The most difficult eight months in the history of the International federation of the integrated styles of wrestling behind. But now, when all excitements behind and emotions settled, it is a high time to understand to what led the last changes in rules, regulations and structure of FILA and where in general the wrestling caravan now moves?

Whether there are fights on a carpet more spectacular and clear for general public? Whether television ratings of wrestling will raise and whether there will be at it new sponsors? Whether there will be judges less prejudiced and whether there will be on the card new wrestling centers? We will receive answers to some of these questions this week during the World Cup in Budapest.

For now in conversation Olympic champions Alexey Mishin and Natalia Vorobyova, and also Noravard Arustamyan, the only female arbitrator shared the opinion with correspondents of "SE" from Russia, having the right to judge man's international tournaments of top level.

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Olympic champion GAmes in Athens on Greco-Roman wrestling in category  84 kg, going to perform as a part of Russian national team at the World Cup in Budapest, told about the vision of the changes which have happened in this sport.

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- As far as changes in rules made wrestling more spectacular?

- Wrestling against old rules it wasn't so pleasant to look. There are two men, will loaf about as sumoist, - and someone will win without carrying out reception. What it for rules?

With the advent of new already in the championship of Russia staginess returned - the audience began to come, there was an agiotage. Now throws are more often carried out, and it is pleasant to look at it. And earlier you wrestling, I took one point and you stand, you wait. Why to spend forces if there is still the second period and it is necessary to save forces on it? And when the joint account is conducted, it is necessary to gather a difference in seven points and to go to prepare further, having shown to the audience beauty of wrestling.

- These innovations suit athletes?

- Certainly, it is necessary to edit some moments still. Pushing out left, and I consider that they need to be cleaned. Happens, the person, carrying out attack, casually takes up for a carpet, and to give point in such situation to other wrestler not so well. It is necessary to finish it - and quietly to prepare for Olympic Games by these rules.

It will be heavy to many wrestlers to be reconstructed. I, probably, one of the few who found new old rules 9 years ago and fought according to them. To me it will be a little simpler. But those who wants to be, so to speak, the first number, have to adapt. Wrestling becomes spectacular. I think, the audience will go again on our sport.

- Whether trainings in connection with introduction of new rules changed?

- Yes. Began to fulfill throws more, to stand in captures. Everyone with the trainer works, trying to adapt to new rules. I think, in few months we completely will accustom. The World Cup will show as far as we adapted.

- What do you think of intention to make in wrestling colourful an exit of athletes to a carpet - with music and bright representation, like what is in boxing?

- In my opinion, it will be superfluous. Music will distract. Perhaps, in the ending when there are two persons, and it is possible to include music and somehow specially to present wrestlers. And if in the World Cup 50 athletes wrestling, to include each time music - search. If fights take place on three carpets. It will turn out that one wrestling, and another music include. It will force down from a spirit.

- Whether it seems to you, what carrying out competitions in one category in one day worsens quality of duels because of fatigue of wrestlers?

- Really, when in one day you hold four meetings till a dinner and still then the fifth if you reach the ending, forces doesn't remain. In my opinion, it is necessary to return two-day practice of competitions that it was possible to be restored a little.

And now you won't manage to carry out a duel - in 30 minutes again on a carpet, and before a semi-final the pause can be at all only 15 minutes. It turns out that you wrestling "on teeth", and it is heavy. Before the ending the pause in an hour and a half is too a little.

It would be quite good, I repeat, to hold competitions in two days. It is better for an organism, after all many children drive weight and judges too are tired. Besides athletes have very basic meetings - one, the second, the third - and on the fourth already simply doesn't suffice forces.

- What do you think of such offered innovations, how "crops" of participants and cancellation of one bronze medal?

- Lots at us often happen not so fair. Two leaders can meet in the first circle. One of them will lose - the second goes further. In the following circle the prize-winner of the World Cup can get to it. And as a result to a semi-final you approach flat-out, and someone can beat you more bright because you spent all the energy for leaders, and at her rival remained more as its fights were easier. It turns out, you beat out strong competitors, and then and itself you leave.

It would be fair if the certain wrestlers taking high places in a rating, parted on a grid that they could meet only closer to the ending.

As for cancellation of one bronze medal … Now, of course, it is more than awards and if there is one bronze, will be one medallist less …

- On the following Olympic Games it will be played on six sets of medals in free-style, Greek-Roman and female wrestling. In this regard whether it makes sense to add some not Olympic categories in the program?

-  Actually it is bad - to take away it from male wrestlers of category and to give to women.  I have nothing against female wrestling, let they don't take offense at me.  But once we had 10 categories, remained 7, and now - 6.  Dispersion in 10 kilograms it is unpleasant for many children.  Someone should pass to other category, to someone to drive weight, and to someone in general to give up sports because they don't approach neither there nor here.

We, by the way, discussed this situation with children and decided that would be quite good at the end of the World Cup as at judoists, to hold team tournament. If to make such offer, its many would support. And carrying out such competition not separately, and together with the personal championship would manage cheaper.

Dmitry AFONIN

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