Former world champion Andriy Kotelnik commented on the news that the head coach of the Ukrainian national boxing team Dmitry Sosnovsky will not go to the Olympics-2024 in Paris.
- Have you talked to Sosnowski about this situation? How did he react?
- He said that they offered him that if they didn't give him accreditation, they would rent him a hotel. But they realized that Dmitri Dmitrievich wouldn't agree to that. Pure scum. This is specifically Ilchenko and Manchek's instruction to Sosnovsky not to go.
I know from the inside this whole situation, because Kotelnik ran for FBU president and unbalanced their situation. This I can say for sure.
But what does Sosnovsky have to do with this? He's doing his job. Kotelnik has his own position and attitude to what is happening. He is speaking, and Sosnovsky is doing his job. I didn't ask him to do anything. I'm moving in my direction, and they use this kind of manipulation and take and do this to people.
- Will Sosnovsky continue to coach our national team after this situation?
- Sosnovsky will continue to work until the end of the year, and then goes to rest. He doesn't need it anymore. He agreed with Kyrylo Shevchenko, who failed to cope with his functions, which the whole Ukraine entrusted to him in this difficult time for the country. And he, as time has shown, is weak and could not pull it all. He resigned and brought those people who are ruining Ukrainian boxing today.