Someday they will write a book or make a film about Alexander Bogomoev. His fate is generous with trials. He recently underwent surgery on his spleen and had a long recovery. Then many asked the question: is there a place for Alexander Bogomoev in big sports after a serious injury? With his victories, he made it clear that he would still fight. We talked with the three-time Russian champion, champion of the first European Games, about his plans.
- Alexander, how are you feeling? How do you live now? What is most important to you at the moment?
– Thank you, I feel great, I live the struggle, and there is one main thought in my head: “Tokyo 2020.” While it would be a bold statement to say that I want to participate in the Olympics, we don’t know how life will turn out. But the goal has been set. The Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix tournament will soon take place in Krasnoyarsk, I will participate, so I have softened the training that I have been devoted to all the last days. But, as luck would have it, he suddenly fell ill. I'm undergoing treatment now.
– The press writes that you need a lot of money for rehabilitation, for complete recovery, and that they even attracted sponsors. Tell me, is this so, maybe we, fellow countrymen, can help with something?
– Everything is fine, there is definitely no need to announce any fees. Yes, I need rehabilitation, and there are people who help.
“After this ridiculous fight happened, many quickly wrote off the wrestler they had recently admired. They even wrote on the Internet that Bogomoev ended his career ingloriously...
“I’ve already proven that I can fight.” The most important thing is that I have a desire, goals that I live by. I'm not ready to give up. Yes, I was wrong. But now I have a task - to go to the Olympics, to glorify my homeland, my small village, to the whole world, this occupies all my thoughts. The ongoing legal proceedings willy-nilly distract me, confuse me psychologically, and prevent me from working at full capacity. I want to devote myself only to sports.
– This whole situation has become a test of strength for your friends. Who supported you?
-I wasn’t left alone! The support was good, both financially and psychologically my friends supported me, they all stayed with me. Evgeny (I won’t give his last name), he now lives in the Irkutsk region, and provided powerful support. I express my gratitude to him through the newspaper, I think he will realize that it is about him.
– The tragic death of Yuri Vlasko and the sudden departure of his coach Fedor Makhutov came as a shock to everyone. Willy-nilly, many found that the circumstances of his death were very reminiscent of the story that happened to you. How did you personally cope with such an early departure of a promising athlete?
– Of course, no matter how much time has passed, it is impossible to understand this death; Yuri was a bright man with a pure heart. It's sad to know that he is no longer with us. How does it feel – just recently you fought, won, and now you’re lying in the ground? This is impossible to comprehend. I believe in the afterlife and I know that Yura is not in the earth at all, but in a very good place, because he was a bright person.
– You are an example for many boys. Looking at you, they believed in themselves, realized that it is possible to win, the main thing is to set a goal and train hard. Among the promising young athletes are the Baltuev brothers. What do you think of these aspiring athletes?
“I think they have a great future ahead of them.” The main thing is that they don’t get too full of the struggle ahead of time and lose interest in it. I started showing results as an adult, and it was hard for me psychologically. They have been wrestling since their youth, I hope it’s easier for them to adapt. The main thing in our sport is to fight with your head and think. And psychology is also very important - self-confidence, and it comes with victories.
- Alexander, tell me, are you thinking of tying the knot?
- Yes, it would probably be too rash to say that that’s it, I’m getting married this year. But, let’s just say, I already want to get married and approach this with all responsibility.
– Wish something to your fellow countrymen, readers...
– Congratulations to all fellow countrymen on the past holidays! Health to everyone, kind attitude towards each other. Less envy, believe in yourself more, and everything will work out!
The life of any person is a constant struggle both with himself and with the world around him. But there are people who choose for themselves the path of an athlete who shows will where they engage in battle with their opponents. Among such wrestlers, Alexander Pavlovich Bogomoev is an outstanding martial artist from the Russian Federation. We will talk about his fate, achievements and problems in the article.
Birth
Bogomoev Alexander, whose biography is given below, was born on November 17, 1989 in a small Buryat village called Ust-Ordynsky. Unfortunately, the young man (not being officially an orphan, since his parents were alive) was literally forced to live and study in an orphanage. But after the third grade, he was sheltered by his own aunt, with whom he moved to live.
The beginning of the sports journey
In fifth grade, Alexander Bogomoev (his photo below) met a man named Valery Abzaev. This man was not just a talented freestyle wrestling coach, but also a master of sports in three disciplines. But the most important thing is not even this: the wrestlers’ mentor became an adoptive father for the hero of the article.
In 2001, Sasha, being under the tutelage of his adoptive father, began training in martial arts under his guidance. And literally two years later the boy regularly begins to go to competitions at the regional level. He managed to win the Sur-Harban sports festival four times.
Seeing positive results and a crazy thirst for victory, after the 9th grade, Abzaev decides to send Alexander to Ulan-Ude. In this city, Bogomoev found himself in the gym of the RF coach Valery Ivanov, from whom Abzaev himself once learned wrestling skills.
Education
For a certain period of time, Alexander Bogomoev studied at the lyceum to become an artist. Thanks to this institution, the young man had a roof over his head and free food, thanks to which he could train in peace. The guy, of course, did not turn out to be a master of the brush; he returned to Ust-Orda, where he completed his secondary education. After receiving a matriculation certificate, Sasha becomes a student at the sports department of BSU. He successfully graduates from this university and eventually gets around to getting another diploma at the Irkutsk Agricultural Academy.
Key moment
Alexander Bogomoev studied long and hard, trying to break into the elite of freestyle wrestling. It goes without saying that such zeal did not go without reward. 2011 turned out to be a truly turning point for the guy. At that time, the young athlete was not yet famous and did not have any high-profile victories under his belt. However, this did not prevent him from winning a silver award at the international tournament held in Krasnoyarsk. After this, the wrestler was called a real discovery of Russian sports.
A few months later, Sasha joined the national team and went to the World Cup in the city of Makhachkala. In this city, Bogomoev was able to show skill at a planetary level and was able to defeat famous wrestlers from Ukraine, for example, and Bulgaria. Such success ultimately had a positive impact on the overall performance of the entire Russian team.
Next, Alexander Bogomoev was able to snatch a bronze medal at the Russian Championship, which took place in Yakutsk. An offensive loss at this tournament overtook the young man only once in a fight with Viktor Lebedev. It is worth noting that during the fight between these two wrestlers, Sasha was very strongly supported by local shamans, who beat their tambourines and performed various rituals, known only to them, in order to lure victory for Bogomoev.
We cannot forget about Alexander’s second place at another tournament on Yakut soil, when he competed according to the rules of the national wrestling hapsai. At those competitions, the talented athlete received a real expensive diamond as a reward.
Success
Alexander Bogomoev (his nationality is Buryat) can boast of the following sporting achievements in his still short, but already quite eventful career:
- Three-time champion of the Russian Federation.
- Two-time winner of the bronze medal of the Russian Federation Championship.
- Winner of the gold medal at the 2015 European Games.
- Three-time winner of the Grand Prix tournament “Ivan Yarygin”.
- Champion of the Ramzan Kadyrov Cup 2012.
- He won the championship of the Siberian Federal District five times.
For seven years he has been a member of the Russian national team and holds the title of international master of sports. In 2011 he received the Golden Olympus award.
Fiasco
Alexander Bogomoev, like any other athlete, is subject to periods of decline. Unfortunately for him and his fans, one of the most offensive losses of the Russian is his defeat in a fight with Vasily Shuptar at the 2015 World Championships, which took place in the United States. In that confrontation, the Ukrainian was able to impose his tactics on Sasha, fighting in a very intrusive manner. The first half of their meeting ended in a draw. But almost in the last seconds the judges gave Vasily one point, which later turned out to be fateful. Bogomoev's coaching staff protested against this decision, but this did not change the referee's verdict. The final score of the match was 4:3 in favor of Vasily.
Another unpleasant moment in Bogomoev’s career can be considered his failure to make it into both the main and reserve squads of the Russian national team for the trip to the Olympics in Brazil. In July 2016, the coaches of the country's main team, as a result of a secret vote, gave their preference to Sasha's eternal rival Viktor Lebedev. It is worth clarifying that these two wrestlers were considered as candidates for the national team reserve. According to the rules of these international competitions, a reserve wrestler could get on the mat only in the event of injury or illness of one of the main athletes.
Wound
On April 23, 2017, Bogomoev was hospitalized in Ust-Orda with blunt abdominal trauma. It was all due to a drunken fight between two of his acquaintances, whom he tried to separate. As it turned out later, all three were drunk, each of the participants in the fight received bodily injuries of varying degrees of severity. After a thorough examination, it turned out that Sasha had a ruptured spleen with heavy bleeding.
It is worth noting that Alexander’s rehabilitation was successful. His spleen was not removed. Thanks to this, on October 29, 2017, he was able to win international competitions in Nefteyugansk in the weight category up to 61 kilograms. In the final of the tournament, he managed to defeat Ossetian Azamat Khodov with a crushing score of 10:0.
Personal
It goes without saying that the life of our hero is not only freestyle wrestling. Alexander Bogomoev also loves football very much and periodically plays for a team called “STAM-Stroy”. The young man is still single. His friends speak of him exclusively in a positive way, confirming the fact that he is always ready to help in difficult times. The wrestler has a younger sister.
Russian wrestlers have always been distinguished by their intransigence, assertiveness and desire to win during their fights. A wrestling mat is in many ways similar to which you can determine how physically strong and mentally stable any wrestler is. Our hero proved that he is not only strong in sports, but also has enough willpower to pass the tests in everyday life with honor. This man's name is Alexander Bogomoev.
Brief biographical information
Alexander Bogomoev is a native of the village of Ust-Ordynsky, located in Buryatia. The wrestler's date of birth is November 17, 1989. Unfortunately, having living parents, Sasha was forced to be raised in an orphanage, and after finishing third grade he moved in with his aunt. After some time, the guy meets a man who was able to change his life for the better. It turned out to be coach Valery Abzaev. Together with his wife Alexandra Sergeevna, they become a new family for the young man.
Start of a sports career
In 2001, Alexander Bogomoev, under the leadership of the said father, began to engage in wrestling. Since 2003, the young athlete has been fighting at the regional sports festivals of Sur-Harban, where he was able to win four times.
At the end of the 9th grade, Valery Abzaev, taking into account the potential of the young wrestler, sends him to the city of Ulan-Ude to train under the guidance of the honored coach of Russia Valery Ivanov, of whom Abzaev himself was also a student at one time.
Sasha studied for some time at Lyceum No. 24, choosing the profession of an artist. Due to the fact that he had a dorm room and food, he was able to train calmly. Fortunately or unfortunately, the great master of the brush from Bogomoev did not work out; he returned to Ust-Orda and completed his studies at a secondary school. Having received a certificate, Alexander Bogomoev enters the sports department of BSU, which he eventually successfully graduates from. He also received a diploma from the Irkutsk Agricultural Academy.
Crucial moment
In terms of athletic growth, 2011 turned out to be the most important year for the athlete. Wrestler Alexander Bogomoev, who at that time did not have any high-profile titles or regalia, simply performed excellently at an international tournament in Krasnoyarsk, managing to win silver there. After these competitions, Sasha was called the real discovery of the tournament. In the same year, the promising martial artist, already part of the main team of the country, went to the World Cup, which was held in Makhachkala. It was in the main city of the Dagestan Republic that Alexander showed what is called aerobatics. At this championship he had two fights (in the first, his opponent was the Ukrainian Igor Khavaladzhi, in the second, the Bulgarian Krum Chachurov). Both fights turned out to be victorious for the Russian. Largely thanks to him, the Russian national team won the World Cup.
After this tournament, Bogomoev once again confirms his high wrestling class, winning a bronze medal at the Russian Championship in Yakutsk. He lost then only once and to a very eminent opponent - Viktor Lebedev. It is noteworthy how zealously the Yakut shamans supported their fellow countryman during this fight. They actively beat the tambourines and performed their rituals, trying in every possible way to support Alexander. By the way, it was on Yakut soil that Bogomoev earned another valuable, from a material point of view, prize - a diamond. This happened when he took second place, competing in the Yakut national wrestling hapsagai.
Athlete's achievements
In general, Alexander Bogomoev, whose biography is a vivid example of fortitude, can boast of the following victories:
- Five-time champion
- Winner of international competitions held in China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia.
- Twice won the tournament in memory of Korkin for the prize of the head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
- In 2010 he won an international tournament in the Republic of Buryatia.
- In 2011-12 he was a prize-winner of the Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix world series.
- In 2013 he won the World Cup in Tehran.
- Prize-winner of the championships of the Russian Federation, as well as champion of the Russian Federation in 2014 and 2015.
- Became first at the Ramzan Kadyrov Cup championship in 2012, Grozny, Chechnya.
- Champion of the European Games 2015.
Since 2010, Alexander Bogomoev has been a member of the main team of the Russian Federation. In 2011 he was a laureate of the Golden Olympus award. He has the title of international master of sports.
Unsuccessful performances
Like many people, and even more so athletes, Sasha also has periods of decline. Unfortunately, at the World Championships, which took place in the USA in September 2015, Bogomoev lost in the second fight. His offender was the representative of Ukraine Vasily Shuptar. The Ukrainian managed to force the Russian to play his game, imposing a rather sticky course of the fight. After the first half of the match, a draw was recorded, but almost before the end of the match, the judges gave Vasily a one-point advantage. Bogomoev’s coaches filed a protest, but this did not change the situation. After quite a long discussion, the judge's verdict was 4:3 in favor of Shuptar.
Life outside the wrestling mat
Alexander Bogomoev, whose nationality is Buryat, is decisive and aggressive only during competitions. According to his relatives, the rest of the time Sasha is a very sociable, sociable and cheerful person. He has quite a lot of friends, for whose sake he is ready to take off his last shirt, as they say. According to his coach, Bogomoev is very much loved by the public, and the number of his fans and admirers is constantly growing.
In addition to wrestling, the young man is interested in football. He plays as part of the STAM-Stroy team. As for his personal life, Alexander is not yet married and tries to devote all his time to his sports career.
By the way, a noteworthy point: some time ago they wanted to draft Sasha into the army (his deferment for higher education had ended), but taking into account his successful performances and being part of the national team, his enlistment in the Armed Forces was again postponed indefinitely.
The history of chess goes back at least one and a half thousand years. Invented in India in the 5th-6th centuries, chess spread almost throughout the world, becoming an integral part of human culture. There is an ancient legend that attributes the creation of chess to a certain Brahmin. For his invention, he asked the rajah for an insignificant, at first glance, reward: as many wheat grains as would be on the chessboard if one grain was placed on the first square, two grains on the second, four grains on the third, etc. It turned out , that there is no such amount of grain on the entire planet (it is equal to 264 − 1 ≈ 1.845 × 1019 grains, which is enough to fill a storage facility with a volume of 180 km³). It’s hard to say whether it was true or not, but one way or another, India is the birthplace of chess. No later than the beginning of the 6th century, the first known game related to chess, chaturanga, appeared in northwestern India. It already had a completely recognizable “chess” appearance, but it was fundamentally different from modern chess in two features: there were four players, not two (they played pairs against pairs), and moves were made in accordance with the results of throwing dice. Each player had four pieces (chariot (rook), knight, bishop, king) and four pawns. The knight and king moved the same way as in chess, the chariot and bishop were much weaker than the current chess rook and bishop. There was no queen at all. To win the game, it was necessary to destroy the entire enemy army. The transformation of chess into an international sport Since the 16th century, chess clubs began to appear, where amateurs and semi-professionals gathered, often playing for a monetary stake. Over the next two centuries, the spread of chess led to the emergence of national tournaments in most European countries. Chess publications are published, at first sporadic and irregular, but over time they become increasingly popular. The first chess magazine "Palamed" began to be published in 1836 by the French chess player Louis Charles Labourdonnais. In 1837, a chess magazine appeared in Great Britain, and in 1846 in Germany. In the 19th century, international matches (since 1821) and tournaments (since 1851) began to be held. At the first such tournament, held in London in 1851, Adolf Andersen won. It was he who became the unofficial “chess king,” that is, the one who was considered the strongest chess player in the world. Subsequently, this title was challenged by Paul Morphy (USA), who won the match in 1858 with a score of +7-2=2, but after Morphy left the chess scene in 1859, Andersen again became the first, and only in 1866 Wilhelm Steinitz won the match against Andersen with a score of +8- 6 and became the new “uncrowned king.” The first world chess champion to officially bear this title was the same Wilhelm Steinitz, defeating Johann Zuckertort in the first match in history, in the agreement of which the expression “world championship match” appeared. Thus, a system of title succession was established: the new world champion was the one who won the match against the previous one, while the current champion reserved the right to agree to the match or reject the opponent, and also determined the conditions and location of the match. The only mechanism capable of forcing a champion to play a challenger was public opinion: if an admittedly strong chess player for a long time could not obtain the right to a match with the champion, this was seen as a sign of the champion’s cowardice and he, saving face, was forced to accept the challenge. Typically, the match agreement provided for the champion's right to a rematch if he lost; a victory in such a match returned the championship title to the previous owner. In the second half of the 19th century, time control began to be used in chess tournaments. At first, an ordinary hourglass was used for this (the time per move was limited), which was quite inconvenient, but soon the English amateur chess player Thomas Bright Wilson (T.B. Wilson) invented a special chess clock that made it possible to conveniently implement a time limit for the entire game or for a certain number of moves . Time control quickly became part of chess practice and soon began to be used everywhere. By the end of the 19th century, official tournaments and matches without time control were practically no longer held. Simultaneously with the advent of time control, the concept of “time pressure” appeared. Thanks to the introduction of time control, special forms of chess tournaments with a greatly shortened time limit arose: “fast chess” with a limit of about 30 minutes per game for each player and “blitz” - 5-10 minutes. However, they became widespread much later. Chess in the 20th century At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, the development of chess in Europe and America was very active, chess organizations became larger, and more and more international tournaments were held. In 1924, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) was created, initially organizing the World Chess Olympiads. Until 1948, the system of succession of the world champion title that had developed in the 19th century was preserved: the challenger challenged the champion to a match, the winner of which became the new champion. Until 1921, the champion remained Emanuel Lasker (the second, after Steinitz, official world champion, who won this title in 1894), from 1921 to 1927 - Jose Raul Capablanca, from 1927 to 1946 - Alexander Alekhine (in 1935 Alekhine lost the world championship match to Max Euwe, but In 1937, in a rematch, he regained the title and held it until his death in 1946). After the death of Alekhine in 1946, who remained undefeated, FIDE took over the organization of the world championship. The first official world chess championship was held in 1948, the winner was the Soviet grandmaster Mikhail Botvinnik. FIDE introduced a system of tournaments to win the champion title: the winners of the qualifying stages advanced to the zonal tournaments, the winners of the zonal competitions advanced to the interzonal tournament, and the holders of the best results in the latter took part in the candidate tournament, where a series of knockout games determined the winner, who was to play the match against the reigning champion. The formula for the title match changed several times. Now the winners of zonal tournaments participate in a single tournament with the best (rated) players in the world; the winner becomes world champion. The Soviet chess school played a huge role in the history of chess, especially in the second half of the 20th century. The wide popularity of chess, active, targeted teaching of it and the identification of capable players from childhood (a chess section, a children's chess school was in every city of the USSR, there were chess clubs at educational institutions, enterprises and organizations, tournaments were constantly held, a large amount of specialized literature was published) contributed to high level of play of Soviet chess players. Attention to chess was shown at the highest level. The result was that from the late 1940s until the collapse of the USSR, Soviet chess players virtually reigned supreme in world chess. Of the 21 chess Olympiads held from 1950 to 1990, the USSR team won 18 and became a silver medalist in another; of the 14 chess Olympiads for women during the same period, 11 were won and 2 silvers were taken. Of the 18 draws for the title of world champion among men over 40 years, only once the winner was a non-Soviet chess player (this was the American Robert Fischer), and twice more the contender for the title was not from the USSR (and the contender also represented the Soviet chess school, it was Viktor Korchnoi, fled from the USSR to the West). In 1993, Garry Kasparov, who was the world champion at that time, and Nigel Short, who became the winner of the qualifying round, refused to play another world championship match under the auspices of FIDE, accusing the federation leadership of unprofessionalism and corruption. Kasparov and Short formed a new organization, the PSA, and played the match under its auspices. There was a split in the chess movement. FIDE deprived Kasparov of the title, the title of world champion according to FIDE was played between Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman, who at that time had the highest chess rating after Kasparov and Short. At the same time, Kasparov continued to consider himself a “real” world champion, since he defended the title in a match with a legitimate contender - Short, and part of the chess community was in solidarity with him. In 1996, the PCA ceased to exist as a result of the loss of a sponsor, after which the PCA champions began to be called “world classical chess champions.” In essence, Kasparov revived the old system of title transfer, when the champion himself accepted the challenge of the challenger and played a match with him. The next “classical” champion was Vladimir Kramnik, who won a match against Kasparov in 2000 and defended the title in a match with Peter Leko in 2004. Until 1998, FIDE continued to play out the champion title in the traditional manner (Anatoly Karpov remained the FIDE champion during this period), but from 1999 to In 2004, the format of the championship changed dramatically: instead of a match between a challenger and a champion, the title began to be played out in a knockout tournament, in which the current champion had to participate on a general basis. As a result, the title constantly changed hands and five champions changed in six years. In general, in the 1990s, FIDE made a number of attempts to make chess competitions more dynamic and interesting, and therefore attractive to potential sponsors. First of all, this was expressed in the transition in a number of competitions from the Swiss or round-robin system to the knockout system (in each round there is a match of three knockout games). Since the knockout system requires an unambiguous outcome of the round, additional games of rapid chess and even blitz games have appeared in the tournament regulations: if the main series of games with regular time control ends in a draw, an additional game is played with a shortened time control. Complicated time control schemes began to be used, protecting against severe time pressure, in particular, the “Fischer clock” - time control with addition after each move. The last decade of the 20th century in chess was marked by another important event - computer chess reached a high enough level to surpass human chess players. In 1996, Garry Kasparov lost a game to a computer for the first time, and in 1997, he also lost a match to the computer Deep Blue by one point. The avalanche-like growth in computer productivity and memory capacity, combined with improved algorithms, led to the emergence of publicly available programs by the beginning of the 21st century that could play at the grandmaster level in real time. The ability to connect to them pre-accumulated databases of debuts and tables of small-figure endings further increases the strength of the machine’s play and completely eliminates the danger of making a mistake in a known position. Now the computer can effectively advise a human chess player even at the highest level of competitions. The consequence of this was changes in the format of high-level competitions: tournaments began to use special measures to protect against computer hints, in addition, the practice of postponing games was completely abandoned. The time allotted to the game was reduced: if in the middle of the 20th century the norm was 2.5 hours for 40 moves, then by the end of the century it decreased to 2 hours (in other cases - even 100 minutes) for 40 moves. Current state and prospects After the unification match Kramnik - Topalov in 2006, FIDE's monopoly on holding the world championship and awarding the title of world chess champion was restored. The first “unified” world champion was Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), who won this match. Until 2013, the world champion was Viswanathan Anand, who won the 2007 world championship. In 2008, a rematch took place between Anand and Kramnik, Anand retained his title. In 2010, another match was held, in which Anand and Veselin Topalov took part; Anand again defended the title of champion. In 2012, a match was held in which Anand and Gelfand took part; Anand defended his championship title in a tiebreaker. In 2013, Anand lost the world champion title to Magnus Carlsen, who won the match ahead of schedule with a score of 6½: 3½. The formula for the championship title is being adjusted by FIDE. In the last championship, the title was played out in a tournament with the participation of the champion, four winners of the candidate tournament and three personally selected players with the highest rating. However, FIDE has also retained the tradition of holding personal matches between a champion and a challenger: according to existing rules, a grandmaster with a rating of 2700 or higher has the right to challenge the champion to a match (the champion cannot refuse), subject to the provision of funding and compliance with deadlines: the match must be completed no later than six months before the start of the next world championship. The progress of computer chess mentioned above has become one of the reasons for the growing popularity of non-classical chess variants. Since 2000, Fischer chess tournaments have been held, in which the initial arrangement of pieces is chosen randomly before the game from 960 options. In such conditions, the huge array of opening variations accumulated by chess theory becomes useless, which, as many believe, has a positive effect on the creative component of the game, and when playing against a machine, it noticeably limits the advantage of the computer in the opening stage of the game.
On Sunday evening in Irkutsk, wrestler of the Russian national team Alexander Bogomoev was hospitalized, who was hit with a pipe in a fight between two friends.
Alexander suffered a ruptured spleen, which was operated on in one of the hospitals in Irkutsk. The incident occurred in the native village of the 27-year-old freestyle fighter - Ust-Ordynsky. As reported by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Irkutsk Region, a drunken quarrel occurred in which the victims were Alexander Bogomoev and Irkutsk wrestler Bair Ilyin. They quarreled with the former karateka, and now a deputy of the district Duma, Anton Asalkhanov. The quarrel turned into a fight. As a result, Ilyin received penetrating wounds to the lung and kidney, and Asalkhanov received minor stab wounds. Bogomoev was hit by a pipe; as a result of blunt trauma to the abdomen, he suffered heavy blood loss from a ruptured spleen. He is now in the intensive care unit. Doctors give a favorable prognosis.
A pre-investigation check is being carried out to find out who caused the injuries to whom.
Sasha has just recovered from an injury, started running and playing football, but has not yet stepped on the mat. So I wandered between Ulan-Ude and Ust-Ordynsky. “I was supposed to start training on May 1,” the wrestler’s personal trainer Valery Ivanov told the publication “Number One”.
The worst diagnosis doctors make when the spleen ruptures is its removal. At the Irkutsk emergency hospital, where doctors deal with injuries to internal organs every day, they gave a cautious forecast for Bogomoev’s recovery time.
A spleen rupture can be quite insidious,” said Danzan Rybdylov, deputy chief physician for surgery. - In medicine there is the concept of “two-stage rupture of the spleen.” At the first stage, the organ can heal and come into relative balance, but at the second stage there may be sudden complications, but we hope that this will not happen to Alexander, who has a young and trained body. It is possible to avoid organ removal if there is no bleeding, otherwise it is difficult to talk about high-performance sports. You need to understand that wrestling is a contact and highly traumatic sport. An athlete without a spleen faces a long rehabilitation period - six months or more, but you need to be careful...
On this score, I have also heard more optimistic opinions from specialists who believe that even if the spleen is removed, the chances of returning to professional sports are quite high.
There were many fans of Bogomoev in the hospital who wish him a speedy recovery and are ready to provide him with any assistance in his rehabilitation. The wrestling community also reacted to what happened with Alexander. Thus, the head coach of the Dagestan national team, Sazhid Sazhidov, wrote on his Facebook: “Trouble happened to the famous Russian wrestler Alexander Bogomoev, he was hospitalized with an injury. Sasha has a strong character and a strong body, and I hope that he will recover quickly. On behalf of the Dagestan team, I wish him a speedy recovery and return to the mat!”
Let us remind you that Alexander represents Buryatia and the Irkutsk region at the competitions; he is a three-time national champion and winner of the European Games.
Timur RASULOV