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Wrestlers at the Olympic Games. Geduev: bloody finale

The final action on the main arena of Brazil was accompanied by a downpour, which slightly spoiled the mood of the participants in the "parade of heroes", spectators in the stands and the organizers of the ceremony. Although those who leave Rio in good mood, with a sense of accomplishment and with a medal won, such a trifle as rain hardly spoiled the impression of the first Olympic Games in South America.

medal standings

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Few doubted that the US team would win the team event. In 1992, during the Games in Barcelona, the Americans took second place, losing to the unified CIS team. Since then, they have consistently been among the leaders of the team standings. The only "misfire" happened in Beijing in 2008, where they lost the lead to the Chinese.

The British, who at the Games in Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996) did not even get into the top ten, and closed it in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004), became the second.

Until the penultimate day of the competition, Russia fought desperately with Germany for fourth place and eventually managed to get ahead of the competition, having won two gold more. Freestyle wrestler Soslan Ramonov brought the final medal of the highest dignity to the Russian national team.

The Georgian team at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro won seven medals and total won awards repeated the result of the London Games. However, it surpassed them in terms of quality. Four years ago, Georgians only once rose to the highest step of the podium. This time the Georgian anthem was played twice in Rio de Janeiro.

Georgian medalists of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games

Lasha Talakhadze (weightlifting, +105 kg)

Vladimir Khinchegashvili (freestyle wrestling, -57 kg)

Varlam Liparteliani (judo, -90 kg)

Lasha Shavdatuashvili (judo, -73 kg)

Irakli Turmanidze (weightlifting, +105 kg)

Shmagi Bolkvadze (Greco-Roman wrestling, -66 kg)

Geno Petriashvili (freestyle wrestling, -125 kg)

It is impossible not to note the amazing progress of the Azerbaijani Olympians, who won 18 medals (1-7-10) at the Games in Brazil. They exceeded the London figure by eight awards.

Heroes of the Olympics...

Swimmer Michael Phelps, who, for a moment, is already 31 years old, again "came, saw, conquered." At the Rio Games, the American won five gold medals and became a 23 (!) times Olympic Champion. It is difficult to even imagine that someone will even be able to approach such indicators in the near future.

Michael Phelps (USA), winner gold medal in the men's 200m individual medley at the awards ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games.

American Kathy Ledecky (swimming) and Simone Biles ( gymnastics) were slightly behind Phelps, winning four gold each.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt again won three gold medals: 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100 relay, becoming a nine-time Olympic Champion. At the last three Olympics, Bolt has consistently won in these disciplines.

Usain Bolt (Jamaica) after finishing the 200 m final during the men's track and field event at the XXXI Summer Olympics.

...and "heroes of the Olympics"

Athletes of the US women's team in the semifinals of the 4x100 meters relay dropped the baton and could not qualify for the decisive race. The Americans filed an appeal, stating that Brazilian athletes prevented them. The appeal was granted. Team USA was allowed to run the semi-finals in splendid isolation. During the second run, they showed the time better than that of their rivals from China, and the latter were "asked" from the final. The appeal of the Asian athletes was not satisfied, and the Americans became Olympic Champions.

Georgian Heroes of Rio

If we do not take into account the Georgian athletes who won medals at the Rio Games, then there are other heroes in Georgia who won the hearts of fans not only in their homeland, but also in the world.

Canoeist Zaza Nadiradze was extremely happy when he was able to qualify for the Olympics. More could not even be dreamed of. But Nadiradze successfully performed in the qualification and advanced to the semi-finals of the single canoe competition at a distance of 200 meters. In the semi-finals, he finished first, leaving behind the current Olympic Champion Ukrainian Yuriy Cheban and four-time World and European champion Valentin Demyanenko. But in the final, nervousness and lack of experience in participating in competitions of this rank affected. As a result, Nadiradze took fifth place, but won the hearts of thousands of fans.

Seoul Olympic Champion (1988) in sport pistol shooting Nino Salukvadze came to Rio for her eighth Games in her career. A unique achievement among women in this sport. Salukvadze was able to reach the final of the competition, but in the end she was left without a medal. After the completion of the performances, she said that she would most likely be preparing for the Tokyo Olympics - the ninth in a row.

David Kharazishvili became the first marathon runner in the history of Georgia to win a license for the Olympic Games. The Georgian athlete had a good start, but on the 25th kilometer he felt a sharp pain in his side. For almost two kilometers, he did not run, but simply walked and even thought of withdrawing from the race. However, he found the courage and crossed the finish line. In the end, he took 72nd place, but was in the first half of the finishers and left behind 93 athletes.

40 Georgian athletes went to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which is a record figure. For the first time in the history of independent Georgia, the country was represented in such sports as: women's weightlifting (Anastasia Gottfried), women's judo (Esther Stam), shot put for men (Benik Abrahamyan), high jump for women (Valentina Lyashenko).

Green water Rio

Water in the pool of the center aquatic species Sports in Rio de Janeiro, where the diving competitions were supposed to take place, suddenly turned green, which baffled even the technical staff. Later it turned out that this was due to 160 liters of hydrogen peroxide accidentally poured into the pool. The substance neutralized chlorine, which contributed to the growth of " organic compounds", including, possibly, seaweed. Despite the fact that the water did not pose a threat to the health of the athletes, it still had to be replaced.

Iranian Hassan Yazdani.

Elena VAITSEHOVSKAYA
from the Olympic Park

The time when Aniuar Geduev was supposed to become an Olympic champion was written in advance in the protocol: 18.30. Only numbers could change in this wording, but not words: in previous days, the finals now and then began with a slight delay from the schedule, and Friday could well not be an exception in this regard. But as for the fate of Olympic gold, somehow I didn’t even want to consider other options. In any case, there were several reasons for the victorious (in favor of Russia) scenario.

The first and most important was that on his way to the final, Geduev defeated the winner of the London Games and three-time world champion Jordan Burrows. In the category up to 74 kg, this dark-skinned American seemed, of course, not as significant and invincible block as Buvaysar Saitiev was in his time, who won the gold of three Olympics in his career, but he could not be considered an ordinary value either. "Defeating Burrows" was akin to a sports title. Twice in his career, this was achieved by the bronze medalist of the 2012 Games Denis Tsargush, who won the Russian selection against Geduev for those four-year-old Games, and on Friday morning Aniuar also chalked up this achievement, knocking out the American in quarter-finals.

That victory became a kind of declaration of intent. Geduev himself said, however, when he qualified for the Games: “I don’t care who will stand against me - Olympic champion or world champion. I'm going to win..."

To call this 29-year-old taciturn guy lucky did not turn his tongue. Take the already mentioned selection for the London squad: Geduev then lost in the semifinals to Adam, the brother of the legendary Saitiev. Moreover, even the residents of Krasnoyarsk, whom Saitiev Jr. represented on the carpet, admitted not for the press that the refereeing of that fight was quite biased. And as if paying for him, Adam flew out in the final - defeated by Tsargush.

At the World Championships last year, Geduev also dropped out in the semi-finals, running into Burrows. And the thing was just that the time from the weigh-in to the fight was not enough for the Russian wrestler to restore his condition: Aniuar always drove a lot. Sometimes more than fifteen kilograms.

Weight cutting is generally a separate chapter in wrestling history. Sometimes tragicomic: at the last European championship, for example, one of the athletes was forced to cut off the most luxurious mane of hair right on the scales in order to drive the arrow of the scales into the required framework. And flew out in the first fight.

Today. Rio de Janeiro. Hassan YAZDANI and Aniuar GEDUEV. Photo REUTERS

When you have to drive a lot, a wrestler for several days is often deprived of even such a household “little thing” as the opportunity to take a shower: a dehydrated body begins to rapidly absorb moisture through the skin, slowing down the process of losing weight. Accordingly, the athlete has a wild physiological discomfort - it becomes impossible to fall asleep.

Therefore, as soon as the weighing procedure is completed and the recovery process begins, literally every minute counts: a shower, a special drink, food, food again, and, finally, sleep, during which various medical recovery procedures can continue. The longer and stronger the sleep, the more likely it is that the athlete will regain his former condition without serious losses.

It is clear that after going through all this hell, a person comes out on the carpet not in the best condition. And the first contractions serve just to pump the body, "break through" all its systems, make the body work. That is why the draw is so important: you can’t lose if you expect to reach the final.

In any other situation, hitting Burrows in the quarterfinals could be considered a tragedy. But Geduev was lucky: the weigh-in procedure in Rio was not carried out the night before, as it was in Las Vegas, but at one in the afternoon. That is, the athlete had several hours more time to recover and complete his recovery marathon. This was the second reason for counting on a favorable outcome of the competition day.

There was also a third point. Even before the trip to Rio, Aniuar said that the Games would be the last tournament in his career for him - no matter how they ended. The wrestler, who will celebrate his 30th birthday in January, has a great many loving relatives and friends, own house and prosperity, in Nalchik, the head of the family is looking forward to a beautiful wife and three children. Exactly according to catchphrase famous movie hero: "What else does a person need to adequately meet old age?" Is that the Olympic gold medal. Well, it will be necessary to show the sons, of whom there are two in the family, what exactly was the meaning of their father's life for many years of training and performances.

Aniuar earned the first two points when the starting minute of the bout had not yet expired. And then the fight was stopped: the Russian wrestler bled from a cut eyebrow. Again exit to the carpet - and two more rapidly scored points. By the end of the second minute, the Iranian, it seems, generally regretted that he was born into the world and met Geduev on his way. All that he was capable of was to butt his opponent with his head, continuing to break his damaged eyebrow more and more.

Today. Rio de Janeiro. Hassan YAZDANI and Aniuar GEDUEV. Photo REUTERS

The bandage had to be applied so tightly that it almost completely covered Aniuar's left eye. A few more seconds of struggle - and the procedure had to be repeated again.

By the end of the three-minute period, the technical score on the scoreboard was 6:0 in favor of the Russian wrestler, but the blood from under the bandage on his head was already flowing non-stop. As soon as the fight continued, the Iranian won back two points, then two more, and Aniuar already incomprehensibly went out of the mat for the umpteenth time to change the bandage.

Of course, no one could have imagined such a plot twist in principle. The hall went into an indignant tramp, believing that the Russian was deliberately playing for time and demanding some action from the arbitrators, and perhaps this was the reason that the Iranian, who literally felt the taste of the enemy’s blood, began to take on completely unthinkable courage and confidence.

And then it all ended exactly as in the tragic duel between London Olympic champion Natalia Vorobyova and Japanese woman Sara Doso: in the last seconds of the fight, the Iranian equalized the score and this action brought him victory.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Olympic Games 2016. Freestyle wrestling. August 19.
Men. Weight category up to 57 kg. 1. Khinchegashvili (Georgia). 2. Higuchi (Japan). 3. Aliyev (Azerbaijan), Rakhimi (Iran). 5. Bonnet Rodriguez (Cuba), Dubov (Bulgaria).
Weight category up to 63 kg. 1. Yazdani (Iran). 2. GEDUEV. 3. Hasanov (Azerbaijan), Demirtash (Türkiye). 5. Abdurakhmonov (Uzbekistan), Userbaev (Kazakhstan).

The Russian national team in freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling has collected the largest harvest of Olympic licenses in the world - 17 out of 18 possible. Who exactly will represent Russia in Rio will largely become clear in the next two weeks at the national championships.

When forming the composition, in addition to the results of the national selection, the achievements of wrestlers at the world and European championships, victories over the main foreign rivals in the current Olympic cycle will be taken into account, - said the president of the Russian Wrestling Federation (FSBR), Olympic champion Mikhail Mamiashvili.

The wrestlers qualified for Rio in all six weight categories. Two-time world and European champion in the weight up to 86 kg Abdulrashid Sadulaev, who is called “Russian Tank” in the West, has already guaranteed himself a ticket to Rio. For the rest, the moment of truth will come on May 27-29 in Yakutsk. The main intrigue of the tournament will be the confrontation in the weight up to 97 kg of the Olympic champion, five-time world champion Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, the 2014 world champion Abdusalam Gadisov and the current European champion Anzor Boltukaev. It should be noted that Gatsalov and Boltukaev have already defeated the 2015 world champion American Kyle Snyder this year.

Whoever wins will go to Rio de Janeiro, - said the head coach of the national team Dzambolat Tedeev.

In the new century, Yakutia, for which wrestling is the number one sport, is hosting the Russian Championship for the fourth time. The current tournament is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Yakut school of wrestling, and the Olympic hopes of the republic are associated with two-time world champion Viktor Lebedev in the weight up to 57 kg.

Viktor analyzes the situation on the mat well, prepares the moment without making unnecessary movements, and then carries out a swift attack, like a real hunter, - the head of Yakutia shared his impressions Egor Borisov heading the republican wrestling federation. A ticket to Rio with Lebedev will be challenged by his longtime offender, Olympic champion Jamal Otarsultanov, winner European Games Alexander Bogomoev and the opening of the season, European champion 2016 Gadzhimurad Rashidov.

Classics also qualified for Rio in in full force. Roman Vlasov, Olympic champion, two-time world champion in the under 75 kg category, and 2013 world champion Nikita Melnikov, who crushed the two-time champion in the final of Euro 2016 in the weight up to 98 kg, were released from the Russian Championship, which will be hosted by Grozny on June 2-6 peace from Armenia Artur Aleksanyan. In other categories it will be very hot. Note weight up to 59 kg. The bronze medalist of the 2012 Games Mingiyan Semenov won the 2016 European Championship in it, and his twin brother Sanal won the licensed Olympic tournament. The brothers will be challenged by the winner of the European Games Stepan Maryanyan and Ibragim Labazanov, who has a victory over the legendary Iranian - Olympic champion, six-time world champion Hamid Soryan.

The organizational part of the tournament is under the control of the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, with the direct patronage of the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Adam Delimkhanov. Wrestlers are waiting for a grand event, - said Mikhail Mamiashvili.

Alas, but sports holiday in Grozny was overshadowed by a terrible tragedy. May 3 fell into a mountain river and went missing for the first time in history Chechen peoples Olympic medalist, First Vice-President of the FSBR Adlan Varaev. It was he who initiated the match meeting between the national teams of Russia, Chechnya and the United States, held in 2006 in Gudermes under open sky. It was the first international tournament in new history Chechen Republic, and its continuation was the Ramzan Kadyrov Cup for the prizes of Adlan Varaev, which today is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the calendar of the United World Wrestling (UWW).

In the women's wrestling, the Russians took 5 out of 6 licenses, left without it in the category up to 53 kg. National selection will take place June 10 - 11 in St. Petersburg, and only for the Olympic champion Natalya Vorobyova in the weight up to 69 kg, it will become a stage of preparation for Rio. In other categories, a real battle is expected. On the same dates in Los Angeles, within the framework of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup, a meeting of the UWW “Sports for All” commission will be held, dedicated to the development of mass wrestling among students and the club movement. Russia will present the program "Fight - to school!".

The program already covers 21 regions of the country. This year, 3 wrestling halls were opened along it in general education schools suburbs. In early May, two carpets arrived in Yalta for the first school wrestling hall in the Crimea. The Minister of Education of the region took part in the presentation of the program for principals of schools in the Kaliningrad region. And quite recently, the first tournament among schoolchildren engaged in wrestling in the third physical education lesson was held in Moscow. This is a landmark event for the development of the program, - said the head of the UWW “Sports for All” commission Georgy Bryusov.

Wrestling is a hand-to-hand martial art in which both opponents try to knock each other down, having won. Its different types are what characterize the Olympics from the very year of its foundation, which is considered to be 708 BC. Wrestling was in the program of all games, except for those that took place in 1900. In each of its forms, there are permitted and prohibited techniques. As soon as one of the opponents gains obvious control over the other, the match is considered over. Wrestling differs from martial arts such as boxing in that opponents practically do not strike each other.

Wrestling game participants

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will definitely include Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. In the first form, only men compete, in the second - men and women. In this sport there will be participants from various countries, in total there will be 244 athletes.

In Greco-Roman wrestling, men have 6 weight categories, in freestyle wrestling for men and women - also 6 each. It turns out that a total of 18 sets of medals will be played.

Greco-Roman wrestling, weight categories for men:

up to 59 kg;
up to 66 kg;
up to 75 kg;
up to 85 kg;
up to 98 kg;
up to 130 kg.

freestyle struggle, weight categories for men:

up to 57 kg;
up to 65 kg;
up to 74 kg;
up to 86 kg;
up to 97 kg;
up to 125 kg.

Freestyle wrestling, weight categories for women:

up to 48 kg;
up to 53 kg;
up to 58 kg;
up to 63 kg;
up to 69 kg;
up to 75 kg.

The selection of athletes has been carried out since 2015. Under the term qualifying tournament falls several competitions held in different parts of the world:

World Wrestling Championship 2015;

Olympic qualification - America;
Olympic qualification - Asia;
Olympic qualification - Africa and Oceania;
Olympic qualification - Europe;
1st World Qualifying Tournament;
2nd World Qualifying Tournament.

In early spring 2016, it was decided that during the draw for the Summer Olympics, all the finalists of the last World Championship would be in different halves of the schedule grid so that they could not face each other before the final. After all, this sport, it must be intriguing.

Wrestling competition calendar

The list of games that will take place in the summer in Brazil includes both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. All sports matches will take place from 14 to 21 August.

Each day of the Summer Olympic Games in the wrestling program is dedicated to several categories of athletes. All stages pass in one day: competition qualification, 1/8 finals, semi-finals, quarter-finals, competition finals, repechage matches.

August 14: Greco-Roman, men. Categories: 59 and 75.
August 15: Greco-Roman, men. Categories: 85, 130.
August 16: Greco-Roman, men. Categories: 66, 98.
August 17: freestyle, women. Categories: 48, 58, 69.
August 18: freestyle, women. Categories: 53, 63, 75.
August 19: freestyle, men. Categories: 57, 74.
August 20: freestyle, men. Categories: 86, 125.
August 21: freestyle, men. Categories: 65, 97.

There are other types of wrestling that are not included in the program of the Olympic Games.

On August 14, the wrestling tournament starts at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Russian national team will be represented in all 17 weight categories in which licenses have been won. This is the highest score among all teams.

GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING

Up to 59 kg. Ibragim Labazanov - two-time champion of Russia (2015, 2016). Regions - St. Petersburg and Rostov region

Up to 66 kg. Islam-bek Albiev - Olympic champion (2008), world champion (2009), two-time European champion (2009, 2016), silver medalist of the World Championship (2013), bronze medalist of the European Championship (2012). Regions - Moscow and the Chechen Republic.

Up to 75 kg. Roman Vlasov - Olympic champion (2012), two-time world champion (2011, 2015), silver medalist of the World Championship (2013), two-time European champion (2012, 2013), bronze medalist of the European Championship (2011). Region - Novosibirsk.

Up to 85 kg. Davit Chakvetadze - winner of the European Games (2015), two-time champion of Russia (2015, 2016). Region - Moscow and Yamal-Nenets autonomous region.

Up to 98 kg. Islam Magomedov - winner of the European Games (2015), bronze medalist of the World Championship (2015), two-time champion of Russia (2015, 2016). Regions - the Rostov region and the Chechen Republic.

Up to 130 kg. Sergey Semenov - two-time silver medalist of the World Cups (2015, 2016), champion of Russia (2016). Regions - Moscow and Krasnodar region.

FREESTYLE WRESTLING

Up to 57 kg. Viktor Lebedev is a two-time world champion (2010, 2011), bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championship, winner of the 2015 European Games. Regions - Sakha-Yakutia, Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Up to 65 kg. Soslan Ramonov - 2014 World Champion, 2015 World Championship bronze medalist. Regions - Moscow region, North Ossetia-Alania. Club - CSKA.

Up to 74 kg. Aniuar Geduev - three-time European champion (2013, 2014, 2015), bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championship. Regions - Krasnodar Territory and Kabardino-Balkaria. Club - CSKA

Up to 86 kg. Abdulrashid Sadulayev - two-time world and European champion (2014, 2015). Regions - Moscow, Dagestan.

Up to 97 kg. Anzor Boltukaev - 2016 European Champion, 2013 World Championship bronze medalist. Regions - Chechen Republic, Moscow.

Up to 125 kg. Bilyal Makhov is a three-time world champion (2007, 2009, 2010), bronze medalist of the 2012 Olympics, bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championship in freestyle wrestling. In addition, in the Greco-Roman style, he became the bronze medalist of the 2014 and 2015 World Championships. Represents Dagestan and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Club - CSKA

WOMEN'S WRESTLING

Up to 48 kg. Milana Dadasheva - 2015 European Junior Champion. Regions - Dagestan.

Up to 58 kg. Valeria Koblova - European champion 2014, silver world championship - 2014. Region - Moscow region and St. Petersburg

Up to 63 kg. Inna Trazhukova - two-time bronze medalist of the European Championships (2011, 2016). Region - Moscow and Ulyanovsk region.

Up to 69 kg. Natalya Vorobyeva - Olympic champion 2012, world champion 2015, two-time European champion (2013, 2014). Region - St. Petersburg and Moscow Region

Up to 75 kg. Ekaterina Bukina - silver medalist of the 2011 World Championship, silver medalist of the 2015 European Games. Region - Moscow and Irkutsk region.

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