Olympic wrestler enters ring for Ukraine's Zelensky

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Olympic wrestler enters ring for Ukraine's Zelensky
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© Jack GUEZ Ukraine's new president Volodymry Zelensky named Ukraine Olympic wrestling silver medal winner Zhan Beleniuk as one of his candidates for elections next month

Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday named candidates including an Olympic wrestler with Rwandan roots to represent his party in snap parliamentary elections next month.

Zelensky, a former comedian, has called early polls for July 21 in a move widely seen as a bid to cement his grip on power after winning a landslide victory in April.

On Sunday, his party, named Servant of the People, unveiled its first 100 candidates.

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