At first at child junior sports school No. 3, and later in city DYuSSh on this sport where the trainer passed to work as the director, one more "godson" of our newspaper about which successes regularly we tell from the first victories in younger age group, appeared the grateful son of the instructor who replaced to it parents.

Though in such sport as Greco-Roman wrestling, the way to "stars" can't but be a priori covered with "thorns", Andrey always courageously lost those prickles. And in all age groups there was no month first among the Ukrainian age-mates unless - another after passed to weight category new to.

The first experience of prestigious international starts got three years ago when in the junior European championship to Sarajevo entered into the five of the best among athletes, whose weight doesn't exceed fifty kilograms. And insidiousness in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina of competitors, didn't hesitate 16-17-year-old to expose in competitions frankly is more senior by sight than rivals, only I added eagerness to prove all own competitiveness. I didn't break Andrey and the serious injury of a shoulder induced whole year to do a break in active performances. And here already at the end of the before last - the beginning of the past of weeks nineteen-year-old "The Ukrainian champion", just behind time called Antonyuk's English commentator at TV broadcasts from the Greco-Roman wrestling World Cup among juniors in the capital of Bulgaria of Sofia as that "muhacha" what was three years ago, elegantly puts on a carpet of one behind another to the three competitors - the Caucasian Belarusian Timur Berdyev, Samat Shirdakova from Kyrgyzstan and the last year's world champion in weight category to 66 kilograms Dzheykhun Aliyev. And this with the fact that now the weight of all comes nearer to limit for this category 74 kilograms.

In end both Andrey, the vice-world champion among juniors Andrey Antonyuk and his instructor, the deserved trainer of Ukraine Andrey Teleban couldn't but thank to the senior companion Stepan Matveevich Troyan. Exactly thanks to its support it was succeeded to be prepared fruitfully for the World Cup and it is extremely successful to make a speech at these competitions.

author: B. DIKALChUK