The XV traditional All-Russian tournament on Greco-Roman wrestling on prizes of Olympic champion Vitaly Konstantinov brought together representatives of Povolge in Ulyanovsk.

For the Ulyanovsk sports Vitaly Viktorovich's name is connected forever with outstanding successes at the most prestigious Greco-Roman wrestling competitions. The victory on the Olympic Games in Montreal of 1976 became the brightest achievement on its sports way. Being the trainer it I trained many strong athletes, most known of which - the champion of Europe and the USSR Pavel Potapov.

For an unbending will, surprising diligence and iron character contemporaries named Konstantinov "the Great Pighead". For the representative of wrestling - a suitable and honourable nickname. Konstantinov speaks what exactly wrestling made of him the person. Really, the Person from capital letter, for many years, forging glory Soviet and Ulyanovsk sports.

Nowadays Konstantinov departed from wrestling affairs, conducting lonely life of the pensioner in the bosom of the family. Usually he always responds to the offer to participate in the tournament organization in his honor. But this time the honourable citizen of the Ulyanovsk region at competitions wasn't present.

- Vitaly Viktorovich was unwell a little therefore couldn't arrive. But to all I transferred hello, - Konstantinov's instructor the well-known Anatoly Vinnik tells. - As a whole this tournament successful and interesting. It is a lot of participants, beautiful wrestling. However, by modern rules of time for fights it isn't enough that often doesn't give the chance to reveal really the strongest. Among the Ulyanovsk wrestlers there are sensible children: Adele Sadykov, Alexey Chugunov. Let's look as they will act.

Present Konstantinovsky tournament brought together winners and prize-winners of the international competitions from Mordovia, Bashkortostan, the Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Samara, Saratov areas. The worthy competition to it was made also by owners of tournament. In weight category of 74 kg wasn't equal to Adel Sadykov. The Ulyanovsk athlete at these competitions fought against small damage to what the bandage on the head testified. In decisive wrestling against Dmitry Petaykin from Mordovia Adele faced the active resistance of the rival, no clear advantage I had neither that nor another. In the middle of wrestling, having responded to Vinnik's loud appeal to remove stirring bandage, Sadykov already with "the uncovered head" carried out an ending more actively and deservedly won.

In a moneybox of the combined Ulyanovsk region to bring two more gold medals Andrey Elmukov who was taking priority in weight of 60 кгиAbubakar Shakhbanov, the won ending in category of 96 kg.

This tournament became dress rehearsal before starting in the second half of April in Saransk the championship of the Volga federal district.

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