The exclusive interview by Alexander Mikhaylin

MMABoxing: How you came to judo? When understood, what we are ready to devote to these sports life?

  Alexander: I came to judo in nine years. I began to go to section at Sambo-70 school together with neighbour's boys, they abandoned, and I remained... In the 4th class I passed and to study in Sambo-70. This school for the rest of life became my second house.

MMABoxing:   You can remember emotions after your first tournament?   And after the ending on Olympic Games in London? 

Alexander: First tournament... I became the third and was very glad to it! After London at the beginning very much was upset, the first days very much I endured... Later any time calmed down and I considered that it is quite good result for my first Olympic Games (smiles).

MMABoxing:  How you spend free time from trainings?

Alexander:   From trainings I very much and haven't enough free time.   300 days in a year collecting.   So all my free time is devoted to a family...

MMABoxing:   What plans at you on the future?   Whether you plan to be engaged in trainer's activity sometime? 

Alexander: After withdrawal from big-time sports I plan to remain in judo. I plan to train children, the trainer of the national team of I don't see.

MMABoxing:   How you consider, what qualities are necessary for beginners \to young judoists? 

Alexander:   To beginning judoists the most important to have a great interest, to love our sports and to be hardworking.   To want and be able to work hard. 

MMABoxing:   How you consider, changes which brought a few years ago in judo rules, strongly affected sports as a whole?   Whether it was heavy to you it will be reconstructed under new rules? 

Alexander: By new rules I fought the first time in last World Cup in Rio. It was difficult to me to be reconstructed, but negative experience for me - too experience. I don't consider that rules should have been changed. I don't see in it sense.

MMABoxing:   In what sports you are interested, except judo? 

Alexander:   I am interested except judo by big tennis, hockey, biathlon and track and field athletics. 

MMABoxing: You have five children, you that someone from them went on your feet would like?

  Alexander: No, I wouldn't like... But if someone from children wants, I won't begin to interfere.

MMABoxing:   What serves for you as motivation to fight further? 

Alexander: Future victories for me the main motivation which keeps me in sports.

MMABoxing:   Who for you is the best judoist in the history? 

Alexander:   Yamosita and Koga. 

MMABoxing:   When you have following competitions?   How there takes place preparation? 

Alexander: The following tournament will take place in Kitayev at the end of October. Preparation I will start since Monday on collecting in Adler. Now there was a small rest after the World Cup.

MMABoxing:   Something you will tell fans of fighting single combats? 

Alexander: I want to wish to all admirers of fighting single combats and any other sports of good luck, the world, wellbeing. I wish, what children whom you support, pleased you with the victories.

Interview I prepared: Kantemir Gaunov.

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