Olympic wrestling champion Ramonov to miss Tokyo 2020 following knee surgery
Russian Olympic wrestling champion Soslan Ramonov is set to miss out on defending his title through injury.
The 30-year-old has had surgery performed on his knee ligaments, according to Russian state news agency
TASS, and will therefore miss the selection event for the team of Russian athletes.
That would appear to end Ramonov s hopes of competing at Tokyo 2020.
Ramonov won the men s freestyle under-65 kilograms gold medal at Rio 2016, defeating Toghrul Asgarov from Azerbaijan in the final.
Gadzhimurad Rashidov is the currently world champion in that division, and in winning the world title secured an Olympic berth for Russia.