“Friends, I met with the sports functionaries of Chechnya.
Opening the meeting, he congratulated the Russian athletes on their successful performance at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Despite the unprecedented pressure, the Russian national team entered the top five of the medal standings and left Japan with their heads held high! "
- wrote Kadyrov on his page in the social network "VKontakte".
According to the head of Chechnya, at the meeting he paid special attention to the performances of Chechen athletes.
“Two bronze medals are, of course, a good contribution to the overall standings, but this result does not correspond to our potential.
Chechen athletes are capable of even greater achievements, ”he wrote.
Kadyrov also wrote about the instruction to the new Chechen Minister for Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy Turpal-Ali Ibragimov to completely revise the system of training athletes, noting that the main focus should be on Olympic sports.
“The fruits of this work should be seen already at the next Summer Olympics in Paris,” wrote the head of Chechnya.
Let us remind you that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8.
The Russian national team took fifth place in the medal standings, having won 71 medals.
Judoka Tamerlan Bashaev and boxer Imam Khatayev won bronze medals from the Chechen athletes.
Earlier it was reported that Putin addressed the Russian Paralympians.