About white envy, the wonderful soup, the planned defeats and far plans for Rio de Janeiro

Judoist Tea Donguzashvili replaced a kimono with civil clothes. And such is this sport — the trainer has to appear on starts in a hall dressed fit to kill. Beautiful suit to it to the person. And she still never regretted that told Ezio Gambe who has given Russia to five Olympic medals on Games in London, prompt "yes".

— You remember how it was, Gamba approaches to you: "Tea, instead of whether you want to work as the trainer? ."

— It was already almost the last day performances on Olympic Games in London: congratulations, tears, cries, pleasure, in a warm-up hall everything throw up each other. Here then he also asked: and you want to remain to work as the trainer? And following question: "You are going to get married within three years? not yet. — "And you are going to give birth? " — "Yes isn't present it seems". — "Well you have to understand that if you agree to trainer's work, these are four years". — "While me holds nothing". I somehow ill at ease was at first — all after all another: both trainings others, and duties, and it was now involved. I always knew that when sports come to an end, it is necessary to be engaged in something another. There were any options, but, of course, there is so much years in judo to carry out and — to leave in the past? There was no wish to depart sharply aside. I only specified: if you, Ezio, are — I will go, isn't present — something another I will look for.

— But you didn't work under its management. He in general then still trained only a men's team — really so stories worked? Or already knew about new ambitious plans: in Rio de Janeiro the uniform team has to have eight awards! Women have three-four medals...

— Then yet I didn't hear, but all saw: Gamba let know to athletes that all of them can, opened them. Our guys showed everything in London — five Olympic awards. Whether I envied children who had such trainer? Certainly! But it I was as I tell all the time, white envy. So everything was visible, and in such collective there was a wish to work, of course. To regret for itself, what in time didn't get to team? There were thoughts: ooh, I … But I got now. Ezio such person — at it with all the heart everything goes. To be honest, I thought that I represent it well, but even today, having worked as a row, I understand that, probably, only for 50 percent him I recognized. There is no aggression, only a positive, only work. Perfectly understands humour. With it it is easy. And everything is counted on three-four steps forward.

— More than once I heard that it puts in the plan and losses too. Reason you accept, and nerves of the fan want pleasures of a victory. You — as?

— I remember when Gamba only started working with the national team — many spoke: oh, it anybody, it not that, isn't present result! And it: at us everything according to the plan goes. How it sounded? Lost the world, lost Europe before Games — and at them everything according to the plan goes? ! Today I understand that it everything really went according to the plan. Recessions too have to be planned. It is necessary to see a main goal and to go to it. Now we go to Olympic Games. And even the World Cup (now takes place in Brazil. — I.S. ) — step on this way.

— You should work with with whom acted. It is difficult?

— You know, what in team now moods? You came to judo to achieve something, it you want, instead of the uncle trainer. Or aunt. If you came and you want, you will work. At us isn't present in release team, there is no the rigid schedule, any restrictions. But you have to not be late for training, on charging in time to rise, all professionals already. If the purpose I saw — go, everything depends on your desire. It is impossible to make the Olympic champion without his desire.

— I here about "aunt". Situation you are able to keep under control? To muffle emotions? Female collective such is that only a match throw …

— The athlete to be much easier, than the trainer. It is necessary for the athlete that? Not to break discipline and to train. And the trainer needs to think, analyze, actively to involve brains. On a tribune I don't manage to constrain myself, I am ill desperately. But in a hall — I try. By the way, emotion in any kind of sports on the first place, isn't present emotions — there is nothing: neither speeds, nor reactions.

— And after all, when agreed, yet didn't know, what there will be an integrated team?

— Guessed. Also I understood still that man's psychology and female the different. To the woman tell that she is a silly woman: or will believe, or by ears will pass, and the man will go to prove that he isn't a fool. But the team is strong when in it let all and different, but all are aimed at result. At the national team long-term plans therefore to us by and large all the same, what results will show sportswomen in the current season. Much more important for this year to lift level of physical and tactical readiness, technical skill.

— Your personal Olympic Games passed differently: Athens — a bronze medal, Beijing — a trauma and stressful tension because of the military conflict in Georgia … I remember how foreign colleagues approached and were interested: you in team have a Georgian, what speaks?

— I very much worried when from Beijing couldn't phone home. Same the native! The soul not on a place was, certainly. And questions nobody got. In sports at us in general other relations, we don't share on a nationality, and has to be, probably. Someone approached: what at you here the relations? We laughed, embraced one of judoists: what — love, certainly!

Different it is Games. Athens for me was the first time, on lifting, night didn't fall down: I want! And nervous trembling. And happiness. Certainly, Athens passed on such breath — "ah! ".

In Beijing I was quiet and sure of the forces. Accurately I realized: where for what and why I arrived, but so everything developed … I was ready, but the first fight — with future Olympic champion. To the Olympic Games I didn't meet it, and the competitor can, of course, try to be studied on videos. And to feel in fight — quite another matter. Yes I still got a serious injury of a knee. Dreadful dream, but from my real life. Treatment, restoration — all this was heavy, but the heaviest was another — an excommunication from team. People with whom I worked so many years, simply from me turned away. It was for me shock, I was psychological in such hole. Me from everywhere dismissed. I tore a sheaf, and this at least half a year of idle time. Plus I had an operation. To return on the level again to win a place in team, I needed nine months. Well, I have a rescue — if that, buy the ticket, I fly to Georgia.

— It is possible to tell, literally words to lick wounds?

— Yes. This time I departed also there is a soup which is useful to sheaves. The doctor when learned that I go to Georgia, at once about him and told. Native me with it the whole month fed, already and I couldn't look at it. On the sly it started being restored, then crisis went over all country … Nobody believed that I will return when I started training. Month the foot was plastered. Then six more months didn't fight. Then with a kneecap I began to try to do something. When it was necessary to remove already it — to fear has been through a lot, all didn't decide. There was a wish to secure a knee somehow in general. But anything, I overcame …

— Having passed through a lot of things in big-time sports what you will be a trainer?

— I want that I the real trainer was, good, instead of stupid which simply turns about athletes. If I feel that it isn't necessary, I can give nothing — I will leave.

— You aren't able to agree with yourselves?

— And why I will hold what is impossible to me effectively? It is necessary to look for itself then. And then to me 36, and I, of course, think of children. My dream to give birth to at least two and one to adopt. Long ago so I solved. In the country of the disadvantaged there is a lot of children, and it is warmly necessary for all. I have an uncle who my fan literally, stores many years wine. I asked after Athens: "When we will open? " — "Well give on a wedding! ". So he tells everything to me: "Something you tightened so, maybe, we will open? " — "Isn't present, the wedding will be then we will open! ". Wine the is more senior, the better.

— And you could dance, how Adriano Celentano — in a flank where grapes press?

— Well as at Celentano, hardly at whom it will turn out. But vineyards are, and ourselves do wine, 800 liters a year happen. I too trampled down. If duly, you tear off a brush, and any knifes and scissors, only hands, that all live.  Trampled, then all squeezed out in the earth store in long jugs — then not wine, and the candy turns out!

— And long to trample down?

— Looking what weight you have, grapes in tons happen, not in kilograms. What is done by my father, speak, the hangover doesn't bring. It for itself(himself) does, the purest, any impurity.

"MK" REFERENCE

Tea Donguzashvili — the prize-winner of Olympic Games and the World Cups, the champion of Europe in judo in the most prestigious weight category (over 78 kg. ) . Now — the trainer of Russian national team.

material: Irina Stepantseva