Aleksandr Karelin: "Wrestling is a favourite business, creativity, life, complete of bright emotions …"

- I can speak about the perception of wrestling, about the first steps on a carpet which I took in section of Novosibirsk electrotechnical institute where Victor Mikhaylovich Kuznetsov trained. Except requirements regarding discipline, diligence, commitment, still before started understanding that such technique of execution of transfer to orchestra seats that such suples, the reverse belt, I already knew that for a victory it is necessary to make a simple thing – to lay down the rival on blades.

Wrestling, and against it it is necessary to agree, very interesting sport. Each of us has a genetic predisposition to wrestling. Let's recall childish sports in a yard, there is no such child who never would wrestling. No, didn't wrestling, namely didn't wrestling. The duel stopped right after that as the rival was pressed by blades to the earth. Thus, the winner, under the honor code, didn't hit a man when he is down, and lost reconciled to defeat and was stimulated to concede … That without knowing and without understanding, we, in the children's entertainments, fought by rules of the first antique Olympians. Over the years, under pressure of different circumstances, this genetic memory weakens … But some boys give in to call of blood and come to sections of single combats where already, with a different level of success, I enhance the skills, become great athletes to whom the highest sporting tops, or "simply good wrestlers" are conquered. In wrestling halls trainers accustom the pupils to simple thought – not everything become champions, but it shan't affect sincerity in operation, in mastering of wrestling science because wrestling as the Russian publicist Vissarion Belinsky wrote - "is a life condition".

The Olympic gold – here the most treasured medal for any wrestler. For the sake of this award wrestlers are ready to refuse many things and to work, work, work. It is wrong to consider that it is necessary to exhaust itself with trainings or to suffer. For those who decided to achieve the biggest success, wrestling is not an excessive burden, this favourite business, creativity, it is all life, complete of versatile bright emotions.

I ask myself a question why we appeared in such situation that shall prove today to the whole world obvious truth - wrestling shall be a main type of the program of Olympic Games.

It is natural that the Executive committee decision the IOC about an exception of three disciplines of wrestling of mandatory types of the Olympic program wasn't manifestation of someone's emotions. I against "the plot theory", the event expressed the specific guide to action – the situation when the World Cups and Europe take place in case of empty tribunes should be changed, faceless duels where some victories adjudged on "the last inactivity" – should be changed. We received the strong shock on reputations, but our disciplines – the manumission, female, Greco-Roman wrestling are integrated by the phrase "wrestling" - and in these words energy which won't allow to refuse the role in the Olympic history is put, won't allow to give the place to other sports. With the cold head and a warm heart we, all wrestling world, undertook revival of traditions. The first scale international start – the World University games already passed by the changed rules. Audience, experts, representatives of mass media marked that saw fireworks of receptions, sharpness, the heat intriguing duels. The main thing that technical superiority, will power, physical standards – these factors defined winners, instead of a blind toss or subjective judgement of arbitrators.

When the Olympic future of wrestling became in doubt, we found forces to make the weighed, thoughtful conversions. It is obvious that the selected president of FILA Nenad Lalovich became "a consent figure", supporters of sweeping changes, and "old guard" cooperate with it also. That the deposed president of Federation Raphael Martinetti continued operation in FILA Bureau, also looks logically and shall be perceived as the invitation to a dialog. The message because long-term experience of a manual by Federation, even such experience which led the organization to system crisis, is very useful was such. We draw adequate outputs, we aim not to repeat others errors, but also is careful, yours faithfully treats the secular history FILA. Today we speak about disputable rules of the 2000th much, but at all we don't recall positive initiatives. For example, the World Cups which were taking place in Moscow, then Federation of wrestling of Russia, with political support of FILA, I organized arrival of wrestlers from the countries of Africa. Yes, they fought on 1-2 duels, but there was a purpose to achieve emotional effect, to place the order for wrestling development on the African continent. So to speak, to express the line item that in case of due initiative the African countries can expect support of FILA, all multinational wrestling brotherhood. There were still charitable actions on transmission of wrestling mats, other stock and the equipment to needing national federations of wrestling, operation on enhancement of techniques of carrying out tournaments of planetary level and an organization structure of the World Cups and Europe was done, in 2011 we opened exposure of the RUSSIAN GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING in FILA headquarters in Switzerland, exposure was coordinated for the 140 anniversary since the birth of great Russian athlete Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny, the exhibition worked up to the beginning of Games in London. Russia in this process occupies the leading role, but never was attempts "to inflate cheeks" from own significance, to usurp the power. The characteristic of our motives is put into words which were used often in the works by the great Russian classic, writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy: "Do that shall, and be that will be". Differently, we arrive so because of impossibility to live differently because wrestling assumes a pressure, an impact, dynamics, interaction, is mandatory - resistance, overcoming which victories are got.

My many colleagues close to heart perceive all events in wrestling. Notorious wrestling solidarity is expressed in the motto "WRESTLING! To be continued! ". This motto never will lose the relevance. It not simply the declaration is an one more edge of words of Belinsky "wrestling – there is a life condition, without wrestling life dies". We have ideas which we develop also the techniques, allowing to change world around, to expand wrestling geography at the expense of attraction of bigger quantity engaged on such continents as Africa, Australia, South America. It is necessary to remember that wrestling – a democratic, available sport – a minimum of expenses for equipment, on the equipment of a training hall. Besides, a large number of national single combats (the Turkish wrestling in oil, Senegalese wrestling, wrestling on belts – kuresh, widespread more, than in 40 countries of the world, the Icelandic wrestling – glyma, the Russian national wrestling – "in wrestling") give the first skills for professional work the Olympic disciplines of wrestling. We are set up to strengthen international relations by the organization of propaganda trips of the well-known and titled wrestlers and trainers. Our advantage that all told not simply words. We persistently, persistently, with conviction are engaged in this operation not one year, but a situation in which there was a wrestling, gave us a power pulse to cooperation increase. It appeared that all system is capable. Without supernatural organizational expenses May, some days before the beginning of the extraordinary congress of FILA in Moscow, World day of wrestling, against teleconferences, with master classes, joint trainings, the international match meetings was spent. Thanks to what we felt not ostentatious solidarity of athletes, trainers of all five continents, saw burning eyes of boys and little girls which come to sections of wrestling against one purpose – to participate in Olympic Games and to win a medal of the most prestigious competitions in a pattern of big-time sports.

I ask myself a question, whether I have the right to deprive someone of children and teenagers of this dream? No, and not only because wrestling characterizes SPIRIT of the OLYMPIC GAMES, link of times and generations of athletes of antiquity and the present but because updated FILA, bodily goes on the way of optimization of the operation, shows harmonous efforts, harmonization of internal and external communications and productive conversions and does it thoughtfully, relying on rich traditions of wrestling, creates new reality for effective, informative operation according to the modern requirements of the international Olympic movement.

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