Mensur Ajdarpasic disqualified from Exatlon, breaks silence
Production deliberated all day on a penalty, and Mensur left the Dominican Republic and apologized to his team: I am aware my reaction was not right.
Mensur Ajdarpasic is no longer a contestant on Exatlon Serbia. Production disqualified him over a physical altercation with a member of the rival team, and after returning to Montenegro he posted a statement taking responsibility for his actions.
Telegraf reports that Ajdarpasic hit the rival team’s contestant in the head. Production spent the whole day weighing a penalty, and host Aleksa Erski then announced that Ajdarpasic’s competition was over. We covered the incident itself earlier.
Ajdarpasic left the Dominican Republic, where the show is filmed, and flew to Montenegro. The disqualification cost him any chance at the grand prize of 50,000 euros.
What did Ajdarpasic say after returning?
He spoke out in the morning, after landing in Montenegro, with a message addressed to production, his team and the audience. He opened the post with these lines:
“My fight ends today. But my character stays the same.”
He then admitted he was wrong. “I am aware that my reaction was not right and that it led to the disqualification,” Ajdarpasic wrote, adding that he is not running from responsibility and apologizes to his team and to everyone who expected to watch him to the end.
He addressed his Blue team teammates directly. “To my Blues, thank you for every fight, every hug, every victory and every hard moment we went through together,” he said.
He thanked viewers for their support, but also left a message for those who condemned him:
“You can stop me in the competition, but you cannot extinguish the fighter in me.”
He closed the post with the words: “Thank you, Exatlon. Thank you, Blues. Thank you, my people! I did not always win, but I never knew how to give up.”
What did the course look like without him?
Informer reports that Ajdarpasic did not take part in the game “Fight for Salvation,” because he had already been removed from the competition. The team that lost that game had to assign minus five points to one male contestant. The Blue team won, so the Red team captain chose to give the minus five points to Ivan Markioli.
On the “Pinball” course, in the “Fight for Elimination,” the Blues were better again. The score was tied at 7-7, so a relay decided the winner, with Andjela and Vuk running for the Reds against Julija and Strahinja for the Blues. Strahinja won, and the Blues celebrated an 8-7 victory.
In the same article, Informer states that Ajdarpasic “dropped out of Exatlon because of his actions,” while the Blues celebrated their win with a song.
