Medal will lift gloom: Mudranov

RIO DE JANEIRO: Russia’s first champion at the Rio Olympics suggests his win will help to lift the gloom from the country’s doping scandal. Beslan Mudranov, who

RIO DE JANEIRO: Russia’s first champion at the Rio Olympics suggests his win will help to lift the gloom from the country’s doping scandal. Beslan Mudranov, who won gold in the men’s 60-kilogram judo class, is “really pleased I could get a gold on the first day, because everyone knows what kind of situation we had in Russia before the Olympics.” Despite Russia losing over 100 athletes to various measures, Mudranov says that, besides him, “many (Russian) athletes who could also have won gold, many of them weren’t let in.” Still he adds, his win is “not our last gold” in Rio.

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