August 14 at Olympic Games ah, a wrestling tournament starts in Rio de Janeiro. The Russian team will be represented in all 17 weight categories in which licenses were won. This is the maximum figure among all teams...
GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING
Up to 59 kg. Ibragim Labazanov is a two-time Russian champion (2015, 2016). Regions - St. Petersburg and Rostov region
Up to 66 kg. Islam-bek Albiev is an 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 is an 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 is the winner of the European Games (2015), two-time champion of Russia (2015, 2016). Region - Moscow and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region.
Up to 98 kg. Islam Magomedov is the winner of the European Games (2015), bronze medalist of the World Championship (2015), two-time champion of Russia (2015, 2016). Regions - Rostov region and the Chechen Republic.
Up to 130 kg. Sergey Semenov - two-time silver medalist of the World Cup (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 bronze medalist. Regions - Moscow region, North Ossetia-Alania. Club - CSKA.
Up to 74 kg. Aniuar Geduev is a three-time European champion (2013, 2014, 2015), bronze medalist at the 2015 World Championships. Regions - Krasnodar Territory and Kabardino-Balkaria. Club - CSKA
Up to 86 kg. Abdulrashid Sadulayev is a two-time world and European champion (2014, 2015). Regions - Moscow, Dagestan.
Up to 97 kg. Anzor Boltukaev is the 2016 European champion, bronze medalist of the 2013 World Championship. 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 Greco-Roman style he became a bronze medalist at 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 is the 2015 European champion among juniors. Regions - Dagestan.
Up to 58 kg. Valeria Koblova - European champion 2014, silver at the World Championship 2014. Region - Moscow region and St. Petersburg
Up to 63 kg. Inna Trazhukova is a two-time bronze medalist of the European Championships (2011, 2016). Region - Moscow and Ulyanovsk region.
Up to 69 kg. Natalya Vorobyova - 2012 Olympic champion, 2015 world champion, two-time European champion (2013, 2014). Region - St. Petersburg and Moscow region
Up to 75 kg. Ekaterina Bukina - silver medalist of the 2011 World Championships, silver medalist of the 2015 European Games. Region - Moscow and Irkutsk region.
Let us briefly recall what happened at the national championship in the capital of the Sakha Republic. This tournament was our internal selection for the upcoming Olympics, where Russians will compete in all six weight categories.
The quarterfinal fight between the two-time world champion in the weight up to 57 kg, the owner of the mat, Viktor Lebedev, and the Dagestan wrestler, winner of the European Youth Championship, Ismail Musukaev, was interrupted after the invited Mongolian referee made a key decision in favor of the Yakut for the outcome of the fight. A massive brawl broke out on the carpet, and local riot police came out to separate the arguers. Further, as a sign of protest against biased judging, Dagestan wrestlers in other weight categories stopped competing on the mat and were given technical defeats.
The adventures in weight up to 57 kg did not end there. The final match between Lebedev and Alexander Bogomoev also took place with controversial judging; as a result, with a draw, both wrestlers were recognized as champions of Russia. A few days later, Lebedev announced that he was withdrawing from participation in the selection for the Olympics for ethical reasons.
However, on Wednesday, the head of the FSBR, Mikhail Mamiashvili, said that Lebedev does not have the right to make such a decision alone.
Mikhail Mamiashvili: Viktor Lebedev does not have the right to personally decide on his refusal to participate in the Olympics
We are guided by the following principle: the Russian team at the Olympics in Brazil should be represented by the strongest wrestlers,” Mamiashvili emphasized. - It seems to me that Lebedev made his statement out of emotion, it was dictated by the moral and psychological state in which Victor found himself. But there are coaches, the national federation, the Yakut wrestling federation! I believe that our collegial decision on Lebedev will be announced in the near future.
Lebedev’s fans from Yakutsk also agree with Mamiashvili. On Wednesday, they held a rally in one of the city squares as part of the “Victor, we are with you!” campaign. Fans of the wrestler's talent ask him not to refuse to perform in Rio de Janeiro.
The head coach of the national team, Dzhambolat Tedeev, criticized the decision of the Dagestani delegation to withdraw from the Russian Championship right during the tournament:
All wrestlers from one region not going out on the mat together is not heroism at all. Winning medals at the Games is heroism. Three Dagestani wrestlers are objectively competing to get into Rio, so why is the decision being made for them? After all, these guys may lose their chances of flying to Brazil, although they have been going to the Olympics for many years. The rest don't lose anything.
As a result, it was decided that the final composition of the team for the Summer Games will be determined in mid-July at a training camp in Kislovodsk.
Russian wrestlers at the Olympics must be represented in 16 of 18 weight categories. Women managed to win only five licenses out of six possible, and the men's freestyle wrestling team. The two-time world champion is forced to pay for doping ten years ago, and according to the regulations, it is no longer possible to replace him. Performance is also in question. Ibragim Labazanov.
Freestyle wrestling (men)
Up to 65 kg.
Most bright representative Ossetian wrestling school, world champion - 2014 is preparing to regain the title of the best wrestler in this weight. Ramonov has been winning since he was 15
at Russian championships and this year he again proved his leadership in this weight. Also this year at the tournament in Minsk he already defeated the current world champion Franco Chamiso. Another principal contender will be his attacker in Las Vegas Ikhtiyor Navruzov from Uzbekistan.
Up to 74 kg. Aniuar Geduev
Geduev ousted the long-time leader in this weight from the lineup Denis Tsargush and in Once again beat him in the final of the Russian Championship. Geduev has had no equal at the European level for three years, but in the semi-finals of the World Championship, the American wrestling genius Jordan Burrows, who has lost only one major tournament in the last five years, stood in his way. However, Geduev believes that he has learned a lesson from this defeat and now knows how to confront the American.
Chances: gold - 25%, silver - 60%, bronze - 90%
Up to 86 kg. Abdulrashid Saadulaev
Undefeated over the past two years, the best wrestler in the world, regardless of weight category, was exempt from selection at the Russian Championship and struggled a little this season. However, it is still a big problem for the opponents not only to defeat Saadulaev, but to at least take one point from him or not lose early. At the World Championships in Las Vegas, the Asian champion managed to do this Alireza Karimi.
Chances: gold - 80%, silver - 95%, bronze - 99%
Up to 97 kg.
Ramzan Kadyrov’s favorite wrestler walked towards his Olympic dream for a long time and only made it to the national team when he was 30 years old. The key to success was winning the Ivan Grand Prix
It is still a big problem for opponents not only to defeat Saadulaev, but to at least take one point from him or not lose early.
Yarygin in the Russian Championship, where his main opponent Abdusalam Gadisov starred with the entire Dagestan team. The light heavyweight division at the Olympics is traditionally considered Russian, but Boltukaev will have to solve the task that Gadisov failed to cope with a year ago - to defeat the rising American star Kyle Snyder.
Chances: gold - 40%, silver - 75%, bronze - 99%
Up to 125 kg.
Best Russian heavyweight last decade, perhaps, will say goodbye to amateur sports after the Olympics and move to MMA, and before leaving he dreams of winning a medal of greater value than London bronze. Makhov's most high-profile victories were left far behind, and in last years he was not allowed to realize himself by combining styles and strict weight control. In Brazil, he decided to focus on freestyle wrestling.
Chances: gold - 30% silver - 70% bronze - 99%
Freestyle wrestling (women)
Up to 48 kg. Milana Dadasheva
21-year-old Dadasheva, who won medals at various junior championships, became the most unexpected member of the Olympic team. At the Russian Championship she confidently defeated the experienced Valentin Islamov. If successful, Dadasheva can give impetus to the development of women's wrestling in Dagestan, where there is still a skeptical attitude towards it, and showdowns on the mat are considered the lot of men.
Chances: bronze - 15%
Up to 58 kg. Valeria Koblova
Koblova missed the World Championships in Las Vegas due to injury, and she had to defend her place in the team against an experienced Natalya Golts. It is unlikely that Koblova will be able to compete for gold with the three-time Olympic champion and invincible Japanese Kaori Ityo, but if everything goes well, she can compete for awards. Four years ago, Valeria was one step away from an Olympic medal.
Chances: silver - 25%, bronze - 50%
Up to 63 kg. Inna Trazhukova
On her way to the Olympic team, Trazhukova had to overcome serious internal competition in the person of a participant in the last world championship Valeria Lazinskaya, Olympic medalist Lyubov Volosova and Anastasia Bratchikova, which won an Olympic license for Russia. However, Trazhukova does not perform so convincingly at international tournaments and only once won bronze at the European Championship.
Chances: bronze - 10%
Up to 69 kg.
According to the coaches, the current Olympic champion Vorobyova is the only real contender for gold in the women's team. The burden of responsibility
According to the coaches, the current Olympic champion Vorobyova is the only real contender for gold in the women's team.
the consequences of injuries and lack of competitive practice will put pressure on her, but Natalya is famous for her ability to gather herself before the main competitions. A year ago, she managed to regain the title of best at the World Championships in Las Vegas.
Chances: gold - 30%, silver - 70%, bronze - 99%
Up to 75 kg. Ekaterina Bukina
Four years ago, Bukina lost the internal selection for the Olympics to Vorobyova, after which she moved to a heavier weight category. Her most significant successes here were silver at the European Games and bronze at the World Championships, and last year Ekaterina lost in the quarterfinals and was left without medals. In the final of the Russian Championship, her main rival Alena Perepelkina Bukina won by fall.
Chances: bronze - 30%
Greco-Roman wrestling
Up to 59 kg. Ibragim Labazanov
A year ago, Russia was left without medals in this weight class. Winner of the European Games Stepan Maryanyan did not live up to expectations and lost in the quarterfinals. At the Russian Championship he was defeated by Labazanov, but the confrontation between the athletes continued at the final training camp, as a result of which Ibrahim finally proved his right to compete at the Olympics, despite the lack of much international experience. .
Chances: gold - 25%, silver - 50%, bronze - 90%
Up to 66 kg. Islambek Albiev
The 2008 Olympic champion experienced a real renaissance this year and successively won the European Championship and the Russian qualifying championship, displacing the World Championship medalist Artyom Surkova. After the main triumph in his career, Albiev experienced problems with weight, a transition to a heavier category and a long search for his former self. He is going to the second Olympics again extremely motivated.
Chances: gold - 30%, silver - 70%, bronze - 99%
Up to 75 kg.
The current Olympic champion Vlasov remains a leader in his weight category four years later. He lost his only final two years ago to a Korean Kim Hyun-woo. Due to an injury, Roman missed the Russian Championship, but with subsequent performances he proved his right to be on the Olympic team.
Chances: gold - 50%, silver - 80%, bronze - 99%
Up to 85 kg. David Chakvetadze
Chakvetadze made it to the national team last year, winning competition from the most experienced Olympic champion Alexey Mishin, but performed on the international stage with varying degrees of success. After winning the European Games, he was left without a medal in Las Vegas. This year in the championship final
In the most prestigious weight category, classical wrestlers have long had problems with personnel, and the heirs of Alexander Karelin are not yet in sight.
He defeated Mishin again in Russia and will fight for a medal in Brazil, but is unlikely to be able to defeat the leader of this weight - the Ukrainian Zhan Belenyuk.
Chances: bronze - 30%
Up to 98 kg. Islam Magomedov
World Cup medalist and European Games winner Magomedov joined the national team at the last moment. The day before the final application was submitted, he won a control bout against the European champion Nikita Melnikov, and before that, at the cost of a broken finger, he won the Russian Championship in Grozny. I would like to believe that Islam still has the strength for the main fights of this year.
Chances: silver - 40%, bronze - 80%
Up to 130 kg. Sergey Semenov
In the most prestigious weight category, classical wrestlers have long had problems with personnel, and the heirs Alexandra Karelina not yet visible. That’s why Bilal Makhov had to do a part-time job a year ago. The new Russian champion Sergei Semenov faces a difficult task to win a medal. He can cope with any opponent, except for the obvious leaders - the Cuban Mihaina Lopez and the Turk Riza Kayaalpa.
Chances - bronze 25%
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 roster, 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.
Freestyle wrestlers qualified for Rio in all six weight categories. Two-time world and European champion in the weight category up to 86 kg Abdulrashid Sadulayev, who is called the “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 category up to 97 kg between the Olympic champion, five-time world champion Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, the 2014 world champion Abdusalam Gadisov and the current European champion Anzor Boltukaev. Let us note that Gatsalov and Boltukaev have already defeated the 2015 world champion, American Kyle Snyder, this year.
Whichever one wins will go to Rio de Janeiro, - emphasized the head coach of the national team Dzambolat Tedeev.
In the new century, Yakutia, for which wrestling is the number one sport, hosts the Russian Championship for the fourth time. The current tournament is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Yakut wrestling school, and the republic’s Olympic hopes are tied to two-time world champion Viktor Lebedev in the weight category up to 57 kg.
“Victor 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, head of the Republican Wrestling Federation. A ticket to Rio with Lebedev will be challenged by his longtime offender, Olympic champion Jamal Otarsultanov, European Games winner Alexander Bogomoev and the season opener, 2016 European champion Gadzhimurad Rashidov.
The classics also qualified for Rio in in full force. Olympic champion, two-time world champion in the up to 75 kg category Roman Vlasov and 2013 world champion Nikita Melnikov, who crushed the two-time champion in the Euro 2016 final in the up to 98 kg category, were exempted from the Russian Championship, which will be hosted by Grozny on June 2-6 for the first time in history. peace from Armenia Arthur Aleksanyan. The remaining categories will be very hot. Let's note the weight up to 59 kg. Bronze medalist of the 2012 Games Mingiyan Semenov won the 2016 European Championship, 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 Ibrahim Labazanov, who has a victory over the legendary Iranian - Olympic champion, six-time world champion Hamid Soriyan.
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. A grandiose event awaits the wrestlers,” noted Mikhail Mamiashvili.
Alas, but sports festival Grozny was overshadowed by a terrible tragedy. On May 3, the first Olympic medalist in the history of the Chechen people, first vice-president of the FSBR Adlan Varaev, fell into a mountain river and went missing. It was he who initiated the match between the national teams of Russia, Chechnya and the United States, which took place in 2006 in Gudermes in the open air. This was the first international tournament V 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 United World Wrestling (UWW) calendar.
In women's wrestling, Russians took 5 out of 6 licenses, leaving them without one in the up to 53 kg category. The national selection will take place on June 10-11 in St. Petersburg, and only for Olympic champion Natalya Vorobyova in the weight category up to 69 kg will it become a stage of preparation for Rio. A real battle is expected in the remaining categories. On the same dates in Los Angeles, as part of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup, a meeting of the UWW “Sport for All” commission will be held, dedicated to the development of wrestling at the mass level among students and the club movement. Russia will present the “Wrestling to School!” program there.
The program already covers 21 regions of the country. This year, 3 wrestling halls were opened according to it secondary schools Moscow region. At the beginning of May, two carpets arrived in Yalta for the first school wrestling hall in Crimea. The regional Minister of Education took part in the presentation of the program for school principals in the Kaliningrad region. And just recently, the first tournament was held in Moscow among schoolchildren involved in wrestling in their third physical education lesson. “This is a landmark event for the development of the program,” said the head of the UWW “Sport for All” commission. Georgy Bryusov.