The special correspondent of "MK" Alexey Lebedev reports from Rio de Janeiro

… Ooh, as they roared — not for hundred percent, but fairly filled tribunes of "Marakanazinyyu" ("Marakanushka", or the Small sports arena of "Maracanã" if to compare to "Luzhniki" for example). And заплясали. Also began to knock in flavovirent inflatable sticks-stuchalki. Pleasure what:Brazilian Erica Miranda took a medal — start up even the silver — in category to 52 kg. In the judo World Cup. House if you didn't guess yet!

Certainly, in Brazil judo — not a sport number one. And at all number two.

It is enough to walk though early in the morning though late evening along seashore and to look at the beaches covered with a football goal and volleyball nets.

Probably, the third — basketball. Possibly, the fourth — handball. Or on the contrary. Brazilians in general игровики. Terrible. Only in the former Yugoslavia are able as selflessly to cultivate resolutely all game sports, it seems. Up to water polo, in Brazil just, in my opinion, the forgotten.

But judo — is precisely close to the first five of the most popular in the country where there are a lot of wild monkeys and, of course, Pedro's any tones.

Turns in cash desks before each competitive day of judoists — rather strong (at us, is given, such and on track and field athletics wasn't). On television of favourite single combat of Vladimir Putin — from Olympic at least — it is enough. Both to, and after midnight — the analyst, interview, forecasts …

I try to catch something in these conversations and I — yes Portuguese obviously don't suffice knowledge.

It is necessary to follow it, and not only to the closest assistants to the Italian helmsman of our national team on judo Ezio Gamba. But also to the head coach of men — to Dmitry Morozov. And to the main thing at women — to Konstantin Filosofenko. With a question: "Why without medals while?"

(Though I will notice in brackets — without "gold" heroes of the Olympic London-2012 Arsen Galstyan, Mansur Isayev and Tagir Haybulayev on supersuccessful performance anybody and didn't hope. )

— Nevertheless in many respects this combination of circumstances — tries to look quiet Morozov. — Here Mudranov (category to 60 kg) lost Beslan on Monday. So there on refereeing questions are. And on Tuesday in weight to 66 kg Alim Gadanov ran at once into Kazakh Mukanov at whom this day all turned out, apparently. Well happens such. And it to medals доборолся — and Gadanov in the first fight which often happens the heaviest, and took off … But Mikhail Pulyaev in this category didn't reach nearly a medal. I lost "bronze" to Ukrainian Zantaraye. I conducted in the account — and last minute I missed. Probably, simply experience didn't suffice.

Now — to the fair sex. Filosofenko, excuse for a banal pun, too tries to look at everything philosophically.

— Alesya Kuznetsova and Lyusina Avakyan (weight to 48 kg), probably, while simply we aren't ready to battle for medals according to the full program. Young. To Alesya in general recently 21 it was executed — experience still to be gathered and be gathered … In category to 52 kg Julia Ryzhov acted for herself not bad, passed strong competitors. And here from Natasha Kuzyutina, of course, waited for the bigger. And after all I was ready well, I saw on trainings, and just not to occupy experience with it! The European championships I won, on "world" a medal reached... And here — there was no something. Probably, that she on University games perfectly acted affected, won — and two times for a short time on peak of a form to leave heavy!

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… Certainly, in Brazil a sport number one — soccer.

Here that on sports, and not only, TV channels round the clock! Both live broadcasts, and a news, and stories about stars of the past, the present and the future …

From future stars, by the way, on a type of Vitinyyu — the potential beginner of CSKA.

Besides Portuguese mine doesn't suffice to translate you everything that about it told. But I understood that compare Vitinyyu to the favourite who has left recently to China of army fans Wagner. And with Wagner-2013 — not so much hammering, how many organizing game and distributing transfers. The pier, isn't worse this 19-year-old guy!

However, to hammer Vityok as partners in CSKA for certain will nickname him, too not the fool: couple of masterpieces from the series "because of a penalty area — in the nine" I managed to see — and to admire …

material: Alexey Lebedev