The first finals of the World Wrestling Championship were held today in the capital of Hungary, Budapest. The awards were played by the masters of freestyle wrestling. The fans' particular attention was focused on the finals in two categories: up to 61 and 74 kg.
In the first of them, the Russian Gadzhimurad Rashidov and the Cuban Yovlis Bonne met. The fight turned out with a slight touch of scandal. The Cuban executed a throw, which the judges estimated at 5 points. The Russian equalized the score. When the fight was over, the score was 5: 5. But according to the last technical action, the Cuban won. Dzambulat Tedeev, the head coach of our team, threw out the "challenge". He was not satisfied, and after Dzambulat Tedeev entered into a skirmish with the judge, pushed him and was removed for this. As a result, Gadzhimurad Rashidov won silver at the World Championship for the second year in a row.
In the final up to 74 kg, Zaurbek Sidakov performed without the advice of the head coach of the team. However, this did not prevent him from defeating the Georgian Avtandil Kenchadze. There was also an equal fight, and the Russian was also able to win in it due to the last technical action. Note that both of our finalists received cuts.
Anzor Khizriev lost to Parviz Khadibasmanzh from Iran in the fight for bronze in the category up to 125 kg.
Semifinal fights in freestyle wrestling in weight categories up to 57, 65, 79 and 92 kg were also held today. Only Zaur Uguyev made it to the final in the category up to 57 kg. In it, he will meet with Nurislam Sanaev from Kazakhstan. Akhmed Chakaev reached the semifinals in the category up to 65 kg and lost in a stubborn fight to the Japanese Takuto Otoguro. He will compete for bronze, like Batyrbek Tsakulov in the category up to 92 kg. True, he needs to fight his way through the consolation round. Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov in the category up to 79 kg lost ahead of schedule to Kyle Dyck from the USA in the semifinals.
Results of the first medal day of the World Championship in Budapest:
Category up to 61 kg:
1.Yovlis Bonne (Cuba)
2. Gadzhimurad Rashidov (Russia)
3. Joe Colon (USA)
3. Tuvshintulga Tumenblek (Mongolia)
Category up to 74 kg:
1. Zaurbek Sidakov (Russia)
2. Avtandil Kenchadze (Georgia)
3. Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Uzbekistan)
2. Fatih Erdin (Turkey)
3. Hasan Yazdanishriati (Iran)
2. Live Deng (China)
3. Parviz Hadibasmanj (Iran)
3. Nick Gwazdowski (USA)
Russian Greco-Roman wrestlers won six gold medals at the 2018 World Cup in Budapest. This is a sensation - surpassed the seemingly unshakable record of the national team, set in 1994. The total number of first places among the “free-style” and “classics” is also unique - there are ten of them! This happened to us only in the days of the USSR.
Dmitry Simonov, Dmitry Somov from budapest
World Championship. Greco-Roman wrestling
Up to 67 kg.
1. SURKOV. 2. Stefanek (Serbia). 3. Sanakyan (Poland) and Shermakhanbet (Kazakhstan).
Up to 60 kg. 1. EMELIN. 2. Chobanu (Moldova). 3. Sultangali (Kazakhstan) and Saylike (China).
Up to 77 kg. 1. CHEKHIRKIN. 2. Lorints (Hungary). 3. Nemesh (Serbia) and Hyonwu Kim (Korea).
Up to 87 kg. 1. Bashar (Turkey). 2. Beleniuk (Ukraine). 3. Kobliashvili (Georgia) and Shahinyan (Armenia).
Up to 97 kg. 1. EVLOYEV. 2. Milov (Bulgaria). 3. Aliyarifeyzabadi (Iran) and Kajala (Serbia).
Up to 130 kg. 1. SEMENOV. 2. Kuhn (USA). 3. Minseok Kim (Korea) and Hinds (Cuba).
The capital of Hungary is a symbol city for wrestling. In the 21st century, the World Championship was held in Budapest three times, and each time very important events were associated with it. In 2005, the then President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge visited the tournament, and following his visit, an alarming message was sent to the wrestlers. But the ex-head of the international federation Raphael Martinetti I did not hear the call for renewal - and as a result, over time, the question arose about whether, in principle, a fight is needed in the program of the Olympic Games. In September 2013, the IOC headed Thomas Bach, and at the same time, at a session in Buenos Aires, wrestling retained its position in the Olympic family, not without difficulty winning the competition from baseball and squash. As if in honor of this victory a week later the World Championship started in Hungary.
And now, after another five years, the wrestlers came to Budapest again. And for the first finals of the “classics”, on Friday, Bach appeared on the podium, who for the first time visited the World Championship in wrestling. It is noteworthy that nat the meeting of the head of the IOC with the leadership of world wrestling, the head of the UWW "Sport for All" Commission Georgy Bryusov presented him with his book - "Struggle for Struggle". It is dedicated to the events of 2013 - and, in particular, tells how Russia led the movement to overcome the crisis and rallied irreconcilable competitors when the situation seemed hopeless.
It turned out symbolically that it was in front of Bach's eyes (I am sure that our country, after all the vicissitudes, became almost his own) that the Russian Greco-Roman wrestling team (and with it the entire wrestling team) began its journey to a historic record in the number of gold medals. However, it is hardly worth considering the head of the IOC as the mascot of our team, since even before his arrival the results were brilliant - four first places in freestyle wrestling. Against the background of all this splendor, the hopeless zero in the column "medals in women's wrestling" looks sad. But this is a reason for a serious conversation with certain specific people, while most of the national team and the leadership of the federation deserve only applause for this tournament. Deafening!
Saturday: day of Mordovia
Newly made captain of the Russian team "classics", future world champion Artem Surkov after his success, he said: at the equator of the championship, the “freestyle wrestlers”, who had already won four gold medals, deliberately tried to provoke their comrades, kindly urged them to show at least no less loud result. And unexpectedly for many, the Greco-Roman style wrestlers really surpassed their colleagues. The feelings after the 2017 World Cup in Paris were quickly forgotten, when the first places sensationally did not go to the Russians at all. And by the end of Saturday, after victories Stepan Maryanyan(up to 63 kg), Sergey Emelin(up to 60 kg) and Surkov(up to 67 kg) the best achievement in the last 20 years was established. In 2003, our team had two gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling. The results of the 1990s remained unconquered (4 gold in 1998 and a record 5 in 1994), when the team included the greatest Alexander Karelin and the current head coach of the national team Gogi Koguashvili... By the way, for Kogiashvili-trainer this is generally a personal breakthrough: he led the national team in 2006, and since then the team has not taken more than one gold at the world championships.
October 27 became the day of the Mordovian wrestling school, which was represented by two comrades - Emelin and Surkov... The final in the category up to 67 kg was especially striking. Rio 2016 Olympic champion Serb Davor Stefanek was determined to take revenge Surkov for the defeat in the final of the 2017 World Cup. Despite the fact that the Russian won all major tournaments this year, including the European Championship, the Serb, it seems, was absolutely sure that he would take revenge. He even prepared a T-shirt with a picture of his wife and child, apparently intending to dedicate the victory to them. But superiority Surkov turned out to be undeniable - 7: 1. Disappointed Stefanek shouted in the mixed zone like a victim - because of this, it was even hard to hear what a nearby person was speaking into microphones and dictaphones Surkov... The Serb was constantly waving his hands towards the 25-year-old Russian and insisted that at a respectable age it was very difficult to resist a younger one and an opponent. By the way, all three champions in Rio, who fought in Budapest, were left without gold - Stefanek, Armenian Aleksanyan and Cuban Barero.
Sunday: Semyonov and Evloev dominate, Chekhirkin does the impossible
Even after three victories in the Russian national team, they were afraid to give overly optimistic predictions about the upcoming records. However, in the first two final battles on Sunday, the superiority of the Russians turned out to be undeniable.
Super heavy Sergey Semyonov, having grown a beard at random, dealt with Jacob Kuhn from USA. Smiling, he confirmed to reporters that, like freestyle wrestlers, Americans are always in a special mood. However, Semyonov still has something to strive for - at the 2018 World Cup he never met the three-time Olympic champion Michein Lopez, who came to Budapest, was strenuously dropping the weight, but in the end he gave way to the understudy, never taking part in the tournament. Judging by the mood of Sergei, it is a matter of honor for him to defeat the Cuban.
Going out to the journalists, Semenov expressed confidence that the competitor in the next final Musa Evloev(up to 97 kg) will not let you down. And so it happened. Although for Evloyev, the more important fight was the semifinals, where it was necessary to take revenge on Aleksanyan to whom Musa lost in the final of the 2017 World Cup. For gold Evloev went back to Paris - but took his own in a year. Great story of overcoming.
But the most incredible plot unfolded in the final battle of the day - the final of the weight category up to 77 kg, where against the Russian Alexandra Chekhirkina was the host of the tournament, Hungarian Tamas Lorints... For the sake of this fight, the organizers even skillfully replayed the scheme of the day (they started with the heavyweights, instead of completing the program with them), so that the audience would remain in the arena until the victorious one and cheer for their own. Of course, the situation gave rise to a "conspiracy theory" - Russia is already full of medals, why not "thank" the hospitable hosts. But - nothing of the kind! The confrontation turned out to be tense, equal and, most importantly, honest! Much became clear in the episode when Lorints received a painful blow to the jaw, bumping into the elbow Chekhirkina... But the referees, having watched the replay, made a decision - the Russian was not to blame. After Alexander was declared the winner, the athlete simply had no words of joy and fatigue. The head coach spoke them for him. Koguashvili:
There are always fears, but we always tune in to all opponents in the same way - as for the last battle. And Chekhirkin knew very well that if he did not jump over himself, it would be impossible to win. Still, the guys who fought before him won their finals easily - because they were head and shoulders above their rivals. And here - about the same level, and even the enemy is at home. So Sasha did the impossible! Honor and praise to him!
Mikhail Mamiashvili. Photo by Daria Isaev, "SE"
"We supported our Ukrainian brothers as if they were our own"
And here is how the coach assessed the results of the entire championship:
We have done a great job and purposefully prepared for this world championship, as it is a dress rehearsal for the next tournament in Kazakhstan, which will become licensed. For us, there have never been second or third places. Even a year ago, when they were left without gold at the World Cup, the team was still the first in points. We have a stable team, just sometimes we were unlucky, but now the result has come. We are now thinking about repeating the result not only at the next World Championship, but also at the Tokyo Olympics.
In turn, the President of the Russian Wrestling Federation Michael Mamiashvili offered to discuss sports success with the coaches of the national team, while he himself spoke about something else - about what worries us all no less than the presence and absence of sports victories.
Does it feel like the golden Soviet times are back? For me personally, these times have never passed! - said Mamiashvili... - Look, the Ukrainian brothers are sitting. So I worried about them in the same way as about my own! If they ever need help from me or my friends, they will always get it!
The 2018 World Wrestling Championships is a new competition among amateur wrestlers, which will be held from 20 to 28 October 2018 in the Hungarian capital Budapest. Dozens of Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestlers will come to the main city of Hungary. Which of the championship participants will be successful, and will there be Russian athletes among the future triumphs?
Where and when will the 2018 World Wrestling Championship be held
The new edition of the competition will take place in the fall of 2018. The best fighters on the planet will compete for trophies from October 20 to 28, 2018.
The host city of the World Cup Wrestling Championship 2018 will be Budapest. The Hungarian capital was chosen as the center of the World Cup at one of the meetings of the United World Wrestling (UWW) committee in October 2016. Hungary's main city has already received this honor in 2005, 2013 and 2016.
Participants will most likely compete within the walls of the SYMA Sports & Conference Center. It is a multifunctional building that is used with equal success both as an exhibition center and a sports arena. In 2016, SYMA Sports & Conference Center has already hosted the world's best wrestlers.
Competition program
Competitions will be held in two types of martial arts: Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. The first type will be represented by men, and the second - by men and women.
Greco-Roman wrestlers at the 2018 World Cup will compete for medals in the following categories (kg):
- up to 59;
- up to 66;
- up to 71;
- up to 75;
- up to 80;
- up to 85;
- up to 98;
- up to 130.
The World Cup Wrestling Championship 2018 freestyle wrestling awards will be drawn by men and women. Here is what the list of all weight categories looks like (male / female, kg.):
- up to 57/48;
- up to 61/53;
- up to 65/55;
- up to 70/58;
- up to 74/60;
- up to 86/63;
- up to 97/69;
- up to 125/75.
2018 World Wrestling Championship Results
The awards will be contested by dozens of respected athletes from dozens of countries. The following states will have the strongest representation:
- Russia;
- Japan;
- Mongolia;
- Iran;
- Turkey;
- Germany;
- Armenia;
- Azerbaijan;
- Cuba.
It is especially worth highlighting Russia, Japan and the United States, which invariably fall into the TOP-3 of the overall medal standings in almost every issue of the World Cup.
It's nice to see Russia among the leaders. Our athletes are some of the best on the planet. The national school was glorified by such names as Alexander Karelin, Buvaysar Saytiev and Alexander Medved. Russian and Soviet athletes won a total of 649 medals, 345 of which are gold! Any other country participating in the World Cup cannot boast of anything like that. The Japanese athletes, who occupy the second place in the medal standings, have three times less awards!
The collapse of the Soviet Union weakened the domestic school. But this does not prevent Russian craftsmen from achieving high results. Our athletes have led the overall medal standings more than once.
Unfortunately, the last World Cup ended in a fiasco for Russia. According to the results of the World Championship in France, domestic wrestlers won 5 silver and bronze medals. But there was no place for gold medals in the national team's piggy bank ... What caused this sad anti-record: a drop in the level of Russian athletes, or is it just an accident ?! The answer to this question will be given by the upcoming release of the World Cup!
Greco-Roman wrestling originated in Ancient Greece. The ancient Hellenes believed that the Greco-Roman wrestling was invented by the Olympic gods.
It is known that already in 704 BC. NS. Greco-Roman wrestling competitions were held at the Olympic Games.
Even famous figures of science and art such as Pythagoras and Plato, were engaged in Greco-Roman wrestling and participated in the Olympic Games. This sport received a new round of development only in the 18th century.
The modern rules of Greco-Roman wrestling, which are still used today, were invented by representatives France... And for a long time this struggle was called French. Historical name - Greco-Roman wrestling has been returned only at the end of the 19th century. According to Greco-Roman or, as it is also called, classical wrestling, many competitions of various levels are held, Greco-Roman wrestling is included in the program of the modern Olympic Games.
Freestyle wrestling at the Olympics
In 1896 in Greek Athens the Olympic competitions resumed, the program of which also included classical wrestling competitions.
Participated in the Olympic Games 5 athletes Greco-Roman wrestling representing four states, they competed in the general category.
Then the representative of Germany ascended to the highest step of the Olympic podium - Karl Schumann.
Since 1908 Greco-Roman wrestling is included in the program of all Summer Olympic Games. The record holder for the number of Olympic medals in the "classics" is German athlete Wilfried Dietrich- him five Olympic awards(one gold Olympic medal, by two silver and bronze).
Four times climbed to the Olympic podium in Greco-Roman wrestling seven athletes, including the famous Russian Greco-Roman wrestling champion Alexander Karelin. By three Olympic medals in the oldest form of struggle won 27 Olympic wrestlers.
The most titled Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling champions
The most titled Olympic champions in Greco-Roman wrestling include the following athletes:
- 3 Olympic "gold" and one "silver" (in the category up to 130 kg).
- Karl Westergren (Sweden) - 3 Olympic "gold" (in categories up to 75 kg; up to 82.5 kg; up to 87 kg).
- Mijain Lopez (Cuba) - 3 Olympic "gold" (in categories up to 120 kg; up to 130 kg).
- Rudolf Svensson (Sweden) - 2 Olympic golds and one silver (in categories up to 82.5 kg; over 82.5 kg; up to 87 kg).
- Vincenzo Maenza (Italy) - 2 Olympic "gold" and one "silver" (in the category up to 48 kg).
The most titled Olympic wrestlers of the Greco-Roman style from Russia (USSR):
- Alexander Karelin - 3 Olympic "gold" and one "silver" (category up to 130 kg).
- Valery Rezantsev - 2 Olympic "gold" (category up to 90 kg).
- Alexander Kolchinsky - 2 Olympic "gold" (categories over 100 kg;<110 кг).
- Roman Vlasov - 2 Olympic "gold" (categories up to 74 kg; up to 75 kg).
- Anatoly Roshchin - one Olympic "gold", 2 "silver" (categories over 97 kg;<100 кг).
World championships
First in history, the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship was held in Austria-Hungary in May 1904 Then they went out on the carpet 26 athletes Greco-Roman wrestling.
Since 1912 all significant competitions among athletes in Greco-Roman wrestling are held under the auspices of International Wrestling Federation - FILA. Today we have joined the wrestling federation over 120 countries.
Russian wrestler first became the winner of the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship in 1913 It was a Petrograd Georgy Bauman, competing in Greco-Roman wrestling in the category up to 75 kg.
The most titled wrestlers of the world classic wrestling championships:
- Alexander Karelin (USSR - Russia) - 9 Olympic gold medals (in the category up to 130 kg).
- Hamid Sorian (Iran) - 6 Olympic gold medals (up to 55 kg).
- Mijain Lopez (Cuba) - 5 Olympic gold and 3 silver medals (up to 120 kg).
- Valery Rezantsev (USSR) - 5 Olympic gold medals (in the category up to 90 kg).
- Nikolay Balboshin (USSR) - 4 Olympic gold medals and 1 silver medal (in the category up to 100 kg).
The most titled wrestlers of the world Greco-Roman wrestling championships from Russia (USSR):
- Alexander Karelin - 9 wins (in the category up to 130 kg).
- Valery Rezantsev - 5 wins (in the category up to 90 kg).
- Nikolay Balboshin - 4 victories and 1 vice-championship (in the category up to 100 kg).
- Roman Rurua - 4 victories (in the category up to 62 kg; up to 63 kg; up to 68 kg).
- Anatoly Roshchin - 3 victories and 2 vice-championships (in the category over 97 kg; over 100 kg).
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USSR and Russian championships
At the end of 1924 g. passed first in history Union republics championship in Greco-Roman wrestling. Kiev was chosen as the venue for the Greco-Roman wrestling championship. The title of the strongest athlete in Greco-Roman wrestling was contested over 40 athletes from the RSFSR, as well as the Ukrainian and Belarusian Union republics. At the Championship of the Union republics in Greco-Roman wrestling, athletes performed in five weight categories.
After the collapse of the USSR, the successor to the internal classical wrestling tournament became CIS championship... And then - the Russian Greco-Roman wrestling championship.
The most titled champions of the USSR and Russia in Greco-Roman wrestling:
- Alexander Karelin - 13 wins.
- Johannes Kotkas - 12 wins.
- Oleg Karavaev - 7 wins.
- Varteres Samurgashev - 6 wins.
- Alexander Kolchinsky - 5 wins.
- Islam-Beka Albiev - 5 wins.
- Suren Nalbandyan - 5 wins.
Living legend
Russian heavyweight Alexandra Karelina International Wrestling Federation named greatest fighter of the twentieth century in classic wrestling. He, along with Muhammad Ali, the footballer Pele and other sports stars, was included in the Top 25 Athletes of the Century. Alexander Karelin can rightfully be considered a living legend of Greco-Roman wrestling.
The future Greco-Roman wrestler was born in Novosibirsk in 1967 I got into sports 13 year old teenager. But even then, coach Viktor Kuznetsov was able to discern in him a promising athlete: the growth of the future Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling was almost 180 cm, and the weight reached 78 kg.
Alexei Karelin's sports career in Greco-Roman wrestling developed rapidly. Later only 4 years old was already a master of sports of the USSR, still in a year- won the youth world championship and received the title of master of sports of international class.
Photo 1. Alexey Karelin during the Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia, Sydney.
In 1988 g. Alexander made his debut at the Olympic Games, and immediately won. At that time he was 21 years old... Greco-Roman wrestling competitions at the Olympic Games 1992 year brought the athlete another Olympic "gold". Third Olympic award in Greco-Roman wrestling of the highest dignity, he won at the Olympic Games in 1996 in the USA.
In Olympic Sydney in 2000 our wrestler lost the decisive bout in Greco-Roman wrestling to the representative of America.
