“This, of course, is terribly sad,” Utkin wrote on his Telegram channel, attaching the news of the death of the famous athlete.
On July 22, 82-year-old Ivanitsky went into the forest to pick mushrooms and never returned. On July 25, he was found dead in the suburbs.
In addition to winning the Olympic Games-1964, Ivanitsky became the world champion in wrestling four times, as well as the winner and medalist of the USSR freestyle wrestling championships and the medalist of the USSR sambo championship.
Earlier, Dmitry Guberniev expressed condolences over the death of Ivanitsky.