Fell off into a gorge. A talented Russian wrestler died in the Caucasus

Alexander GovorovCorrespondent SportAll materialsOn the night of July 24-25, the life of a young and promising Russian wrestler Akhmed Zhiletezhev, who began his career in big-time sports and has already won the Russian championship, ended. The tragedy occurred in the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria. Fell off in the gorgeThe Russian junior freestyle wrestling team held a training camp in the Elbrus region. A group of nine people worked in the mountains, but they did not register their routes with the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Late in the evening on July 24, it became known that on Mount Buka-Bashi, at an altitude of 2500 meters, a member of a group of nine people fell into the gorge and died. Then it was only known that this was a tourist from St. Petersburg. The body was lowered to the village of Elbrus and handed over to law enforcement officers. Search and rescue operations have been temporarily suspended. In addition, two more members of the group needed help in descending the mountain, but the work was complicated by the difficult terrain in this area.