Despite early age Adam Tsitsulayev - the repeated champion of Ukraine and Europe on judo and boxing. He accurately knows that wants to reach, and, the most important, as.
In fascinating conversation Adam told about love to boxing, about the dreams to whom fights, about patriotism are devoted.
- Adam, tell how your sports way began?
- Everything is simple: I was 5 years old when the father moved me and the brother on training on gymnastics. Then we in parallel started taking the Chechen dancing classes. By 6 years I developed physical preparation to study martial art, judo. Then I together with the brother started being engaged strenuously in a hall. After a while went to the first competitions. Only from the third time I took a champion place on very serious competition among judoists in Ukraine. But after this fight I understood that the previous two defeats became incentive not to be bent, and this victory doesn't give any grounds to be brought. It is just necessary patiently, persistently and adequately to fight! I am glad that understood it in 6 years.
- Such installation brought you to what in 12 years you became the candidate for the master of sports on judo?
- Indeed. Since then at me any defeat. However, the 12-year age became critical since I made the decision - to leave this sport.
- What has happened?
- I very much strenuously prepared for the judo championship of Ukraine. This important event for the wrestler since you show the acquired skills, abilities, equipment, you receive an assessment thanks to which you know how to move further. I managed to reach the final where met the strong wrestler, but to it forces added still that his father was the head coach of Ukraine on judo. Then me simply condemned though it was obvious that I won according to all characteristics. I remember, the hall rose, hooted when declared the winner of that wrestler, people applauded me. I was happy that me supported as brothers, friends, and absolutely strangers. This assessment was the most objective and important! But I, flatly refused to be engaged in judo. I was the little boy and couldn't understand such injustice. Then the father gave advice - to try boxing. And here new "era" began.
- Let's talk about your boxing way. Today at you 240 fights, from them 225 victories are. Also you are the master of sports in boxing - the list inspiring! What behind all this stands?
- Love to sports! It is daily work and belief in Supreme! When I and my brother Lecha started being engaged in boxing, we had no clear idea of this sport. You know, houses could play the fool so that the brother Ibrahim separated us, as a result he and from us two (laughs). But it was at the level of overindulgence. And when started being engaged seriously, I for myself opened new equipment, fight philosophy. I remember, three months later with the brother went to the boxing championship of Kiev where Treating there was the first, and I - the second. So I became a boxer.
- What victory you remember still?
- Each victory is as replenishment of a personal champion moneybox. At me there are so much medals, awards, cups that simply it is necessary to put everything in cases, storerooms because specially taken away places for awards are already taken. I admit, I even not especially am upset if the medal somewhere got lost, I think that more place will be for others. Memory is important - I remember each fight! I remember, we strenuously prepared for the International tournament of hero towns in Moscow. Children who went, told that there the strong competition and a victory is impossible. I wound myself, became agitated, but went. And when it appeared in the center of boxing competitions, I oriented, emotions rejected and won twice. However, I won against the Chechen. But I didn't win that else it is possible to win therefore I don't stop.
- What you set the purposes on the near future?
- I move to a new level on boxing among men. Task - to take a victory in the championship of Ukraine, to get to the national team, to go to the World Cup. It everything in order that in 2016 to box at the Olympic Games in Madrid. Such plan at me in sports. But I also defined the purpose in education. I have a graduation class therefore it is necessary to study strenuously successfully to pass examinations and to enter the university on faculty of the international relations - this knowledge will help me to continue fatherly diplomatic work.
- Adam, and you would like to open sports school?
- Certainly! Also will give Supreme, I will open such school both in Chechnya, and in Ukraine where each child will be able to train. The father to us since the childhood imparted interest to a healthy lifestyle. Therefore I in a priority always had sports, than, for example, computer clubs where my contemporaries could vanish days. I consider that parents have to help to develop to children, to impart interest to different types of activity where the child will be able to open the talent. Frankly speaking, I and the brother were lucky.
- Tell, didn't miss judo? Whether there was a desire again to return?
- To tell that missed, no. But there was one interesting case. After a 4-year break, on one weekday I decided to go to a hall and to be overcome on judo - there was a wish to check myself. I trained two days and I went to the championship of Kiev where became the third. The trainer insisted to go to the championship of Ukraine. I went and again became the third. And that you think, I went to the European cup, and too took the third place.
I started combining boxing and judo, but boxing, of course, in a priority. I remember, I returned to Kiev after the strongest Cup on judo where took the first place, and at the station I decided to have a bite in McDonalds. I meet the friend, and he, by the way, took the Olympic medal in London among Paralympians on judo. Got to talking, and he suggested to go to the sambo championship of the city supposedly went, we will look. Went, looked, and decided to be overcome too. We became the first.
- It is possible to tell, you are the universal champion.
Thanks! (timidly). I for school speak at all competitions: tennis, basketball, pulling up, press-up. Certainly, we take superiority!
- At you champion spirit always to be the first. From where such trait of character?
- So brought up. Somehow the father accurately explained that for a victory it is necessary to work, and we like to win is already our national line. I from early age often in traveling on tournaments therefore the father taught not only to be responsible for the kimono, the ticket, documents, but also for acts. I consider it correctly. When I only started training, that, happened, the fear appeared before fight, but not that will be sick, and from loss. Over time the equal tranquillity was developed.
- What boxer causes admiration in you?
- Since the childhood Roy Johnson always caused delight, Floyd Mayvezer Jr. because till this time it still remains unbeaten - 43 fights and 43 victories. Also double world champion in boxing Vasily Lomachenko.
- For you support is important?
- Certainly! My support is brothers. We are on friendly terms, we empathize each other, we help, we prompt. It is very important to understand that friendship - concept round-the-clock. Trainers - for me a strong support. In general, the trainer as the second father, the conductor in sports.
- Adam to whom you devote the fights?
- I devote all the fights to the father.
- How you consider, what at the person has to be, first of all?
- Patriotism! I am Chechen and I am the patriot of the republic! You know how I rejoice when I hear about progress of Chechens, for example, somewhere in Europe or the USA. Buvaysar Saytiyev, the triple Olympic champion, during the Olympic Games in Sydney told that all people who support him, live on its homeland where now war, and this victory somehow will distract them from trouble. The person has to remember the sources, the homeland, the people. I very often go to Chechnya because it is an integral part me without which the essence of life is lost!
- Thanks, Adam, for very honest and substantial conversation. I wish you to move to the dream and not to stop, despite everything!
- Thanks!
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