Kessidis missar OS: "Helt livrädd för mig"

Alex Kessidis. Arkivbild.

Det blir inga svenska herrbrottare i OS i Paris i sommar.

Det sista hoppet Alex Kessidis, som kämpade om en plats i sitt andra raka olympiska spel, förlorade i återkvalet.

Han brottas som en riktig kyckling hela matchen, helt livrädd för mig, säger Alex Kessidis till SVT.

Tre svenska herrar hade chansen i fredagens återkval efter att de blivit utslagna i direktkvalet under torsdagen i Istanbul.

Alex Kessidis i 87-kilosklassen, som var ensam herrbrottare i den svenska truppen vid OS i Tokyo 2021, var kanske det största hoppet. Han behövde vinna tre raka matcher för att säkra en OS-biljett, men så blev det inte.

“Domarna helt värdelösa”

Efter seger i sin första återkvalsmatch blev det förlust i den andra – och därmed är OS-drömmen släckt. Efter förlusten var Kessidis irriterad över att hans georgiske motståndare Lasha Gobadze gick in i matchen med kroppen inoljad.

– Domarna är helt värdelösa och jag tycker att de borde gynna mig som vill brottas och ta poäng. Ingen vill titta på den här skiten, säger han.

Var sista herrhoppet

Kessidis var det enda svenskhoppet som fanns kvar på herrsidan, sedan hans landsmän Albin Olofsson (77 kilo) och Niklas Öhlén (67 kilo) båda slagits ut tidigare under eftermiddagen.

– Det hade betytt allt, det är det här vi gör varenda dag. Jag har lagt ner hela mitt liv på brottningen för att brottas bra och så efter en sekvens är det slut, sade Olofsson till SVT efter sitt uttåg.

På damsidan har både Evelina Hulthén (57 kilo) och Johanna Lindborg blivit utslagna i direktkvalet. Det återstår att se om någon av svenskorna får chansen i ett återkval.

Jonna Malmgren (53 kilo) är i nuläget den enda svenska brottaren som har en OS-plats.

Damernas direktkval pågår.

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