On August 14, the wrestling tournament starts at the Olympic Games 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 Okrug.
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.
6.08. Single (1x): preliminary heats (M). 14.30. Single (1x): preliminary heats (W). 15.30. Two-seater without a helmsman (2-): preliminary races (M). 16.30. Double sculls (2x): preliminary heats (W). 17.00. Double sculls (2x): preliminary heats (M). 17.30. Four oar without steering, light weight (L4-): preliminary races (M). 18.00. Quadruple sculls (4x): preliminary heats (M). 18.30. Quadruple sculls (4x): preliminary heats (W). 18.50. 7.08. Single (1x): consolation heats (M). 14.30. Singles (1x): consolation heats (W). 15.00. Double swing without coxswain (2-): consolation races (M). 15.30. Double sculls (2x): repechages (W). 15.40. Double sculls (2x): repechages (M). 15.50. Quadruple swing without a helmsman. lightweight (L4-): repechages (M). 16.00. Two-seater without a helmsman (2-): preliminary races (W). 16.10. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): preliminary heats (W). 16.40. Double sculls, light weight (L2x): preliminary heats (M). 17.20. Swing four without a helmsman (4-): preliminary races (M). 18.00. 8.08. Singles (1x): 1/2 finals (M). 14.30. Singles (1x): 1/2 finals (W). 14.50. Double double without coxswain (2-): consolation races (W). 15.10. Double scull, lightweight (L2x): repechages (W). 15.20. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): repechages (M). 15.40. Four sculls (4x): repechages (M). 16.00. Four sculls (4x): repechages (W). 16.10. Swing four without a coxswain (4-): consolation races (M). 16.20. Eight with coxswain (8+): preliminary races (W). 16.30. Eight with coxswain (8+): preliminary races (M). 16.50. 9.08. Singles (1x): 1/4 finals (M). 14.30. Singles (1x): 1/4 finals (W). 15.10. Double swing without coxswain (2-): 1/2 finals (M). 15.50. Double sculls (2x): 1/2 finals (W). 16.10. Double sculls (2x): 1/2 finals (M). 16.30. Quadruple swing without coxswain, light weight (L4-): 1/2 final (M). 16.50. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): 1/2 finals (W). 17.10. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): 1/2 finals (M). 17.30. 10.08. Double swing without coxswain (2-): 1/2 finals (W). 14.30. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): 1/2 finals (W). 14.50. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): 1/2 finals (M). 15.10. Swing four without a coxswain (4-): 1/2 finals (M). 15.30. Eight coxed (8+): consolation races (W). 15.50. Eight coxed (8+): consolation races (M). 16.00. Quadruple sculls (4x): finals (M). 16.10-16.20. Quadruple sculls (4x): final (W). 16.40. Singles (1x): 1/2 finals (M). 17.20. Singles (1x): 1/2 finals (W). 17.40. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): final D (W). 18.00. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): final D (M). 18.10. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): C (W) final. 18.20. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): final D (M). 18.30. Double double without coxswain (2-): final C (W). 18.40. 11.08. Double swing without coxswain (2-): final B (M). 14.30. Double sculls (2x): B (W) final. 14.40. Double sculls (2x): B (M) final. 14.50. Swing four without a coxswain (L4-): final B (M). 15.00. Singles (1x): 1/2 finals (M). 15.10. Singles (1x): 1/2 finals (W). 15.30. Double double without coxswain (2-): final A (M). 16.00. Double sculls (2x): final A (W). 16.20. Double sculls (2x): final A (M). 16.40. Quadruple swing without coxswain, light weight (L4-): final A (M). 17.00. 12.08. Single (1x): final F (M). 14.30. Single (1x): final F (W). 14.40. Single (1x): final E (M). 14.50. Singles (1x): final E (W). 15.00. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): B (W) final. 15.10. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): B (M) final. 15.20. Double double without coxswain (2-): final B (W). 15.30. Swing four without a coxswain (4-): final B (M). 15.40. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): A (W) final. 16.00. Double sculls, lightweight (L2x): A (M) final. 16.20. Double double without coxswain (2-): final A (W). 16.40. Swing four without a coxswain (4-): final A (M). 17.00. 13.08. Single (1x): final D (M). 14.50. Singles (1x): final D (W). 15.00. Single (1x): final C (M). 15.10. Singles (1x): final C (W). 15.20. Single (1x): final B (M). 15.30. Singles (1x): final B (W). 15.40. Single (1x): final A (M). 16.00. Singles (1x): final A (W). 16.20. Eight coxed (8+): final A (W). 16.40. Eight with a coxswain (8+): final A (M). 17.00.344 athletes compete for 18 sets of medals: 6 each for men and women in freestyle wrestling and another 6 in men's Greco-Roman wrestling.
The Greco-Roman wrestling tournament became historic for Armenia. The first gold in Rio for this country was brought by Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan - in the final of the match in the up to 98 kg category, he defeated Cuban Yasmani Lugo Cabrera with a score of 3:0.
Representatives of Armenia won Olympic gold exactly 20 years ago at the Olympics in Atlanta. Then the classic wrestler Armen Nazaryan also became a champion.
The Russian team was represented in all weight categories, and the wrestlers brought the country 3 medals - 2 gold and bronze. Greco-Roman style wrestler in the weight up to 75 kg Roman Vlasov brought the first gold medal to the Russian wrestling team and is now a two-time Olympic champion.
Kyrgyzstan was represented at the tournament by 4 Greco-Roman wrestlers. Zhanarbek Kenzheev and Murat Ramonov lost in the first fight.
Ruslan Tsarev, who competed in the weight category up to 66 kg, was defeated by the Algerian in the 1/8 finals with a score of 6:0.
Arsen Eraliev competed in competitions in the weight category up to 59 kg. In the 1/8 finals, the Kyrgyzstani lost to the athlete from Cuba Ismael Borrero Molina, who later became an Olympic champion.
In the fight for 3rd place, Eraliev met with a wrestler from Uzbekistan Elmurat Tasmuradov and lost to him. As a result, the Kyrgyzstani took the final 5th place.
List of tournament winners
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 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, the sports festival in 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 in the new history of the 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 in secondary schools in the 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.