"The recent processes that were unfolding in the Wrestling Federation were disturbing and stagnant. The management mechanism in the Wrestling Federation was weakened; actually, there was arbitrariness," President Ilham Aliyev said while receiving participants in the 7th 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship in Bulgaria on March 17, Report says.
"Of course, it had a negative impact on the results, and this is natural. Therefore, it was necessary to change the leadership of the Wrestling Federation, and it happened. I am confident that the federation will now eliminate all the shortcomings and analyze the situation. I was told this work has already begun, which, of course, will create the necessary conditions for athletes - both young and senior ones. Since I was elected President of the National Olympic Committee, I have set the task that we must create conditions for athletes and expect results from them. Exactly, these two main factors were the basis of our great success. I am confident that the Wrestling Federation, together with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the coaches, will succeed in taking the right steps, and I consider today's victory as one of the first manifestations of this work," the president said.