpin noted that she will approach the gold medal fight with Japanese Sakura Motoki with maximum concentration.

Koliadenko said this in a commentary to journalists after her sensational victory over Aisuluuu Tysynbekova from Kyrgyzstan, an OBOZ.UA correspondent reports. According to Iryna, now she needs to abstract herself from all emotions and reactions to her success.

"I will remember this day for the rest of my life. It's hard to even comment because of the emotions. It's a great day, because I've been going for it for a long time. The final? Everything will be fine, we will work. I have already fought with this Japanese girl and lost, but I also lost to today's opponent, so we will draw conclusions, and tomorrow the coach will tell me what to do. What was the most difficult fight? The first one, with the Mongolian, because it was more psychologically difficult to tune in to this competitive rhythm, because there were a lot of people and a lot of noise, and I had to abstract from it all," Koliadenko said.

The final fight of the Ukrainian will take place on Saturday, August 10, with the 15th run in the slot, which will start at 19:15 Kyiv time.

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