Maria Stadnik: you can become a champion only by defeating yourself

The final meeting was easy, although the responsibility before the fans made me worried, but I coped with myself, a winner of the gold medal of the Islamic Games in women’s freestyle wrestling (48 kg), Maria Stadnik said in an interview with a correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza.

"Unfortunately, my family was not present at the competitions, but they all followed the competitions online.Tomorrow my daughter is turning 4 years old, so they have already been told about my victory, they are all happy now, waiting for their mother with a medal, " the athlete said.