To Melitopol school of free-style wrestling of TGATU there come athletes from all over the world for preparation for participation in the most prestigious competitions. Poltavchane prepare for the championship of Ukraine, and Israelis aimed at the Olympic Games.
The glory about Melitopol school of free-style wrestling at agrotechnical university left long ago limits of the Zaporozhye area and even Ukraine. In the 20th of January of 11 wrestlers of youthful age from Poltava and 2 athletes from Israel came to Melitopol for carrying out joint collecting.
After joint trainings our and Poltava wrestlers are aimed at participation in the junior Championship of Ukraine in March in Kherson and in the youth – in April in Kharkov, and Israelis go on the European championship.
- Here very good wrestling and trainer's collective and joint trainings bring huge benefit to our athletes, – the trainer полтавчанIvan Blashchak speaks. – When in fight sparring partners when athletes from the different cities and teams gather constantly change, trainings turn out with higher quality and, respectively, preparation level raises. In our case to the championships of Ukraine.
While on joint trainings of team from the different cities study each other and don't give in to competitive spirit, but in the championships of Ukraine on a carpet become the serious rivals applying for the highest awards. However, according to Ivan Fedorovich, out of the sports hall athletes from the different cities and the countries still remain friends.
As well as the residents of Poltava, guests from the Israeli city Bath Holes recognize that joint trainings with representatives of one of the strongest wrestling schools of Ukraine, increase experience and knowledge of athletes.
- We had long ago cordial relations with Melitopol school of wrestling of agrotechnical university. The best option of sports collecting for us is Melitopol, – the trainer of the Israeli wrestlers Alexander Simonyan tells. – One of our athletes Emrakh Gasanov is known for a long time in the world and has a title of the champion of Europe, and our second wrestler is still rather young and arrived here only behind experience.
The main objective of trainings of Israelis is Emrakh Gasanov's training for participation in the World Cup and in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The Israeli athletes, according to the trainer Alexander Simonyan, carry out similar collecting several times in a year and for this purpose visit Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and other countries.
Alexander Simonyan hopes to see in final fights on the European carpet those elements of free-style wrestling which his athletes fulfilled in Melitopol.