Clinically insane Russian coach claims gays behind Olympic plans to cut wrestling from program

Zalimkhan Yuspov of Tajikistan, vs. Alan Gogaev of
Russia, (in blue) at the 2012 Summer Olympics

OK, there's no official diagnosis of mental instability in coach Vladimir Uruimagov, but do you really need one to conclude that he should have used, let us diplomatically say, a thicker mat in his competition days?
     Uruimagov, who coached Greco-Roman wrestlers Khasan Baroev and Alan Khugaev to gold medals in, respectively, Athens (2004) and London (2012) had this to say about the International Olympic Committee’s vote Tuesday to cut wrestling from the list of 25 confirmed sports for the 2020 Games and force it to reapply as part of a group of eight sports fighting for a single place:

     “If they expel wrestling now, that means that gays will soon run the whole world,” Uruimagov said, calling the decision “a blow to masculine origins.”
     He added: “It turns out this committee is headed by representative of these minorities," clarifying that he meant sexual minorities.
     “It is necessary for millions around the world who understand that this is a man’s sport and who understand the need to continue the human race to go out and explain their position to the Olympic Committee,” he said. “We should prove and explain that in any other case there is no future.”

     R-Sport noted  that none of the 15 members of the IOC executive board "have any apparent background in gay rights movements."
     Uruimagov called on wrestling fans to petition the IOC to reinstate wrestling, suggesting that the future of his job humanity was at stake.
     Wrestling is the world's oldest competitive sport. It was part of the ancient Olympics in 708 BC and was one of nine sports on the program of the 1896 Olympics, the first modern games. The loss of wrestling would be a body slam to the United States, which has won 124 medals in the sport.
     According to NPR, International Olympic Committee documents obtained by the AP showed that wrestling ranked "low" in several technical criteria, including public popularity at the London Games — just below 5 on an IOC scale of 10. Wrestling sold 113,851 tickets in London out of 116,854 available.

Wrestling also ranked "low" in global TV audience with a maximum of 58.5 million viewers and an average of 23 million, the documents show. Internet hits and press coverage were also ranked as low.