Makhachkala, August 6, 2015. Dagestani boxers Rajab Butaev and Magomed Omarov will perform at the European Championship, which will be held August 6 - 15 in Sofia, Bulgaria. On the eve of the big sports event, the head coach of the national team of Belarus Alexander Lebzjak determined the final composition of participants for the upcoming continental championship.

“The upcoming competitions are the qualifying stage for the World Cup - 2015, which in turn is the qualifying stage for the Olympic games” – Butaev’s personal trainer Ahmed Zhanaev told in interview with the RIA" Dagestan. - Our boxers have prepared for the European championship in several stages. On the first one – in the beginning of July they gathered in the mountains of Armenia, in Tsakhkadzor. The final stage of preparation of the Russian team took place in the Olympic base "Lake Krugloe" in the vicinities of Moscow. Today, boxers depart for Bulgaria".

Noteworthy, at the European Championships Rajab Butaev performs in the weight category up to 69 kg. Magomed Omarov performs in the weights over 93 kg. Apart from Dagestanis, the Russian team consists of Vassily Egorov (49 kg), Vyacheslav Tashkarakov (52 kg), Adlan Abdurashidov (56 kg); Vitaly Dunajec (64 kg), Peter Hamukov (75 kg), Nikita Ivanov (81 kg), Eugene Tishchenko (91 kg).