"Olympic Reserve" Scientific and Methodological Journal No 4

Scientific and methodological journal 

No 4, 2019 

EVGENY 

GOMELSKY 

“I am proud of being a 

henpecked husband” 

ARTUR 

BETERBIEV 

“If you are Alexander the Great, 

then I am King Arthur and have 

also come to win” 

SANTIAGO BERNABEU’S 

DREAM GOALKEEPER 

premiere of the film about Lev Yashin 

NIKITA NAGORNY 

“When I closed my YouTube channel, 

I received a thousand letters from gymnasts’ parents” 

FIRST IS ALWAYS FIRST

OLYMPIC RESERVE 

NO. 4, 2019 

SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL 

JOURNAL 

MOSCOW SPECIALIZED OLYMPIC 

RESERVE SCHOOL No. 1 

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EDITORIAL BOARD: 

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MUSULBES David Vladimirovich 

Chief Editor 

GORSHKOV Anatoly Grigorievich 

SCIENTIFIC EDITORIAL BOARD: 

• Andryushchenko Lilia Borisovna – Doctor of Pedagogical 

Sciences, Professor, Moscow 

• Zhiyar Marina Vladimirovna – Doctor of Pedagogical 

Sciences, Associate Professor, Moscow 

• Ivankov Chingis Tagirovich – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Karpov Vladimir Yuryevich – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Kim Tatyana Konstantinovna – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Kudinov Anatoly Alexandrovich – Doctor of Pedagogical 

Sciences, Professor, Volgograd 

• Myagkova Svetlana Nikolaevna – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Nikitushkin Victor Grigorievich – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Sokolova Vera Sergeevna – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Strizhak Anatoli Petrovich – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Tarasova Lyubov Viktorovna – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Sobina Vladimir Abramovich – Doctor of Pedagogical 


• Mironov Vyacheslav Vasilievich – Doctor of Pedagogical 

Sciences, Professor, St-Petersburg 

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MUSULBES Sofia Nikolaevna 

KUTIN Ilya Viktorovich 

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KHUDYAKOVA Natalya Viktorovna 

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GIGASHVILI Maxim Yurievich 

PASKHINA Alexandra Leonidovna 

PEVNEV Sergey Mikhailovich 

Scientific and methodological journal 

No 4, 2019 

EVGENY 

GOMELSKY 

“I am proud of being a 

henpecked husband” 

ARTUR 

BETERBIEV 

“If you are Alexander the Great, 

then I am King Arthur and have 

also come to win” 

SANTIAGO BERNABEU’S 


premiere of the film about Lev Yashin 

NIKITA NAGORNY 

“When I closed my YouTube channel, 

I received a thousand letters from gymnasts’ parents” 

FIRST IS ALWAYS FIRST 

COVER 

PHOTO: 

Nikita Nagorny – 

Olympic silver 

medalist, three-time 

world champion, 

six-time European 

artistic gymnastics 

champion 

2 OLYMPIC RESERVE 4/2019

09 ANATOLY STAROSTIN: 

“HURDLE RACE IN PENTATHLON 

IS THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE PART, 

SWIMMING IS A PRIORITY 

11 ARTUR BETERBIEV: 

“IF YOU ARE ALEXANDER THE GREAT, 

THEN I AM KING ARTHUR AND HAVE ALSO 

COME TO WIN” 

13 2019 ATHLETICS WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIP IN DOHA (QATAR) 

14 WORLD CHAMPION OLESYA 

ZYKINA: “BEFORE THE START, I ADVISE 

YOU TO SMILE” 

18 2019 ATHLETICS WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 

19 SOCHI-2014 OLYMPIC 

CHAMPION RUSLAN ZAKHAROV: 

“THANKS TO THE HEAD COACH OF THE 

TEAM FOR SENDING ME TO THE RESERVE” 

23 HONOURED COACH 

OF THE USSR EVGENY GOMELSKY: 

“I AM PROUD OF BEING A HENPECKED 

HUSBAND” 

28 SANTIAGO BERNABEU’S DREAM 

GOALKEEPER: PREMIERE OF THE FILM 

ABOUT LEV YASHIN 

30 2019 WOMEN’S BOXING WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIP IN ULAN-UDE (RUSSIA) 

31 EKATERINA PALTSEVA: 

“THERE WAS NO THOUGHT ABOUT GOLD, 

I DID NOT BELIEVE IN MYSELF” 

33 2019 ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS 

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN STUTTGART 

(GERMANY) 

34 NIKITA NAGORNY: “WHEN I CLOSED 

MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL, I GOT A THOUSAND 

LETTERS FROM GYMNASTS’ PARENTS” 

37 2019 ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 

38 2019 TRAMPOLINE WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIP IN TOKYO (JAPAN) 

40 WORLD CHAMPION MICHAIL 

ZALOMIN: “STUDYING A SPORT OPENS EYES 

ON MANY DETAILS” 

42 MERITED COACH OF RUSSIA 

VLADIMIR GORINOV: “ TALKING GUYS 

SUPPORT THE DEAF IN ALL WAYS” 

44 THIRD INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS 

TOURNAMENT ON GRECO-ROMAN, 

FREESTYLE AND WOMEN’S WRESTLING FOR 

SCHOOLBOYS AND SCHOOLGIRLS UNDER 18, 

MOSCOW (RUSSIA) 

45 IN SPORTS ARENAS 

55 SPORTS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

AND SCIENCE 

Arbuzova O.S., Volobueva A.A., Shekhova O. N. Formation of 

health culture in preschool children 

Kryukova T. K. Physical education for students with the disease 

“vegetovascular dystonia” 

Evstropov D.V., Evstropova G.I., Keliberda Yu. V. Evaluation of 

the impact of various training loads on the recovery processes of 

third-year student athletes using «AMSAT – COVERT» computed 

based system, in fitness and football classes 

Eremin M. V., Milyukov A. I. Analysis of the effectiveness of the 

system of virtual educational environment for athletes of the 

department “Physical culture and sport” 

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EXPERT OPINION 

ABOUT JUVENILE SPORTS 

“ 

“A sedentary lifestyle and computer toys blur the consciousness, 

psychic setup of the child who is a future athlete. What can one 

invent? The basis of everything lies in upbringing, in parents. 

There is one more problem: children hold gadgets 15–20 cm 

from their eyes, but then their eyes are not for sports, there is no 

necessary concentration. Gadgets can be used when the child 

is already practically formed, not earlier than he is 12-14 years 

old. And after all, the school curriculum is based on computers, 

which does not make the situation easier. ” 

Sh. A. Tarpishchev, member of the IOC, president of the 

Russian Tennis Federation on the problems of growingyouth. 

(https://rsport.ria.ru “Children’s sports should be a priority.”) 

“ 

“ 

“These are not only goals, points, seconds and future champions, but 

also the prevention of smoking, alcoholism, drug addiction, the ability to 

return children from the virtual world to reality, to the “peccant” earth. This 

is building a success, this is economics. We know for sure that one ruble 

invested in the physical development of a child gives a three-fold effect 

in healthcare. There is scientific evidence that a child who systematically 

plays sports from preschool age, by the age of 12, develops immunity to 

stimulants. And this should be a priority in the activities of the state. ” 

V. A. Fetisov , First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee 

on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs, two-time 

Olympic ice hockey champion talking on the priority of children’s 

sports. (http://portal-kultura.ru) 

“Sport is a very fair thing. Either you can, or you cannot. And if you can’t, you 

have to understand how to change yourself so that you could. People realize 

this since their childhood. Realize and learn. And if we speak about ballet 

classes? Music? Or any sports? All this requires a full dedication, teaches the 

child to work. You can’t slip through. You can’t be fooled. And if they start to 

favour you and tell you how beautiful you are, and you are clumsy or have 

fallen three times, and they tell you that everything is wonderful, this does 

not work. You mustn’t lie to children. They should understand that if you talk 

about their shortcomings, you are still interested in them. ” 

T. A. Tarasova, Honored Coach of the Russian Federation in Figure 

Skating talking on professional sport for children. (https://tass.ru) 

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HISTORY 

OF OLYMPIC RESERVE 

SCHOOL NO. 4 NAMED 

AFTER A. YA. GOMELSKY 

oscow State Budgetary Professional Educational Institution “Moscow Secondary 

Specialized School of Olympic Reserve No. 4 (college) named after A. Ya. Gomelsky” 

of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports (MSSUOR No. 4 named after A. Ya. 

M Gomelsky, MOSCOMSPORT. 

The school is located in three separate 

buildings. 

In 2008, the State Educational Institution 

“Moscow Secondary Specialized 

School of Olympic Reserve No.4” was established. 

In 2009, Children’s Sports School 

No. 83 was attached to the school and 

the name changed – it became the 

State Educational Institution “Moscow 

Secondary Specialized School of 

Olympic Reserve No. 4 named after A. 

Ya. Gomelsky” of MOSCOMSPORT. At 

the same time, the Ice Palace “Mechta” 

was passed over to the school, on the 

basis of which, on September 1, 2009, 


the figure skating department was 

opened. 

The school trains athletes in 4 sports: 

• basketball – 628 people, 

• swimming – 78 people, 

• modern pentathlon – 89 people, 

• figure skating – 288 people. 

In accordance with the Charter of the 

school, the structural unit of the institution 

is a sports school with beginners’ 

groups and main training groups. Athletes 

of the sports school are part of the 

national teams of the city of Moscow. The 

number of athletes undergoing sports 

training at the sports school is 1038. 

Athletes who achieve high results and 

are in need of accommodation have the 

opportunity to live in the school round 

the clock. They are provided with adequate 

nutrition of five meals a day and 

modern rehabilitation facilities, necessary 

equipment and apparatus. 

The school has a medical center that 

carries out current medical examinations 

and organizes a full medical screening at 

least 2 times a year. 

Systematic methodological work is 

held to develop training programs for 

different sports in accordance with modern 

requirements and federal standards. 

Methodologists attend training sessions, 

go to competitions, take part in the selection 

of athletes and recruit groups, 

monitor the passing of a medical examination, 

prepare the necessary documentation 

for the winter and summer recreation 

campaigns, training camps and 

competitions. 

Today, the school basketball department 

has become the most massive, 

with about 650 people engaged in all 

age groups. Teams, mostly women’s, 

participate in the championships of 

Russia and Moscow, as well as international 

competitions of various levels. 

About 250 people are trained at the 

figure skating department. New generations 

of skaters are brought up by 

the honored coaches of Russia Irina 

Vladimirovna Zhuk, Alexander Vladimirovich 

Svinin, Olympic champions Artur 

Valerievich Dmitriev, Alexander Gennadevich 

Zaitsev. Today 140 athletes are 

training in the swimming department, 

40 people are engaged in modern pentathlon. 

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SCHOOL DIRECTORS 

GOMELSKY 

ALEKSANDER ALEKSANDROVICH 

Director of the school from 2008 to 2013 

ZHMULIN 

ALEKSANDER VLADIMIROVICH 

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences 


STAROSTIN 

ANATOLY VASILIEVICH 

Honored Master of Sports 

Two-time Olympic champion 

Five-time world champion in individual 

championship and team championship 

Two-time winner of the Goodwill Games 

in the individual and team play 


PEREKRESTOVA 

ELENA VYACHESLAVOVNA 

Director of the school from 2017 to the present 


SPORTS IN PERSON 

ANATOLY STAROSTIN: 

“HURDLE RACE IN PENTATHLON IS 

THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE PART, 

SWIMMING IS A PRIORITY” 

REFERENCE OF THE “OLYMPIC RESERVE”: 

Anatoly Starostin is a two-time Olympic champion, 

five-time world champion in modern pentathlon, 

the first Soviet Olympic champion in modern 

pentathlon in the individual championship 

(Moscow-80). Director of the Secondary Olympic 

Reserve School “Severnaya”. 

Modern pentathlon includes 5 disciplines: 

fencing, swimming, hurdle race, 

combined – running (athletics) plus pistol 

shooting. 

There are 3 departments in the Severnaya 

School: modern pentathlon, archery 

and swimming. In total, 800 children are 

pupils of the school. The most famous 

graduate is Olympic champion (Rio 2016) 

in modern pentathlon Alexander Lesun. 

Police pentathlon includes running, 

swimming, high-speed shooting, shot 

put, long jump. 

The Russians Alexander Lesun and Danil 

Kalimullin won a bronze medal in the 

men’s relay at the World Modern Pentathlon 

Championship in Budapest in September 

2019. We came to visit the director 

of the Severnaya Sports School, two-time 

Olympic champion Anatoly Starostin, and 

asked him to evaluate the performance of 

school graduate Alexander Lesun in Hungary, 

and also talked about the different 

characters of horses and his work in the 

women’s police pentathlon team. 

“THE CHARACTER OF A 

HORSE RIDER MAY NOT 

ALWAYS BE COMPATIBLE 

WITH THE NATURE OF THE 

HORSE” 

“Pentathlon is an unpredictable sport. 

It is impossible to say in advance who 

exactly will become the champion. Nevertheless, 

a high class is a high class, and 

the medals of our athletes once again 

confirm this”, Anatoly Starostin began the 

conversation. 

– Does everything in this sport depend 

only on the athlete? 

– There must be a constant athletecoach 

connection. This is an ideal case. It 

happens that someone prevails but most 

importantly, both should complement 

each other. 

– Can an insufficiently good organization 

of competitions affect the final 

result of an athlete? 

– There are many different tricks and 

nuances. Somewhere there’s a wind, 

somewhere there’s a hill. Athletes of the 

host country have an advantage since local 

athletes already know the track. 

– What prevents our pentathletes from 

always occupying a leading position? 

– I repeat – our sport is very unpredictable. 

One of the types of pentathlon is 

horseback riding. The horse is chosen by 

draw. You might get a less strong horse, or 

a very good one. Moreover, the character 

of the rider may not always be compatible 

with the nature of the horse. 

– Does the horseman get acquainted 

with the horse before the start? 

– After the drawing, you have twenty 

minutes so you can meet it. 

– Who prepares horses for competitions? 

– As a rule, the organizers. Horses undergo 

preliminary tests and those who 

performed equally become participants. 

Hurdle race is the most unpredictable 

kind of pentathlon. 

– What was your riding like? 

– Always different. I never hoped to get 

a good horse, so in training I devoted a lot 

of time to riding. I studied horses with a 

different character and physical fitness 

and I did it well. At the 1992 Olympics in 

Barcelona, I had a horse which in the first 

round before me had not brought a single 

point. But I earned a lot of points on 

it and we became the second in the team 

championship. 

“TODAY AT THE AGE OF 

14 YOU WON’T BE ABLE 

EVEN TO PASS THE TEST” 

– Let’s talk about the beginning of 

your sports career. Why did you choose 

pentathlon? 

– At that time, everyone was doing different 

sports. I always liked football. But 

it so happened that our coach moved to 

another city, and the team broke up, and 

my elder brother was already engaged in 

pentathlon and was already a master of 

sports. It was he who brought me to the 

sports club. 

– You began to get acquainted with 

pentathlon at the age of 14. At what 

age is it best to come into this sport? 

– Previously, there used to be no age 

limits, as it is now. Today, if you come at 

the age 14, you won’t even pass the test 

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– Now you are head of the Severnaya 

sports school. How is your organization 

developing? 

– We used to have 400 students, but 

now we have doubled their number. Of 

which 230 children are involved in pento 

be enrolled in a sports school. But there 

is a way out, you can work out on a paid 

basis, to improve individual disciplines, 

but this is a difficult way. 

– Did the coach immediately see 

your talent? 

– It’s difficult to see through, you need 

to see a child in competitions. At first I 

did not win, but I constantly wanted to 

achieve a result – I practised seriously and 

a lot, and such an attitude is always important 

for a coach. 

– They say that you were small, feeble 

and came to sport for health. 

– (Smiles) It is clear that one of our 

tasks is recovery. Moreover, modern pentathlon 

harmoniously develops health. Of 

course, I wanted some results, but I was 

not eye-catching. 

tathlon, and we are expecting about a 

hundred newcomers. This is due to the 

opening of new facilities, which will 

house all the five disciplines of modern 

pentathlon. Nowadays, we train fencing, 

swimming and other types in different locations. 

In December it is planned to complete 

construction work, and next year we 

are going to train in one of the most modern 

sports complexes in the world. 

– At what age can children take up 

pentathlon? 

– At the age of ten. There is a swimming 

department and we often recruit 

athletes from there . 

PENTATHLON IS AN UNPREDICTABLE SPORT. 

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY IN ADVANCE WHO EXACTLY 

WILL BECOME THE CHAMPION. 

“I LOVE SPORTS, 

AND IT WAS NOT DIFFI- 

CULT FOR ME TO BECOME 

A MANAGER” 

– You took part in the First Goodwill 

Games, which were held in 1986 in 

Moscow. They were created to reconcile 

the two great sports powers – the 

USA and the USSR after a decade of the 

Cold War. Did you immediately agree 

to participate in these competitions? 

– I had no doubts, this was an interesting 

start, I took part with pleasure even in 

two such games – in Moscow and Seattle. 

They were like a performance – you could 

start at any event. 

– Did the relationship between the 

two countries improve after that? 

– Sport is an ambassador of friendship 

that always unites, therefore, of course, it 

was a festivity. 

– Was the training of pentathletes 

different in your time ? 

– In my time, there was a system, there 

was a mechanism. The athletes moved to 

the result more purposefully. If an athlete 

finishes his career in one sport, he needs 

to continue working as a trainer or a functionary, 

and this does not always happen 

in our country. Thanks to the President of 

the Federation of Modern Pentathlon of 

Russia Vyacheslav Aminov, conditions in 

the regions are improving. A pentathlon 

department has recently been opened in 

Smolensk. I think in the long run there will 

be better training. 

– After the end of your sports career, 

you trained the women’s national team 

of Russia in police pentathlon. 

– I served in the border troops, and I 

was asked to prepare a team for the Police 

Games, and I was even sent on a business 

trip to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 

– Did you work with real militiamen? 

– Most of them were pentathletes, had 

a training in swimming. 

– How easy was it for you to work? 

– Easy. I also worked with athletes and 

they quickly learned everything. Some 

technical corrections and that’s it! 

– There are sports from which children 

are willingly taken to other sports. 

Do you have such practice? 

– Not from any kind of sport. Swimming 

is always a priority. A swimmer is 

most adapted to pentathlon. If a candidate 

Master of sports comes to us, it’s 

easier for him to get a Master in pentathlon 

than in swimming. These guys 

have a potential for running, they are 

more coordinated. 

– Director of Olympic College No.1 

David Musulbes takes part in the training 

process. Do you keep an eye on the 

training of your school athletes? 

– I always do it with pleasure and share 

my experience. From the very youngest 

age to groups of high sports mastery. 

– Any feedback? 

– If there weren’t any feedback, 

then the results would not grow, and 

our school is famous for its results. 

The latest achievement is the Rio 2016 

Olympic champion Alexander Lesun. 

Before doing pentathlon, he had been 

engaged in fencing and swimming. 

He devotes a lot of time to training, he 

is always looking for something new 

and has a good interaction with the 

coach. 

– How difficult is it to be a manager 

after a sports and coaching career? 

– It goes without saying that I should 

have gone through a period of “rising”. 

But I love sports, and it was not so difficult 

for me. 


NOTE OF “OLYMPIC RESERVE”: 

Arthur Beterbiev – IBF and WBC light heavyweight 

world boxing champion 


ARTHUR BETERBIEV: 

“IF YOU ARE ALEXANDER THE GREAT, 

THEN I AM KING ARTHUR 

AND I HAVE ALSO COME TO WIN” 

In October, a graduate of Moscow 

Olympic College No. 1, Arthur Beterbiev, 

who trained with the honored trainer of 

Russia Vagif Shirinov, became the WBC 

world champion. In the title fight, which 

took place in Philadelphia, he defeated 

the Ukrainian Alexander Gvozdik in the 

10th round by technical knockout. Beterbiev 

became the fifth Russian boxer 

in history, who managed to combine the 

titles. The athlete also owns an IBF belt. 

We talked with Arthur about the duel of 

views, psychological preparation for the 

fight and critical comments by Vasily Lomachenko. 

– You are in Moscow now. How do 

you spend your time? 

– This is the pleasant part of my job – 

I come home, give interviews, meet 

friends, fans. Home, sweet home. 

– Without training so far? 

– I train every other day. My coach told 

me to rest more. Now there is no aim to 

be at the peak of form. The most important 

thing is that by the next start I will 

recover well, and there will be a desire to 

enter the boxing ring again. 

– 10 years after the fight among 

amateurs, you met with Alexander 

Gvozdik in a professional boxing ring. 

The two undefeated world champions 

make impressing billboards. Did you 

feel the tension pumped up by the promoters 

before the fight? 

– I’ve heard an expression: «To defeat 

for the second time the person you won 

once in your life is twice as difficult. ” The 

opponent has fear of losing again, and he 

is more seriously attuned to the fight, he 

has more motivation. I did the same and 

tuned to the fight with maximum motivation. 

I deceived everyone and myself 

(laughs). 

– What did you see in the eyes of the 

opponent during the weigh-in? 

– Many told me that he lost the duel of 

views. But I did not focus on this. Maybe 

this is such a tactic, and he wanted to pretend 

to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. 

– Do you usually watch silently? 

– Usually yes, but if the opponent 

provokes me, I answer. Once in America 

there was a fight with Alexander Johnson. 

During the press conference he says: «I 

am Alexander the Great and came here 

to win.» I take a microphone and answer: 

“If you are Alexander the Great, then I 

am King Arthur and I also came to win.” 

The whole audience laughed, and after a 

pause I added: “As for King Arthur, this is a 

joke, but as for victory, this is true.” 

– How was the fight for you? 

– I can say that it was according to the 

scenario. We had several action plans. It 

was important for us what Gvozdik would 

offer, what he would start with. There was 

a plan to gently start with a jab from the 

first round, from the first hand, to keep 

him busy so that he would not have time 

to think about anything. I tried to follow 

the instructions from my angle. It is always 

easier to do so than to invent something 

yourself. 

– There were some not quite clear 

refereeing decisions. Three times Alexander 

fell, but the score was not open. 

– There are questions to the referees. 

We will return to this question when I fly 

to Canada. 

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– They say that in the referee’s 

notes, Gvozdik was given more points. 

How can this be, you were in the lead, 

weren’t you? 

– I was shocked when I found it out. 

But if you win ahead of time, and they 

raise your hand, then after that you don’t 

think of it any more. 

– Vasily Lomachenko said that it was 

not you who won the fight, but it was 

Gvozdik who lost. Did you feel offended 

to hear that? 

– (Laughs.) I didn’t even hear him say 

that. Boxers are interesting people, sometimes 

they say nonsense. He is a good 

boxer, I guess. Doctors are not offended 

by their patients. Anyway, they are somehow 

trying to help them. So I will not be 

offended by the boxer. 

– You became the fifth Russian boxer 

who managed to combine the titles 

in different versions. Did you immediately 

realize what you had done? 

– Of course not. I just found out about 

this from you. I am pleased to know that, 

but I did not pursue it. 

– When, after the triumph, you arrived 

at Domodedovo Airport and saw 

how many people were meeting you, 

what emotions did you have? 

– When I was going to fly to Moscow, I 

told only three people, and it was nice to 

see so many people at the airport. It’s nice 

that they came from the Moscow College 

of Olympic Reserve №1 to support me. 

The college gave me a lot – discipline, education. 

I grew up in the Caucasus, in a society 

with different mentality. During the 

time spent in Moscow, much has been 

transformed for me in a positive way. In 

Moscow Olympic College, I somehow 

started studying and training better. I remember 

that if we talked on the phone 

at night – they took it away. If you were 

caught twice, there could be a reprimand. 

This is not a dictatorship, these are just 

hints for the athlete to understand what 

he is doing wrong. 

Arthur Beterbiev – 34 years old, was 

born in Khasavyurt (Dagestan). World 

champion, two-time European champion. 

Professional career – IBF and WBC world 

light heavyweight champion. Undefeated 

Champion – 15 KO wins in 15 fights. Nickname: 

White Puncher, Wolf. 

“THERE WERE COURTS, 

AND WHEN I JUST 

STEPPED INTO THE 

BOXING RING, 

I REALIZED THAT I HAD 

A CHAMPION FIGHT” 

– Your main rewards. How much 

does the last belt you have won weigh? 

– Honestly, I don’t know. This is a green 

belt – it is considered prestigious in the 

WBC (holds in hands). In fact, both green 

and red are my colors. 

– Does this belt turn out to be a challenge 

award, or will it remain with you? 

– My belt remains with me. For example, 

Gvozdik lost the fight and lost the status. 

He will have the old belt as a memory, 

and another belt is being prepared for the 

new champion. 

– But this belt is a little different 

(we turn to the belt according to IBF). 

– Yes, there is a bird and gloves on it. 

Interesting one. This is my first trophy. 

I like it better. This belt has very strict 

rules. At IBF, on the second day after 

weighing, you cannot be heavier than 5 

kg. This version requires you to defend 

the title every year. 

– Which of these belts did you get 

the hardest? 

– This one (points to red). I was involved 

in two trials – with a promoter and manager. 

I had to fire them, they did not hold 

to the terms of the contract. When I just 

stepped into the boxing ring, I realized that 

a champion fight began. 

– Where do you store the belts in 

your apartment? 

– As you enter my home, they are in 

the hallway. When someone comes to 

my place, he immediately understands 

where he is. Everyone can offend a boxer, 

but not everyone has time to apologize 

(smiles). 

You will see the big interview with 

Arthur Beterbiev in the next issue: about 

the tragedy of Maxim Dadashev, the regime 

of the day, and why he does not want 

to give his son to boxing. 


WORLD ATHLETICS 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

(Doha, Qatar) 

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D 

ue to the fact that the team 

was reduced, many of our 

leading sportsmen were not 

allowed to go, I think the team’s performance 

was successful. All the guys 

fought, fought to the end. We had two 

gold medals, three silver and a bronze 

medal. Everyone knows our winners 

and prize-winners – they are Angelika 

Sidorova, Masha Lasitskene, Sergey 

Shubenkov, Vasya Mizinov, Misha Akimenko 

and Ilya Ivanyuk. I am very grateful 

to them, their coaches, they arrived 

at the championship being in great 

shape. The season was very longstanding, 

very continuous. The preparation 

was worked out for two-start mode. 

The first start was the championship of 

Russia, the second – the world cham- 

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pionship. All the other guys who came 

there, also did well, everyone fought to 

the end. For some of them, this championship 

was generally the first big start. 

The guys learned what it is, especially it 

was important to feel the atmosphere 

before the next year. The next year is an 

Olympic year, even more important ” – 

said Head Coach of the Russian National 

Team Yuri Borzakovsky. 

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WORLD CHAMPION OLESYA ZYKINA: 

“I ADVISE YOU TO SMILE BEFORE STARTING” 

orld athletics champion Olesya Zykina summed up the results of the world 

championship in Doha (Qatar) for the “Olympic Reserve”, assessed the 

prospects of Russian athletes and explained how playing the piano helps to 

W run fast. 

– The season turned out to be long 

with the main start in October. I had to 

go through two peaks. It was a very difficult 

championship. It was hard in Doha 

because of the climate and a long-distance 

flight. But the leaders that were 

counted upon did a great job. There 

were victories of Maria Lasitskene and 

Angelika Sidorova, strong performances 

by Ilya Ivanyuk and Mikhail Akimenko. 

The race walker Vasily Mizinov deserves 

applause – in such difficult climatic conditions 

to reach the finish line... Many 

participants could not do this, ” Zykina 

began the conversation. 

REFERENCE OF THE “OLYMPIC RESERVE”: ”: 

Olesya Zykina – two-time world champion, fourtime 

indoor world champion, European champion, 

bronze and silver Olympic medalist in athletics. 

– This championship caused a lot of 

questions. Athletes complained about 

poor nutrition, severe weather conditions, 

and low attendance rate. Was it 

worth to hold a tournament in Qatar? 

– Hard to say. If the International 

Federation decided to hold, then it was 

probably worth it. Judging by the picture, 

everything was quite spectacular. I 

would like to appreciate the innovations, 

elements of the show, a vivid representation 

of athletes. 

– Many athletes were made indignant 

by being filmed from a low angle. 

– I didn’t really like that either. I did 

not see anything interesting in it, any 

“explosion” from the start. It is always exciting 

to watch and listen from the upper 

camera as the stadium braces before the 

shot. But the organizers had their own 

ideas. 

– Your distance is 400 meters. Did 

the victory of the representative of 

Bahrain Salva Nasser with the third result 

in history surprise you? 

– I was very surprised by this result, 

and the champion herself was surprised. 

In appearance, she did not look like an 

athlete. She ran perfectly, especially the 

last hundred-meter race. Aesthetically, 

I enjoyed it. If we talk about the results, 

then this season my twenty-year record 

was broken. Thanks to Pauline Miller. I 

am very happy for her. 

INFORMATION: Polina Miller broke 

the Russian 400m record (51.00) in August 

2019 at the competitions in Madrid. The 

previous achievement of Olesya Zykina 

was established 20 years ago (51.31). 

– In speed skating, world records 

are broken regularly. In track and 

field, some achievements are held for 

decades. What is the reason for this? 

– As for the equipment – brand companies 

are working on it making it more 

light-weight, airy, and seamless. It helps, 

but not very much. I can’t say that the 

records are standing still. Some are coming 

close to Bolt’s record. Young athletes 

are jumping for six meters. Now young 

people are showing the results that were 

previously demonstrated by adult athletes. 

Of course, we are a little lagging 

behind swimming, but I would not say 

that there is no progress. 

– The Chinese women made a blunder 

in Doha when passing the relay 

baton, although they claimed to be 

on the podium. How is this possible at 

the world championship? 

– Yes, they did a very funny pass. This 

is the first time I have encountered such 

a story in the championship. Usually in 

training, we bring this skill to automatism. 

Perhaps they did not have enough 

practice in this situation. Chinese women 

in the 4x400 m relay did not often get 

in the top 16. But they still got through. 

Although it was very funny. Of course, 

this is impermissible. 



– The American athlete Crystal Cox 

admitted using a doping, and according 

to logic the gold medal of the US 

national team at the 2004 Games in 

the relay of 4 x 400 meters in Athens 

should have gone to Russia. But the 

IAAF did not make that decision. You 

ran in that team. Was it insulting? 

– The medals we have are dear to us. It 

would not have been insulting if in other 

situations they were not allowed to rerun 

distances due to their mistakes. 

REFERENCE: At the Rio Games in 

2016, Allison Felix was unable to pass the 

relay baton to English Gardner during 

the 4x 100m relay. The Brazilian athlete 

ran very close to the edge of the track 

and touched Felix with her hand, and the 

American dropped the baton. As a result, 

the United States came to the finish line 

last. The Americans lodged a complaint 

and brought about the disqualification of 

the Brazilian national team. The USA were 

allowed to re-run the relay, and they made 

it to the finals, in which they won a gold 

medal. 

– Why did the Federation do this? 

– Perhaps they have strong lawyers. 

Maybe it was politics. 

– Now a whole constellation of 

young athletes has appeared in Russia. 

What has to be done to avoid unfair 

decisions towards Russian athletes? 

– I think you just need to be the first. 

To be a cut above the rest. 

– Now you are working as a senior 

specialist in Moscow athletics teams. 

Are you comfortable in this position? 

– I like helping the team, advising 

something, prompting. We always have 

strong athletes. 

– Which regions occupy leading positions 

in Russian athletics? 

– Moscow, Petersburg, Krasnodar 

Krai, Siberia, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, 

Chuvashia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous 

district, Tatarstan, cities on the Volga. All 

metropolitan cities are competitive. 

– Can a star grow in a small town? 

– Small towns are talent foundries of 

those stars who then move to larger cities. 

There is a different ecology, not so 

many temptations. There is an opportunity 

to concentrate on your activities. 

Sports ground, school, home – everything 

is nearby. There are good trainers 

who love children. When I travel to small 

towns, I always say: “You are a talent 

foundry. Take care of the children. « 

– Are there any problems with the 

conditions for training athletes? 

– The problem of lack of bases always 

exists. In Europe, they can be in every 

educational institution. We have enough 

sports grounds now, but there are not so 

many stadiums for athletics. 

– Is this question being solved 

somehow? 

– A reconstruction of the Moskvich 

stadium is being held, there are plans 

for Lefortovo, the Avangard stadium. We 

need to deal with the building of bases. 

We have coaches, but where will we invite 

the children? 

– That is, everything is in order with 

the coaching staff? 

– Many of my friends and colleagues 

after completing a professional career 

remained in athletics. Young coaches are 

inquisitive, are interested in everyone, 

do not stand still. Today the children are 

different, and all the time we need to interact 

with them. It is necessary to invite 

specialists from different sports. Not to 

get hung up only on athletics. We need 

master classes from swimmers, wrestlers, 

fitness trainers – we need to exchange 

experiences. Such synergy can help. 

Young coaches are open to new knowledge, 

and I like it. 

– How do you evaluate the performances 

of track and field athletes of 

the Olympic CollegeNo. 1? 

– We have our own selection criteria, 

and talented children are already here. 

And the fact that they can study, train 

and take nourishment here is very good. 

– Can you single out someone? 

– Graduate Kristina Sivkova, pole 

vaulters Dmitry Kachanov, Ilya Dolbin, 

Victor Pintusov. Yana Melnikova participated 

in the European Youth championship. 

Now it is a difficult time for athletics, 

but the young are not discouraged. 

– Why is it a difficult time? 

– They can’t participate under the 

Russian flag. Their motivation is falling. 

– When can this situation change, in 

your opinion? 

– I think this situation will be settled 

soon. The Russian Olympic Committee 

must make its decision, disclose all the 

information. I have no authority to speak 

on this subject. 

– How can we increase the motivation 

for young athletes? 

– If there is a result, we cheer up. 

When you are young, you always want 

to show what you can. For adults motivation 

is harder to reach. We are given 

neutral statuses, and the young in this 

regard are a priority. Russian youth is 

more trusted. 

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– Is there a chance to reset? 

– There is. It is today’s guys who will 

be the new beginning of the Russian 

team. 

– On November 5, your mentor, Sergei 

Reutov, Honored Coach of Russia, 

would have turned 69 years old. What 

are your memories of him? 

– Sergey Sergeyevich has long been 

gone out of my life. As always happens 

with an athlete and a coach, I had a difficult 

relationship with him. We broke 

each other, we proved something to 

each other, but I always believed him. 

I did not always believe in myself. But 

when he came up and said: “Olesya, everything 

will be fine,” I calmed down. He 

was the accumulator of all my results. He 

was talented, complex, brilliant and productive. 

– Do you remember the day you 

came to athletics? 

– I came after graduating from the 

music school. I am very grateful to my PE 

teacher. If not for his boring: «Olesya, go 

running!» – I would not have come. 

– How old were you? 

– 14. Before, I wouldn’t have time to 

do music, school and sports together. 

Music helped me in sports. I graduated 

from a piano class. The motility of the 

fingers has a good effect on the speed in 

legs, therefore, while training the fingers, 

I also trained the legs. My first coach was 

Alexander Panteleevich Laskutkin. We 

practised in an ordinary gym, then we 

ran in an asphalt stadium where it was 

impossible to train in spikes. Twice a 

week we went to the arena. In general, 

the conditions weren’t easy. 

– Your first success at the highest 

level was the bronze of the 2000 

Olympics in Sydney. Then the team 

in the relay managed to jump above 

their heads, or was there a chance to 

win the award of a higher standard? 

– I got to my first Olympiad because 

the coach really wanted to. I did not believe, 

but he believed. I just did what he 

said. I was scared and excited during the 

selection for the Games. Strong, experienced 

girls ran there. 

At the Games, I only ran in the race. 

We did not go through acclimatization 

in Australia, it was very difficult to run. 

In the finals, Privalova already ran as 

an Olympic champion. Because of my 

young age, they were frightened of putting 

me in the main race. Of those young, 

besides me, there were only Isinbayeva 

and Borzakovsky. 



– Are you upset that you weren’t 

put in the finals? 

– I really wanted to run, but understanding 

came later. I am very grateful to 

my older girls who took me under their 

wing. 

– Can you name the most valuable 

medal for you? 

– The medals are all different. Olympic 

medals are especially dear. There are 

medals that were hard to get. They come 

from different championships and from 

Birmingham, the European Championship. 

I have always brought medals from 

international starts and did not see the 

point of coming without a medal. 

– 400 meters is a hard distance. 

What’s the way to run it right, and is it 

still a sprint? 

– This is a sprint. I’m generally a type 

of sprinter girl. Endurance came to me 

later. Initially, it was very hard for me. I 

wanted to do everything quickly. How 

did I choose 400 meters? My PE teacher 

offered me to run for my school at the 

city championship. “There are 100, 200 

and 400 metres – what do you choose? 

You have to run 100 metres fast right 

away, and 400 metres you can start slower.” 

So, he cheated me (laughs)! Since 

then I have been running this distance. 

At 400 meters, it is important to properly 

expand your sprinter’s potential. You 

need to train speed endurance. It is not 

given for nothing. We ran a lot of crosscountry 

races in the preparatory period. 

Then we switched to long distances. 

– Which lane did you like to run on? 

– I ran on all lanes. The first one, of 

course, is not very convenient. I loved 

the last very much, I did not always want 

to see the rivals. If you know how to expand 

strength, then rivals are not necessary 

to see. At the last hundred meters 

you will still see everyone. 

– Imagine a most important start. 

There is a minute left before the pistol 

shoots. What are the thoughts in your 

head? 

– At this moment it is better not to 

think, but to focus on yourself. An athlete 

has an internal energy. At my first 

Olympiad, the senior girls on the national 

team said: «Never look at the 

stands.» They understood that I was 

young and could be confused. We are 

like batteries that are ready to give out 

the maximum. I tried to calm myself before 

the start, to breathe so that there 

was no hysterical tremor. Say a few encouraging 

words to yourself. When you 

put your foot onto the starting blocks, 

it’s no longer scary. It’s scary when you 

are introduced. I always advise to smile 

at this moment – there are a lot of facial 

muscles on the face, and this helps to 

relax. You can laugh a little. 

– But in the day when you found 

out with whom you were running, 

what helped to relax? 

– Thoughts seethe madly in my brain; I 

was trying to run in my thoughts. A book, 

classical music, just chatting with someone 

not about sports. The girls brought 

embroidery, just had a walk. You mustn’t 

think about the start. You mustn’t visualize 

that you’re on the pedestal. You just 

mustn’t think about it. 

QUICK ROUND 

OF QUESTIONS: 

Tea or coffee? Coffee. 

Holidays at sea or in the mountains? 

I like both. Now at sea. 

For a short distance – drive a car or 

walk? Walk. 

Office work or free schedule? Free 

schedule. 

World Championship: indoor or 

outdoor? I liked both, it has its own 

peculiarities: 400 meters make up 2 

laps. 

Usain Bolt or Carl Lewis? Usain Bolt. 

Weight training or running? 

Running. 

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ATHLETICS 

World Championship 

September 27–6.10.2109, 

Doha, Qatar 

MEN: 

100 m 

Kristian Koulman (9,76) 

200 m 

Noa Lails(19,83) 

400 m 

Stiven Gardiner Bagamskie (43,48) 

800 m 

Donavan Breizer (1.42,34) 

1500 m 

Timoti Cheruiot (3:29,26) 

5000 m 

Muktar Edris (12:58,85) 

10000 m 

Dzhoshua Cheptegei (26:48,36) 

4×100 m 

USA (37,10) 

Kristian Koulman 

Dzhastin Getlin 

Maik Rodzhers 

Noa Lails 

Krevon Gillespi 

4×400 m 

USA (2:56,69) 

Fred Kerli 

Maikl Cherri 

Uil London 

Rai Bendzhamin 

Tairell Richard 

Vernon Norvud 

Neitan Stroter 

110 metres hurdles 

Grant Khollouei (13,10) 


Karsten Varkholm (47,42) 

3000 metres steeplechase 

Konseslus Kipruto (8:01,35) 

High jump 

Mutaz Essa Barshim (2,37 м) 

Pole vault 

Sem Kendriks (5,97 м) 

Long jump 

Tadzhei Geil (8,69 м) 

Triple jump 

Kristian Teilor (17,92 м) 

Discus throwing 

Daniel Stol (67,59 м) 

Hammer throwing 

Pavel Faidek (80,50 м) 

Javelin throwing 

Anderson Piters (86,89 м) 

Shot put 

Joe Kovach (22,91 м) 

All-around 

Niklas Kaul (8691) 

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WOMEN: 

100 m 

Shellienn Freizerprais (10,71) 

200 m 

Daina Eshersmit (21,88) 

400 m 

Salva Eid Naser (48,14) 

800 м 

Khalima Nakaaii (1:58,04) 

1500 m 

Sifan Khassan (3:51,95) 

5000 m 

Khellen Obiri (14:26,72) 

10000 m 

Sifan Khassan (30:17,62) 

4×100 m 

Jamaica (41,44) 

Natallia Uait 

Shelli-enn Freizer-prais 

Dzhonel Smit 

Sherika Dzhekson 

Natasha Morrison 

4×400 m 

USA(3:18,92) 

Fillis Frensis 

Sidni Maklaflin 

Dalaila Mukhammad 

Uodelin Dzhonatas 

Dzhessika Berd 

Ellison Feliks 

Kendall Ellis 

Kortni Okolo 


Nia Ali (12,34) 


Dalaila Mukhammad (52,16) 

3000 metres steeplechase 

Beatris Chepkoech (8:57,84) 

High jump 

Mariia Lasitskene (2,04 м) 

Pole vault 

Anzhelika Sidorova (4,95 м) 

Long jump 

Malaika Mikhambo (7,30 м) 

Triple jump 

Iulimar Rokhas (15,37 м) 

Discus throwing 

Iaime Peres (69,17 м) 

Hammer throwing 

Deanna Prais (77,54 м) 

Javelin throwing 

Kelsi-li Roberts (66,56 м) 

Shot put 

Gun Litsziao (19,55 м) 

All-around 

K Dzhonson-tompson (6981) 



OLYMPIC CHAMPION SOCHI-2014 

RUSLAN ZAKHAROV: 

“THANKS TO THE HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM 

FOR TRANSFERRING ME TO THE RESERVE” 

hange of sport, three-year-old maximalist son, CSKA prospects, home games 

С 

Gold medal, Olympic vow, Victor An and Dmitry Guberniev. Ruslan Zakharov 

came to ice skating two years ago and in the first season won the European 

Championship mass start. But last four international tournaments in a row in 

the final at this distance the athlete falls. However at the second stage of the World Cup in 

polish city Tomaszow, the skater had a positive moment – Ruslan won the first medal at the 

World Cup – bronze in the team race with Danila Semerikov and Alexander Rumyantsev. So 

we began our conversation like this. 

INFORMATION FROM THE OLYMPIC 

RESERVE: Ruslan Zakharov – Russian short-track 

player and skater, Olympic champion, European 

champion, Russian champion 

– While watching the video of the race, 

I can find flaws, correcting which I can run 

even faster. Of course, I always want to 

perform better, but for the first team race 

of the season everything went fine. 

– When in the mass start at international 

starts you fell for the fourth time 

in a row, you ironically wrote in social 

networks: “Poker”. Is it a typical bad 

luck or is there another reason? 

– I don’t have a special answer to the 

question: “Why do I fall in the fourth final 

in a row?” But I am sure that there is a problem, 

and it lies on the surface. Last season 

in the mass start, I often ended up in the 

top 10, but not in the top three. This, of 

course, is not what I want. Apparently, my 

excessive desire to change this trend leads 

to mistakes which appear in the falls. 

– I hope you unlucky line will finish. 

At the World Cups selection – the 

championship of Russia in individual 

distances in Kolomna in early November, 

you collected awards of all 

merits. 

– It was the most intense championship 

for me in Russia, the first time I ran all 

four days in a row: team race, 5 km, mass 

start, and finished everything with 10 km, 

so after the competition I had to rest for 

several days. 

– You have beaten long-distance 

partners in the team – the winners of 

the World Cup Danila Semerikova and 

Alexander Rumyantsev. It turns out 

that good shape came to you faster? 

– It turns out so. It is nice to run and 

show good results. We conducted there 

small coaching experiments. They seem 

to be working out so far. 

– What experiments, if it is not a secret? 

– We are always in a search. Today it 

works out, but not tomorrow. I have tried 

everything! 

– Two years ago you switched from a 

short track to ice skating. Why did you 

make such a decision? 

– For the first time, conversation about 

this was at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver 

during dinner. Alexander Kibalko then 

gave me his skates and said: “Take it and go 

skate.” Nothing lasts forever, every athlete 

will have an end of his career, even Claudia 

Pechstein (laughs) will someday have an 

end of her career. Although it is hard to believe. 

I began to lose the competition in the 

short track to the younger guys, and at that 

time the head coach of the team Andrei 

Ivanovich Maximov, even before me and 

before the official starts, had decided that 

I lost the competition and had transferred 

me to the reserve team. And this magical 

push helped me realize an old dream. 

Thank you very much for that. 

– How do you like the first training in 

speed skating, what was your attitude 

towards the team? 

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– The first training camp was in May 

2017 in Anapa. Before that, I had never 

ridden a road bike. Viktor Sivkov asked me 

if I can ride in a group, and then I deceived 

him. In order not to let him down, I had 

not to drink the entire cycle train, because 

I could not take my hands off the steering 

wheel. The rest of the guys always helped, 

prompted me. 

– So, was not there hazing? 

– I am the oldest one, what hazing? 

When there are Rumyantsev, Semerikov 

in your sparring, and at that time there 

was still Sinitsin, then nothing needs to 

be done, just repeat – that’s all. 

– Were there moments when you 

thought about what might not work 

out in skates? 

– I still think that maybe I chose the 

wrong way 25 years ago, maybe I had to 

play hockey (laughs). But I still go this way. 

– There are many cases of transition 

from skates to a short track. But more 

often after changing the sport, athletes 

run short and medium distances. 

You decided to prepare for long ones. 

– Actually, I didn’t choose. Where they 

identified me, there I went. I was told that 

«you will begin your training in the group 

of Viktor Alexandrovich Sivkov.» And I never 

had speed qualities even in a short track. 

– You said that with Viktor Sivkov 

you can not relax. Is it possible to say 

that in skates they train more intensive 

than in a short track? 

– No, a short track is an energy-intensive 

sport, there is a lot of lactate work, 

it cannot be said that skates are heavier 

than a short track, it is another specificity. 

At first it was hard for me to rebuild. Spin 

the bike for 4 hours and dry workouts for 

2.5 hours. 

– Were not there thoughts, like Jorin 

Ter Morse, at the Olympics to represent 

two sports at once? 

– There are such dreams, of course. 

Combining skates and a short track, and 

maybe also football, but I’m not as unique 

as Ter Morse. The competition is so high 

that internal selection is almost impossible. 

I would not want to spray. 

– One of the stages of the World Cup 

last season you ran at the open ice rink 

in Tomakomai. In the short track, they 

always run under the roof. Was it unusual? 

– Emotions, of course, a lot left. I still remember 

this rink. I hope that I will never 

have to perform on an outdoor ice rink 

again. This is a slightly different sport. Not 

a bad experience, but let it be the only one. 

– Surely Alexander Rumyantsev told 

you how he had trained on the open air 

in cold Arkhangelsk. 

– Yes, Sasha is training in open ice in 

Arkhangelsk today. He does not have to 

use to it. But I do not want, thanks. 

– Short track is a sport of excitement, 

entertainment. Skates are more 

academic. At first were not you bored? 

– Bored – no, I always watched speed 

skating. I agree with you. The short track is 

more pleasant to watch from the stadium, 

and the closer to the arena, the better, but 

watching the short track on TV now does 

not give me much pleasure. From the 

point of view of the broadcast format, it’s 

easier to show the skates, as short-circuit 

competitions are tidy, there are a lot of ice 

floes, and therefore it is difficult to attract 

sponsors to make the sport more popular. 

There are not so many sponsors in ice 

skating, but ISU (International Union of 

Skaters) has already done a lot for this. 

It would be good to remove a couple of 

classic distances. 



– So remove the top ten? 

– Why the top ten? I did not say the 

top ten. 

– And then what? 

– I will not say, otherwise tomatoes or 

cucumbers will fly into me. But I have my 

own ideas on this subject. 

– You can write a letter to ISU. 

– I think it’s easier to become the president 

of the organization, because letters 

can be written for 25 years, as in “The 

Shawshank Redemption”. 

– Your younger brother Timur also 

went from the short track to ice skating. 

There is also a young sprinter 

Ruslan Zakharov. It turns out that surname 

Zakharov became skating? 

– That’s right (smiles). 

– In the short track were not you offended 

that you went to ice skating? 

– I think the guys exhaled and said: 

«Minus two.» In the short track there is a 

quick change of generations. We always 

communicate with the guys, cheer them. 

– You are already in the third season 

in skates. What kind of sport is closer to 

you? 

– If you don’t like the business you are 

doing, it makes no sense to do it. If I go 

in for skates, then of course I love skates 

the most. 

– Year 2014. Home Olympics. Relay 

race finish. Do you remember your first 

emotions, did you immediately believe 

in such a success? 

– During the race, when two teams 

fell at the start, I already believed that we 

were very close to the medal. The most important 

thing was not to make a mistake. 

Our team showed high results during the 

pre-Olympic and Olympic seasons, and 

therefore we knew that we could compete. 

Fans helped a lot – I did not see such 

an atmosphere at any stadium. 

– At the opening ceremony of the 

Games, you pronounced the Olympic 

oath. Did you worry at that moment? 

– Of course I was worried. When I entered 

the arena and looked at the stands, 

I thought: let me read a piece of paper, 

otherwise I will forget the text from fear. 

-When did they tell you before the 

ceremony that you will read? 

– In a day or two. We had one rehearsal. 

I learned it, there were only three lines, and 

there was a dubbing of the text ahead, but 

the regulations allowed me to read on a 

piece of paper, and I decided to use it. 

– When were you more worried: 

before the race or before reading the 

oath? 

– When you run, you understand that 

you have no right to make a mistake, but 

there it’s ok. Except for commentator Guberniev, 

nobody will tell you anything. 

– The Olympic season for you ended 

unsuccessfully – the breakdown of 

Achilles. How did the rehabilitation 

process go? 

– But for almost three months I was 

resting like a man (laughs). In fact, I was 

ready that something could go wrong, 

and I might not return to sports, but the 

successful season made it possible to relax. 

The surgeon who sewed the Achilles for 

me said that it would never break again. 

– Due to the removal of the Russian 

team, you didn’t get to your third 

Olympics. Did you find the strength 

to watch skating competitions from 

Pyeongchang then? 

– We enjoyed watching, sick, worried, 

noted. Especially pleased for the Italian 

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Nicola Tumolero, who became the third 

in the top ten. We went with Sanya Rumyantsev 

to the bar that day, took vodka, 

the next day we had a day off. We drank it 

properly and thought if the little Tumolero 

can get to the bronze, then we can. We 

need four more years to train and wait for 

the next invitation. 

– Did that situation make you a little 

angry? 

– Not at all, the victories of other 

athletes say that nothing is impossible. 

Rumyantsev was then in perfect shape 

and understood that he need to be somewhere 

there. 

– Alexander was also upset that he 

was not put on the top ten in Sochi. 

– I agree, this is a coaching decision, I 

can’t say for sure. A person needs to go 

through some stages, run away as he 

wants, and win it. 

– In 2016, your first son was born. 

Did his birth influence on motivation 

in sports? 

– Children as a whole change our lifestyle 

and attitude, a new responsibility 

appears. My eldest son Arthur supported 

me in the stands at the championship of 

Russia, and I was very pleased. 

– What did he say when he realized 

what his father was doing? 

– He was at a distance of 5 km and said: 

Dad, why only the third place? I told him: 

Third is also a good place. 

– Your most rigorous examiner. 

– While he is a child, he thinks that only 

the first places can be taken. But he gives 

a good guide. 

– Semyon Elistratov loves cars, but 

admits that he does not ride fast in the 

city. Do you like to drive fast? 

– Yes, I really love. The main thing is 

that the car allows it. When you go to the 

mass start and feel that you are weak, it is 

better not to stand out – you ride somewhere 

behind. Now I have something like 

this (laughs). The car is good, but it has 

modest dynamic characteristics. I haven’t 

been driving fast lately, but when I had 

the Cooper S and I was alone at the wheel, 

I was allowed to drive fast enough within 

the rules of the road. 

– What car do you have now? 

– I drive the car that was presented 

for the Alternative Games – this is the 

BMW X4. 

– In addition to the short track and 

skates, do you follow other sports? 

– I follow many sports, and if I don’t 

follow ones so my wife tells me. She really 

likes gymnastics, figure skating. I prefer 

playing sports, I like skiing, I got into 

rugby. 

– You play for CSKA. Do you support 

the football club? 

– I’m not just such a fan. I just like when 

CSKA wins. 

– But CSKA has been playing uneven 

lately. 

– I am not as professional to have my 

own point of view. I know that in CSKA is 

a cool coach who previously worked in 

Ufa, I myself lived in this city. He was very 

loved by us, and now he is loved in CSKA. 

A lot depends on him, and I think everything 

will be fine. 

– You said that you would like to run 

out of the marathon 3:30, but because 

of the tight training schedule, this has 

not yet been possible. Does the desire 

still exist? 

– I will run hundred percent, my desire 

only intensified. Now it seems to me that 

I will run 3:30. But it is for the first marathon. 

The main thing is to enjoy everything. 

I can combine 3:30 and have fun. 

– Will it be possible to do it this season, 

in May, for example? 

– My next May is planned out, and 

there is no marathon there yet. 

– What do you plan to do after your 

career? 

– There is plan A, plan C, coaching is also 

one of them. True, I don’t know yet where. 

I don’t feel like squandering yet. I try to 

concentrate now on my work. Fortunately, 

I don’t have time to think about it now. 

PROFILE OF THE 


Tea or coffee? 

Coffee. 

Holidays at sea or in the mountains? 

(after a pause) In the mountains. 

Fish or meat? 

Meat. 

Jogging or running a bike? 

Runninhg a bike, now. 

Author: Dmitry Mirsky 

Lead in the race or get out from 

behind at the finish? 

Win. 

Sven Kramer or Victor Ahn? 

And who is Sven Kramer? (Laughs.) Of 

course, Victor An. 

Still, a short track or skates? 

Now, of course, skates. 



HONORED COACH OF THE USSR 

EVGENY GOMELSKY: 

“I AM PROUD TO BE HENPECKED” 

o meet with the legendary basketball coach Eugene Gomelsky you do not need to 

Т 

look for some reason. His signature tales, stories and authoritative opinions are 

always relevant. In our conversation, the master talked about the half – thieves’ 

talk of modern trainers, evaluated the film “Upward Movement”, recalled how his 

brother had raised him, and revealed his main secret. 

– Evgeny Yakovlevich, how do you 

assess the start of the Euroleague for 

Russian clubs? 

– It’s too early to talk about some 

kind of start (the conversation took place 

on October 24, 2019). As for CSKA, it will 

continue to fight for high places, despite 

changes in composition. If we talk about 

Khimki, I don’t know what to say, now I 

am waiting. 

– When will we see this club in the 

Final Four? 

– I thought we would see Khimki there 

this year. But now there are some doubts. 

How will Kurtinaitis (Rimas Kurtinaitis, the 

head coach of Khimki. – Ed.) deal with the 

team players, when will Brains recover? 

– Zenit made its debut in the Euroleague, 

losing three out of four games. 

What is our team missing yet? 

– I think participation our third team 

in the Euroleague was, first of all, provided 

for what city it is. St. Petersburg is 

a cultural capital. In 1906, basketball in 

Russia appeared in this city. It was taken 

into account that in the Northern capital 

this sport has high popularity. And the 

fact that now not everything works out 

is the cost of the start of the tournament. 

And the victory over CSKA in VTB United 

League suggests that there are some 

hopes. 

“WHY SHOULD I 

FIGHT? I AM SITTING 

ON A BENCH, WAVING 

A TOWEL, CLAPPING 

MY HANDS” 

– Let’s move from basketball club to 

the national team. At last World Championships 

held in China, the men’s Russian 

team became only the twelfth, 

and last time it got prizes more than 

twenty years ago. What, in your opinion, 

are the reasons for the failures? 

– We could discuss this topic during 

three interviews. We went to what we got 

today, both in men’s and women’s basketball. 

The logo “Abroad will help us” does 

not work. Let’s buy legionnaires in each 

team and forget that we have Russian 

players who need to play for the national 

team. The vast majority of national basketball 

players are not the leading players 

of their clubs, spending the minimum 

time on the court. The top teams have 

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eight foreign players. It’s also sad for me 

that Russian clubs have foreign coaches 

who do not work with reserves. A big 

galaxy of young people appeared who 

were satisfied with the bench place with 

a good contract. Why should I fight? I sit 

on a bench, wave a towel, clap my hands, 

and rejoice the results that the team is 

showing. Let the Americans play, the 

Serbs. These guys have no psychology of 

winners. 

– But what about the success of David 

Blatt? 

– I know him from Israel and “Dynamo.” 

He is a really good and competent coach, 

who knows how to find a contact with 

players. But we must remember if Blatt 

would have been the coach of the European 

champions if there had not been 

Kirilenko, Khryapa, Holden in the team? 

– Should we wait for the next star 

generation? 

– Firstly, there are a lot of good guys and 

girls in our country. Tall, and long-armed, 

and well moving. But how do they break 

into the top teams? Where do they prove 

themselves? Sitting on a bench you will 

never become a player. It is important to 

play on court. Go abroad? Someone does it. 

– Is that good for players? 

– I would not say. The worst thing is 

that they are not in demand in their country. 

– What is the current situation with 

children’s basketball in the country? 

– Russia, like no other country in Europe, 

is rich in talents. There are a lot of tall 

guys. The problem is the coaching team. 

During the collapse of the Union, we lost 

many specialists who not only loved their 

job, but also respected children. Today at 

the seminars I am amazed at the vocabulary 

of trainers. It seems they are talking 

in a half – thieves’ talk, half-hooligan tone. 

This culture prevents a lot of them from 

becoming not only trainers, but also people. 

If you do not respect children, then 

why did you go to this profession? Go 

to the machine, go to the mine. And the 

second point: where to go next? There are 

talks like: «Talent will break through.» Talent 

will break through if it is supported, if 

there is trust. 

– What is needed to be done, first of 

all, to change the situation? 

– I would reduce the number of foreign 

trainers in our country. Volleyball players 

have six people on the court. From these, 

there can be only two legionnaires. 

– Can the Olympic reserve school 

named after Alexander Gomelsky be a 

model in this way? 

– At first it was focused on girls. In 

recent years, boys have appeared, and 

very good ones. Sizov Valery Nikolaevich 

and other coaches are conducting serious 

work. The school won three out of 

four championships of Russia at different 

age. I know the head Perekrestova Elena 

Vyacheslavovna. She loves only the first 

place, is fighting for the result and waiting 

for the indicators. In the school there 

are not only basketball, but also figure 

skating, swimming, pentathlon. I have 

been at your school (RBM No. 1. – Approx. 

Ed.) – This is a huge department. It’s great 

that there is something to show, whom to 

look up to. 

“LET’S FACE IT – IN THE 

FINAL OF THE 1972 

OLYMPICS, THE STUDENT 

TEAM OF THE UNITED 

STATES PLAYED 

AGAINST US” 

– The victory of the Soviet team at 

the 1972 Olympics in the legendary 

duel with the United States. Your ward, 

Alexander Boloshev, played in that 

team. Remember your emotions after 

the throw of Alexander Belov? 

– Alexander Boloshev was not only a 

wonderful player, but also a great guy. 

I was still a young man, I was not yet 80 

years old. And then my first pupil turned 

out to be the Olympic champion. I remember 

Nina Yeremina’s comment about 

three seconds. These events were shown 

in the film «Upward Movement». 



– How do you like this film? 

– Firstly, this picture is a feature film, 

and various inaccuracies are possible in it. 

I was shocked that Paulauskas (Modestas 

Paulauskas captain of the USSR national 

team, Olympic champion 1972. – Approx. 

Ed.) was made a defector, who wants to 

escape abroad. This guy is an honest man, 

Soviet was in his soul and mind. How can 

we say that he is some kind of defector? I 

think it was reasonable that the wives of 

Kondrashin (Vladimir Kondrashin, coach 

of the Olympic team in 1972. – Approx. 

Ed.) and Belov (Alexander Belov, Olympic 

champion in 1972, the author of the winning 

throw in the final of the Olympics-72. – 

Approx. Ed.) were strongly against the 

release of this picture. But the film turned 

out to be good, exciting. We watched it 

with the Basketball Federation. Next to 

me was a woman who did not know the 

history of this event, and when the American 

threw the penalties, she shouted: «Do 

not get in, loose!». That is, the film captured 

her. And we must pay tribute to the 

actors. I was in several cities, advising and 

helping on the creation of this film. 

– How then did the country react to 

a historic victory? 

– The euphoria was great. The Olympics 

turned out to be controversial. Terrorists 

captured the Israeli team. It was 

impossible not to notice the shooting 

and the protest. Unfortunately, for political 

reasons, the USSR team was not on it. 

I don’t want to downgrade that victory 

anyway, but let’s admit, the United States 

student team played against us. They 

thought that students would also beat 

the Russians, but they were mistaken. 

– Did the boys run to the basketball 

section then? 

– I think yes. And after the movie “Upward 

Movement”, too. 

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, 

WHAT KIND OF ECCENTRIC 

ARE YOU?” MY BROTHER 

TOLD ME, WHEN I DID 

NOT LET HIM TAKE 

THE TITLE 

– You have played in the Leningrad 

Spartak. In 2014, the team stopped existing. 

– I am a graduate of the Spartak Children’s 

Sports School. This team was the 

personification of St. Petersburg. There 

was an outstanding boy Belov – and the 

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carriers of shells that could not be called 

outstanding. And Kondrashin was a 

bencher, who could well let a person to 

replace, take a timeout. Belov at that time 

was the only one invited by the NBA. I witnessed 

such a conversation: in 1976, the 

great basketball player Bill Russell asked 

if it was possible to do an interview with 

Sasha. Alexander asked to the leads of 

the delegation, and he was allowed. And 

so when the team got on the bus, Kondrashin 

pushed Belov into the bus and 

allowed no interviews and conversations. 

– Your brother Alexander Gomelsky 

began his coaching career at Leningrad 

Spartak. How much influence did 

he have on your future? 

– I was very lucky to be born eleven 

years after my brother. I no longer needed 

to choose a profession. Yes, we are small, 

yes, not very tall, but persistent. I often 

imitated my brother. In the early years of 

my life, he was more father to me than a 

brother. During the war we left the besieged 

Leningrad. And when we returned, 

if at school I behaved indecently, he confidently 

clamped my head between his 

knees and walked well with a belt over my 

buttocks. So everything was in order, the 

upbringing was good. 

After school I entered a university in 

Riga, the family then had a difficult financial 

situation, and I lived with Sasha. He 

played for the university’s team and kept 

thinking how not to let his brother down. 

After all, we are the only brothers in 

the world who led their teams to the gold 

of the Olympics and are listed in the FIBA 

Hall of Fame. I always remembered whose 

name I have, and how to behave. 

– You had to play against Alexander 

when you headed Dynamo, and your 

brother CSKA. 

– Somehow, five rounds before the 

end of the national championship, 

CSKA could beat us and win gold medals. 

But we won. After the match, he 

did not shake my hand. Then he called, 

and I heard a lot of pleasant «censor- 

ship» words. “What have you done, what 

kind of eccentric are you?” He shouted. 

And then two hours later he called back 

and said: “Eugene, you know, we have 

once again shown that we cannot have 

any tricky moments, we always fight for 

victory.” 

– Did you expect such a reaction 

from your brother? 

– (Smiles.) Expected one hundred percent. 

– You worked with male and female 

teams. What is the fundamental difference? 

– With women, psychology must be 

given great importance. Sometimes a 

man can not always say a censored word. 

With women, you always need to remember 

and think what you are saying and 

to whom you are talking. I paid great attention 

to psychology and I believe that I 

have succeeded in this. 

“DAD, THANKS FOR 

ISRAEL, BUT I WANT 

TO GO TO MOSCOW” 

– You had a period when you decided 

to leave to work abroad. How easy 

was this decision? 

– They made me do it. Few people 

know – Kapranov and I (the honored coach 

of the USSR Vadim Kapranov. – Ed.) went 

to the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, 

already freed from the Russian team. 

The coaches gathered on the eve of the 



Olympics in the bathhouse and decided 

among themselves that the team was not 

shining anything else. Why leave us in the 

national team if serious changes are coming? 

At the Games, I was approached by 

the leaders of various clubs. The Israelites 

really wanted to get my brother. But in 

the end, I ended up in Israel. When I just 

arrived in the country, every three meters 

I heard either the Russian word or the 

Russian swearing. 

We then got into the eight of the 

strongest teams in Europe (Eugene 

coached the women’s team “Elitsur.” – 

Approx. Ed.). I had a contract for five 

years, but two years later, my son, who 

at the age of 15 played in the Israeli 

national water polo team, said: «Dad, 

thank you for Israel, but I want to go 

to Moscow.» My daughter worked in 

Belgium, and lived in Moscow. I didn’t 

want to break up my family, and then 

I put together a team, explained the 

situation and left. 

– You have repeatedly noted that it 

is important for you to speak the same 

language with the players. 

– My wife and I went to the Ulpan 

(Hebrew school. – Ed.). After all, the 

Israel players did not come to me in 

Moscow, but I came to work with them. 

Seven months later, I had already started 

training in Hebrew and noticed that 

no one was trying to change my accent 

or the wrong words, on the contrary, 

the girls were glad that I respected 

them and their language. Until now, 

when I meet the Israelis, I try to speak 

Hebrew with them. 

– In 1998, the Russian women’s team 

under your leadership won the silver of 

the World Cup. What was the task before 

the start of the tournament, and 

was it possible to complete it? 

– Then a powerful squad was picked 

up, and we knew that we could give battle 

to the Americans. They could have 

become world champions, but when we 

scored, the American scored three threepointers 

in a row. But silver was won in 

a worthy fight. Many viewers supported 

us. The Americans then behaved too selfconfident, 

and wanted to «punch them in 

the nose», but could not. 

– Evgeny Yakovlevich, reveal your 

professional secret. 

– The most important secret is to remain 

who you are. And it is important to 

understand humor – this is part of our 

life, it can rally and, when necessary, adjust. 

All the secrets are in my wife. I am the 

only Gomelsky who has one wife. We live 

together for fifty-five years. I am proud 

that I am henpecked. You come home – 

and the atmosphere is the most valuable 

and the best. She allows me to be a man 

and continue to live. 

REFERENCES: 

• Eugene Gomelsky was born on 

December 26, 1938 in Leningrad. 

He was the head coach of the Dynamo 

club (Moscow), from 1988 to 

1992, he was the head coach of the 

USSR women’s team (CIS). At the 

1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, 

the United Team won gold medals. 

According to the results of 1992, he 

was named the coach No. 1 of the 

national women’s basketball teams 

of the World. The member of the 

FIBA Hall of Fame. 

• Alexander Gomelsky was born on 

January 18, 1928 in Kronstadt. For 

18 years he led the USSR national 

team, which under his leadership 

became the 1988 Olympic champion, 

two-time world champion 

(1967, 1982) and seven-time European 

champion (1961, 1963, 1965, 

1967, 1969, 1979, 1981). Member of 

the FIBA Hall of Fame. 

• The final of the 1972 Olympics in 

Munich: in the main match of the 

tournament, met the teams of the 

USSR and the USA. Before that, Americans 

won 63 matches in a row in 

Olympic tournaments. 3 seconds before 

the final siren, the United States 

scored 50:49. In the very end, the 

organizers had problems with the 

countdown, and the Soviet basketball 

players had to put the ball into 

the game three times. As a result, the 

throw of Alexander Belov allowed to 

snatch victory with a score of 51:50 

and brought the USSR the first Olympic 

gold in men’s basketball. 

• Terrorist attack at the Munich 

Olympics: September 5, 1972, early 

in the morning in the Olympic village, 

the terrorist Palestinian organization 

Black September captured 

Israeli athletes hostage. The members 

of the national team resisted 

the terrorists, but eight criminals 

were armed, and the victims of this 

tragedy were 11 Israeli Olympians 

(4 coaches, 5 competitors and two 

judges), as well as one West German 

police officer. During a special operation 

on September 6, five terrorists 

were killed. Later, Israeli intelligence 

services found and eliminated the 

organizers of the attack. 

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OF SANTIAGO BERNABEU: 

PREMIERE OF THE FILM ABOUT LEV YASHIN 

W 

hy the film about the great goalkeeper will not be 

criticized, like «Legend No. 17» and «Movement 

Up» – about the picture without spoilers. 

On November 28, the film “Lev Yashin. 

Goalkeeper of my dreams ”, and on 

Monday in the cinema “ October ” the 

premiere of the picture. An hour before 

the start of the show on the red carpet 

appeared the leading actor, Alexander 

Fokin. 

“In one of the documentaries, Lev 

Ivanovich told how he conceded his first 

ball from the goalkeeper of the opposing 

team by the collar. I watched a lot of 

chronicle about him, and when I realized 

how it was represented in my imagination, 

I tried to imagine and add something 

from myself, ”Fokin told about 

preparations for the shooting. 

The grandson of Yashin, former goalkeeper 

Vasily Frolov, took part in the 

work on the film. Perhaps the director of 

the film, Vasily Chiginsky, was selecting 

an actor similar to his relative for the role 

of Lev Yashin. In the main picture, Vasily 

and Alexander look like brothers. 

Against the background of the movie 

poster posed the actors and Dynamo 

players, and a little later appeared the 



captain of the club Anton Shunin. While 

journalists were talking with the stars, the 

silver medalist of the European Championship 

Vladimir Pilguy stood modestly 

aside. It was he who became the successor 

to Lev Yashin, replacing the legendary 

goalkeeper in his farewell match in 1971 

between the Dynamo national team and 

the World Stars team (2: 2). 

The script for the film was written by 

the author of a picture about Sherlock 

Holmes and the melodrama «Winter 

Cherry» Vladimir Valutsky, who died four 

years ago. The playwright worked on the 

text in constant consultation with the 

widow of Yashin Valentina Timofeevna. 

She was initially critical of the idea of 

filming, and the authors of the picture 

did everything possible to prevent this 

film from repeating the concept of «Legends 

No. 17» and «Movement Up», in 

which historical facts were distorted for 

the sake of artistic effect. 

Filming due to insufficient funding 

dragged on for 5 years. Supported the 

release of the film on the screens Sergey 

Stepashin, Alisher Usmanov and Vladimir 

Medinsky. As a result, Goskino nevertheless 

allocated funds at an important 

stage of post-production – editing the 

film after filming. 

During the work on the picture, even 

formed a family, and on the day of the 

premiere the couple had a son, who was 

named Leo. 

The atmosphere at the event was 

positively old-fashioned. Dynamo is one 

of the few Russian clubs that have preserved 

traditions. This was made possible 

thanks to the figure of Yashin. 

“The Dynamo Society badge still 

has the name of Dzerzhinsky. I really 

hope that this will be correct if the 

sign is named in honor of the great 

Lev Yashin,” said commentator Dmitry 

Guberniev, evening host, before the 

show. 

“Goalkeeper of my dreams,” – said the 

president of Real Madrid Santiago Bernabeu 

after Yashin’s refusal to go to the 

team of Madrid “for any money” after 

winning the USSR national team title at 

the first European Cup of 1960. 

Goalkeeper and Dynamo captain Anton 

Shunin is 32 years old. At this age, his 

legendary teammate, after a triumph, 

suffered harassment and was able to 

rise again to a high level. Perhaps, after 

watching the picture, Shunin will make 

saves more often, similar to the penalty 

reflected by him in a recent match with 

Rostov, and Dynamo will return to the 

leading position of domestic football 

again. 

The film about Lev Yashin is, first of all, 

a human story. It begins in Gagra in 1949 

and ends in Moscow in the 90th. The story 

of love, victories, failures and real life, 

which lived the Great goalkeeper. 

P. S. October 22 marks the 90th 

birthday of Lev Ivanovich Yashin. 

“The history of world sports” 

blog (Sports.ru) 

Author: Dmitry Mirsky 

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T 

he performance is very good, 

one of the best of all time. But 

this is only the beginning. I 

said the same thing after the men’s world 

championship in Yekaterinburg. We have 

a lot of work ahead. But the girls did well, 

in fact, they proved everything. Each 

federation should appreciate the work 

of athletes, respect them. Believe me, 

WORLD BOXING 

CHAMPIONSHIP (WOMEN) 

(Ulan-Ude, Russia) 

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we will properly reward girls, they will 

have their own prizes. We definitely will 

not offend them. “Ivan Efimovich (head 

coach of the women’s team) – well done! 

He will continue to prepare the Russian 

national team for the Olympic Games. ” 

General Secretary of the Boxing Federation 

of Russia Kremlev U. N. 



EKATERINA PALTSEVA: 

“THERE WERE NO THOUGHTS ABOUT 

GOLD, I DID NOT BELIEVE IN MYSELF” 

HELP «OLYMPIC RESERVE»: 

Ekaterina Paltseva is the world champion. 

European Boxing Champion 

In October, Russian athlete Ekaterina 

Paltseva won gold at the 2019 World 

Boxing Championships in the weight 

category up to 48 kg in Ulan-Ude. We 

met with Ekaterina after a triumph. 

From our conversation you will learn: 

why the athlete did not show the joy 

of victory, how she does without social 

networks and why she wants to gain 

weight. 

“After the finale, there were no longer 

any emotions. My strength was over, and 

I relied only on God’s help. It seemed to 

many that I was not happy when I was declared 

the winner. But this was not true – I 

was just very tired and could no longer 

rejoice, ”said Paltsev about her first feelings 

after the finals of the World championship. 

– And then, in the locker room? 

– Only a few days later I recovered and 

realized that everything was fine. 

– What was the final fight with the 

representative of India Manju Rani? 

– This is a strong boxer, and even before 

the fight I had health problems: my 

ears were stuffy, my nose was not breathing. 

It was very cold there, especially for 

me, a southerner. Many arrived without 

warm clothes and froze. But that did not 

stop me from winning. 

– Your coach Albert Mutalibov said 

that you were ready for Indian technology 

and battle tactics. 

– At the last World Cup, I lost in the first 

fight. And only now I can say that it had a 

positive effect – I became stronger, more 

assertive. After the defeat, I spent sparring 

with representatives of schools from 

the USA, Japan, Algeria, and India. 

– What was the peculiarity of your 

opponent in the finals? 

– If American women sit on their front 

foot more and box like standing up and 

don’t like left-handed people, and I’m 

just left-handed, then the Indian woman 

prefers direct punches. The difficulty was 

to approach her. To do this, I needed to 

swing Rani’s body to pull her out. 

– In boxing, are you left-handed or 

right-handed? 

– For a left-hander it is difficult to meet 

a left-handed person. There used to be 

few left-handed people, now there are 

half of them. 

Ekaterina Paltseva at the age of 4 began 

to kickboxing under the guidance of 

her father. At 13, she moved to boxing. European 

Champion 2018, World champion 

PROFILE OF THE 

OLYMPIC RESERVE: 

Holidays at the sea or in the 

mountains? 

At the sea. 

Comedy or action movies? 

Comedy. 

Facebook or Instagram? 

Neither one nor the other. Social 

networks are not dragging me. 

Run cross or jump on rope? 

Cross. 

Roy Jones Jr. or Vasily Lomachenko? 

(After a pause.) Lomachenko. 

Boxing the first number or second? 

The second active. 

2019 in the weight category up to 48 kg. 

Works with trainer of RBM №1 Albert Mutalibov. 

“AFTER THE FIRST 

ROUND, THE COACH 

SAID: “GO AHEAD, 

CHAMPION!”. 

I THOUGHT: “WHO IS 

A CHAMPION?” 

– How did you psychologically prepare 

yourself for the finale? 

– I had no thoughts about gold, I did 

not believe in myself. This is normal for me. 

I never believe in myself (smiles), underestimate 

myself. This is all with God’s help. 

– What did the coach say at the moments 

of your insecurity? 

– After the first or second round, he 

said: “Go ahead, champion!”. I think: “Who 

is a champion? ” You don’t particularly 

analyze the situation there, you are like a 

puppet in the hands of a coach. In the second 

round I heard Albert’s voice through 

the whole crowd of fans, but could not 

fulfill what he was yelling to me. But after 

I went into a corner, the coach encouraged 

me. 

– Was the excitement strong, because 

it is a home tournament? 

– I was nervous less than a year ago, 

and my home walls helped. We had been 

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there for three weeks before at the training 

camp, and I felt calm. Buryats supported 

so cool, and the organization was 

at a high level. All the time the hall was 

filled to capacity. And they supported not 

only their own people – they supported 

everyone. 

«FATHER HIMSELF 

MADE A BAG FOR ME 

AND MY SISTER 

AND HELD IT ON PAWS» 

– Have you already thought about 

switching to professional boxing? 

– I could try, but 48 kg is not great. 

They beat each other, no one even managed 

to understand what was happening, 

jumped, then again. And at high categories, 

punches are visible. Anya Krasnoperova 

combines professional and amateur 

ring. 

– Have you ever had a problem of 

weight gain? 

– The entire training camp and competition 

weight was at around 47 kg, and 

I tried not to lower it below. This is the 

question – why not 51, why not Olympic 

weight. 

– You have been kickboxing since 4 

years old, why did you choose boxing 

in the end? 

– I personally did not choose anything. 

My father coached my sister and me. 

– Is your dad a coach? 

– No, he is an amateur. He made us a 

bag, held us on paws, and at the age of 7 

he put us to the kickboxing section. But 

after a few years, my father decided that 

we should go to boxing, as this is a more 

serious level. 

– Did you immediately like martial 

arts or were there any other temptations? 

– No, from the very beginning I loved 

sports and what my father gave me. I 

didn’t even have to be motivated. 

– What is your professional secret 

that helps to win? 

– My secret is simple – to love what you 

are doing, and rely only on yourself and 

the Lord. 

– Russia is not the safest country. 

Have you ever had situations in life 

when martial arts skills helped you? 

– No one will even attack me. I don’t 

know why, but it doesn’t happen (laughs). 

“I LOVE CLASSICAL 

LITERATURE – HUGO, 

DUMAS, PIKUL” 

– What do you do in your free time 

of sports? 

– When you put one thing in the first 

place, there is no time left for the other. 

All my rest is associated with passive recovery 

– sleep, reading books. 

– What books are you reading? 

– I prefer classical literature. Hugo’s 

“The Man Who Laughs”, like all the Dumas 

works. 

– What do you feel after reading the 

works of these authors? 

– You begin to think, to understand 

what and how, to delve into history. For 

example, Pikul has a continuous history. 

You begin to study all this. 

– Do you have time for your personal 

life in your busy schedule? 

– Yes, but a little. My family lives in 

the Krasnodar Territory, but I can only fly 

there once or twice a year and for a maximum 

of two weeks. 

– What kind of advice would you 

give to students of MSSUOR No. 1? 

– Approach everything correctly, with 

a head. Do not blindly go to your goal, but 

do not forget about your health. You must 

be able to listen to your body. 


Photo: http://sportgymrus.ru 

E. Mikhailova 

I 

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 

IN GYMNASTICS 

(Stuttgart, Germany) 

n the team event at the World 

Championships, the Russian 

team took second place in gymnastics. 

Our gymnasts won nine awards: three 

gold, three silver and three bronze. The 

gold medal was won by the men’s team in 

the team all-around, in the individual allaround 

and in the vault, where Nikita Nagorny 

excelled. 


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The team of Russian gymnasts won silver 

in the team all-around and Arthur Dalaloyan 

in the individual all-around and in the vault. 

The bronze medals were won by Angelina 

Melnikova in individual all-around and floor 

exercises and Arthur Dalaloyan in exercises 

on the crossbar. 

In the team event, Russia lost only to the 

US team, which won five gold, two silver and 

one bronze medals. The third place was taken 

by the UK team. 

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NIKITA NAGORNY: 

“WHEN I CLOSED MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL, 

I RECEIVED THOUSAND LETTERS FROM 

THE PARENTS OF GYMNASTS” 

INFORMATION FROM THE OLYMPIC 

RESERVE: Nikita Nagorny – silver medalist at the 

Olympic Games, three-time world champion, sixtime 

European champion in gymnastics 

At the October World Championships 

in artistic gymnastics in Stuttgart, 

Germany, Nikita Nagorny, a graduate of 

Moscow Olympic College №1, won three 

gold medals – in the individual and team 

all-around and vault. We talked with the 

athlete and learned how he relates to 

the fact that he is confused with Arthur 

Dalaloyan, what his diet consists of during 

competitions, why they have a taboo 

with his wife Daria Spiridonova about 

talking at home about gymnastics, and 

why he refused to advertise on his You- 

Tube channel. 

– A year ago, the Russian team lost 

to China in the team all-around at the 

World Championships in Doha, only 

one thousandth of a point. Did you 

easily forget that insulting defeat? 

– We did not forget. Throughout the 

year, we have been preparing, trying to 

prove that this thousandth was occasional. 

And we managed to do it. 

– At the World Cup this year, you 

have not made a single mistake. What 

helps you concentrate? 

– There is no certain secret. Just trying 

to set myself up so as not to make a mistake. 

Maximize self-confidence. 

– During your performance on the 

bar in the arena, sound of heartbeat 

was turned on. Did it distract you? 

– Not very distracting, but I heard that. 

I wondered a little: what was it? 

– Is this some kind of know-how of 

the organizers? 

– I’ve never heard of or seen this before. 

But it was fun, it caused additional 

emotions. 

– Speaking of emotions – when you 

emotionally supported your teammates 

before your performance, did it 

take away your energy? 

– I did not think about that. I had no 

task to save energy. I perfectly understood 

that in competitions I would spend 

it anyway. It happens that you come calm 

to the tournament, try not to waste your 

emotions, and burn up. No need to specifically 

save power. 

“ONLY LATER HALF AN 

HOUR OF CONVERSATION, 

THEY UNDERSTOOD 

THAT I’M NOT ARTHUR, 

BUT NIKITA” 

– Your 2019 World Cup medals are 

very extraordinary – they glow. Do you 

recharge them often? 

– I never recharged them: as we flew 

from the World Cup, the battery died. 

All TV shows asked to bring medals, so I 

always used to take them with me. Now 

the medals are on the shelf together with 

other awards. 

– After arriving in Russia, they began 

to invite you to TV very often. Do 

you feel like a celebrity? 

– No. 

– Why? 

– Time has passed. For a month or two 

everyone talks about the championship, 

and then they forget it – it’s normal. It’s 

better not to get used to such attention. 

– Not all athletes like to communicate 

with journalists, believing that it 

takes a lot of time. 

– Now we are training on a regular basis, 

preparing, keeping in shape, learning 

new elements. In our free time, we need 

to popularize the sport and therefore 

communicate with journalists. Gymnastics 

is unpopular, but I want it to be a little 

different. 

Nikita Nagorny, 22 years old. Born in 

Rostov-on-Don. 3-time world champion, 

6-time European champion. At the 2019 

World Cup, with the Russian national team, 

he won the first-ever gold in the world 

championship in team all-around discipline. 

In 2018, he married world champion 

gymnast Daria Spiridonova. He founded 

the gymnastics school «Academy of Champions». 

Nickname: Leo. 

– At the last world championship, 

your friend and teammate Arthur Dalaloyan 

won the personal all-around. 

This year you have gold. How did he 

congratulate you? 

– We were together all this time. Just 

hugged – and that’s it. 

– You look alike. Do people often 

confuse you? 

– We are often confused. Those who 

know us personally never confuse, of 



course. Confused by those who saw us 

only on TV. 

– Do you feel offended? 

– If one of us did not have results, it 

would be insulting, but because we both 

win medals, we don’t feel offended. In some 

situations, we can even play along. Sometimes 

it’s suitable to communicate with you, 

and it’s unclear who the person is talking 

to – with you or Arthur (laughs). This was at 

the training camp in China before the World 

Cup, when we were interviewed. Only after 

half an hour of conversation with me did 

they realize that I was not Arthur, but Nikita. 

– You said that you could not somehow 

get along with Arthur in the same 

room, you could stand each other only 

one day. Why? You are friends, aren’t 

you? 

– It’s unclear, we just didn’t get along. 

Two leaders cannot live together. 

“I CAN NOT LIVE WITH 

COMPETITIVE WEIGHT” 

– After the World Cup, you and your 

spouse, world champion in gymnastics, 

Daria Spiridonova, took part in 

the Alexei Nemov show “Sports Legends”. 

Was it difficult to get together 

emotionally after the World Cup when 

there is no sports component? 

– What difficulties can there be? At the 

World Cup, we relieved nervous tension, 

and other emotions appeared. At the 

show, I received only positive emotions. 

– Have you ever performed in a classic 

suit before? 

– No, but once I was on a show in Mexico 

and there I performed on the horizontal 

bar in jeans. 

– Does it somehow hinder movements, 

create discomfort? 

– We do not make complex elements. 

The most important thing in such shows 

is a reasonable approach to performance, 

so as not to get injured. 

– You said that after Stuttgart you 

gained 5 kg in 5 days. 

– I cannot live with competitive weight. 

For me it is not enough. During the World 

Cup, I ate only twice a day. This is not normal 

for everyday life. 

– Is the muscle energy somehow 

preserved if you have only two meals 

a day? 

– We were preparing four months for 

this start, it is impossible to lose all the 

energy in one week. It is clear that in the 

last days of the competition, the legs 

are already failing a bit, the muscles are 

clogged, trainings are crazy. But there is 

no choice. It’s not because I am don’t eat 

enough, it’s just extreme physical activities. 

We perform all week. 

– Is there any special diet before the 

competition? 

– I stick to a diet during the competition. 

Before the tournament, I have breakfast, 

lunch, dinner. But I eat small portions, 

and during competitions I restrict myself 

to two times – breakfast and dinner. 

QUESTIONNAIRE OF THE 

OLYMPIC RESERVE: 

Juice or soda? 

Water. 

Potato with meat or pasta with 

seafood? 

Pasta. 

Passive or active holiday? 

Active. 

Who is cooler, Alexey Nemov or 

Simone Biles? 

In women’s gymnastics – Biles, in men’s 

gymnastics – Nemov. If you consider 

the awards, then Biles is way ahead 

of Alexey Yuryevich, and if we speak 

of popularization of the sport in our 

country, then this is Alexey Nemov. 

Compete in Russia or in another 

country? 

In Russia there is no audience that 

love gymnastics, and even if there is, it 

is very small. Abroad, there are many 

spectators, it can not be compared. 

We need to engage in promotion of 

gymnastics in order to get people 

interested in competitions. 

Vault or crossbar? 

(After a pause.) A difficult question for 

me. I am an all-round athlete, and I 

like all disciplines. But at the moment 

there is more interest in the crossbar. 

Although it would have been better if I 

had more interest in the jump. 

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– What does your diet look like? 

– In the morning I eat porridge with 

berries, nuts or cereals and drink cappuccino. 

I usually have dinner with pasta, 

rice, and seafood. Between breakfast and 

dinner, I can eat a low-calorie bar with 

coffee. 

– Your photo is hanging in Moscow 

Olympic College №1 right in front of 

the dining room. What was your favorite 

school dish? 

– I’m used to state food – school, sports 

truing camps. The food at the college was 

always tasty, always nourishing. I loved all 

the dishes. 

– Do you manage to supervise it, or 

do you have assistants? 

– I do everything myself. 

– Do you still have time to blog. Do 

you also shoot and edit it yourself? 

– I shoot it myself, a special person edits 

it. I send the material with a definite 

task, and he does it for me. 

– Was it your idea to have a YouTube 

blog? 

– Well, yes, why? 

– Last year, changes have occurred 

in your life. You married Daria. Has this 

circumstance somehow positively affected 

you emotionally? 

– No, nothing has changed. Before 

that, we had the same understanding as 

now. We lived together, just wanted to 

make a holiday for our families, friends 

and relatives and officially legalize our relationship. 

– You and your wife have one profession 

– is that good? 

– We are not connected in any way. At 

the training camp, we train in different 

gyms, we meet only in the evening. Weekends 

we spend together. We never talk 

about gymnastics at home. Everyone has 

his own understanding, attitude. There is 

a taboo, we don’t discuss our disciplines, 

otherwise we can burn out. There is no 

strict prohibition; there is simply no desire 

to discuss the same things over and over 

again. Sooner or later, one of us will end 

doing sport. We all perfectly understand 

that career of a gymnast in sports is very 

short. If relations are built on sports solely, 

then what to do next? Therefore, we are 

developing, discussing other topics, and 

there are a lot of them. 

“I USED TO REFUSE 

ADVERTISING ON MY 

YOUTUBE CHANNEL, 

TODAY I WOULD AGREE” 

– You are 22 years and you already 

do business? 

– The main activity is my school. I 

opened the gymnastics club «Academy 

of Champions» in the suburbs of Moscow. 

I rented a place, equipped it, and now we 

train children there. 

– Did you yourself open it? 

– Myself. 

– Does it help you distract from competitions 

and trainings, or maybe later 

develop into a profession? 

– When I started, it was a hobby, an 

outlet, and when the YouTube channel 

began to gain popularity, I began to 

refuse advertising. I made it so that the 

viewer could watch, and nothing disturbed 

him. Previously, ads constantly 

popped up, and YouTube was no different 

from the TV. I decided to refuse advertising 

because blogging was a hobby. But 

over time, I lost interest in this, because 

it took a lot of time, and I had to train. 

Back then I shot it myself, edited it myself. 

When I closed the channel, I received 

many letters from kids’ parents. They 

wrote that this is the only channel that 

they can show the child, because he does 

gymnastics. It was interesting to children, 

they were motivated. When you read 

thousands of messages, you understand 

that this blog performs the main goal – 

the popularization of gymnastics. 

Then I recruited a team – an editor, an 

operator, so as not to be distracted and 

do sports. I also wanted to find a director, 

but then I realized that people like it due 

to the fact that I shoot videos myself, and 

if I do everything according to the script, 

it’s not me who will lead, but the actor. I 

just started shooting my life, competitions. 

Now I need to keep the operator 

and the editor. I used to refuse advertising, 

and the advertiser stopped offering it 

to me, at some point I even regretted it. 

– Now you have no advertising? 

– No. Now I wouldn’t refuse it, because 

it costs money to maintain a YouTube 

channel, I want to go at least to zero. I do 

not plan to earn on it. 

– You are a graduate of Moscow 

Olympic College No. 1. Was it difficult 

to combine studies with sports? 

– This is the main objective of this educational 

establishment: an athlete can 

study and do sports in the same place. 

– Did you always have desire to 

learn? 

– One of my acquaintances did not do 

any sport, and was too lazy to study. It 

is clear that it’s hard to study after training. 

There were times when I was falling 

asleep, and I had no desire to go to classes, 

because there would be one more 

training in the evening. But we could not 

just leave, we had to be present at the lessons, 

at least get some knowledge. 

– What can you wish students of 

Moscow Olympic College No. 1? 

– You always need to set a large-scale 

goal. If you are 15 years old, and professional 

sport has not yet begun, you must 

set yourself the task of getting into major 

competitions at your age. Then not just 

participate, but win a medal. Do not listen 

to those who doubt you. It is important to 

always believe in yourself. 


Photo: E. Mikhailova 

GYMNASTICS 

World Championship Gymnastics 

October 04–13, 2019 

Stuttgart, Germany 

WOMEN 

Team 

USA (172.330) 

Simona Bailz 

Dzheid Keri 

Kara Eker 

Sunisa Li 

Greis Makkallum 

Mikeila Skinner 

All-around 

Simona Bailz (58,999) 

Vault 

Simona Bailz (15.399) 

Bars 

Nina Derval (15,233) 

Beam 


Floor exercise 


MEN 

Team 

Russia (261.726) 

Artur Dalaloian 

Nikita Nagornyi 

Ivan Stretovich 

David Beliavskii 

Denis Abliazin 

Vladislav Poliashov 

All-around 

Nikita Nagornyi (88.772) 


Karlos Iulo (15.300) 

Horse 

Maks Uitlok (15.500) 

Rings 

Ibragim Cholak (14.933) 

Vault 

Nikita Nagornyi (14.966) 

Bars 

Dzho Freizer (15.000) 

Crossbar 

Artur Mariano (14.900) 

Photo: E. Mikhailova 

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Photo: www.facebook.com/trampolinerus 

TRAMPOLINE 

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 

(Tokyo, Japan) 

A 

t the end of the World Trampoline 

Championships, Russian 

athletes won the team event. 

The team won five gold, three silver and 

four bronze medals. 

The Russian team won gold in the 

team all-around, the men’s team of Russia 

consisting of Andrei Gladenkov, Mikhail 

Zalomin and Vasily Makarsky (team competition, 

double mini-trump), Mikhail 






Zalomin (double mini-trump), Alexander 

Lisitsyn (acrobatic track) and Victoria Danilenko 

(acrobatic track). 

Silver awards were received by men’s 

and women’s national teams of Russia in 

the discipline «acrobatic track». Among 

men, Alexander Lisitsin, Maxim Shlyak- 

in, Vadim Afanasyev, Maxim Ryabikov, 

among women – Elina Stepanova, Elena 

Krasnokutskaya, Victoria Danilenko. Susana 

Kochesok and Anna Kornetskaya 

also won silver in synchronized jumps. 

Galina Begim, Alexandra Bonartseva 

and Polina Troyanova (team competition, 

double mini-trump), Mikhail Melnik, Andrey 

Yudin, Dmitry Ushakov and Nikita Fedorenko 

(team competition, trampoline), 

Mikhail Melnik and Sergey Azaryan (synchronized 

jumps) and Alexander Bonartsev 

(double mini-trump) became bronze 

medalists. 


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WORLD CHAMPION MIKHAIL ZALOMIN: 

“LEARNING A SPORT OPENS 

UP MANY DETAILS” 

NOTE FROM THE OLYMPIC RESERVE: 

Mikhail Zalomin – 6-time European champion, 

6-time World champion in trampoline 

– You are a graduate of Moscow College 

of Olympic Reserve No. 1. How 

much has it changed since the time you 

were a student of the College? 

– A lot of things have changed. Starting 

from the renovation of the buildings, 

which was completed recently, in the 

educational part and in dormitories. Everything 

has changed, it has become much 

more comfortable. Now everything is 

done so that all students can feel as comfortable 

as possible. As I see, all students 

go with laptops to their classes. We didn’t 

have that. This is probably a positive 

trend. Students study more, learn more, 

which will have a positive effect on their 

education. I hope so. Everything is done 

in order to do both, to train and to study. 

– Could you tell us about your main 

victory. What comes to your mind? 

– For me, all victories are important. I 

can not single out any of them. But the 

most desired is a victory at my first World 

championship in 2013. All the rest are 

its confirmation. I thoroughly prepared 

for all the championships and it took me 

long time to win these victories. 

– Is it difficult to combine studies 

and professional sport? 

– Of course, it’s difficult. If we are talking 

about studying at college, everything 

is as convenient as possible for the training 

process: two trainings a day, classes 

from 12 o’clock, that is, for schoolchildren 

and students, it is as convenient as possible 

while preparing for the competition. 

If we talk about studying at the institute 

after graduating from college, teachers 

try to help them. We sometimes neglect 

studies, it happens that we miss workouts. 

The main thing is to plan the preparation 

process correctly, then there will be 

no problems in the training process. 

– In one of your old interviews, you 

mentioned that you spend your free 

time, which you don’t have much, 



mostly with friends. What are you doing 

now when you have some free 

time? 

– Since then, a family has appeared. 

Now I spend all my free time with my 

family. Of course, I meet with friends. But 

mostly – family, daughter, wife. 

– Your wife Daria is a master of 

sports of international class in trampoline. 

Isn’t it hard for two athletes under 

one roof? 

– It only for the better, because I can 

consult with my wife on some issues of 

doing the exercises. This, on the contrary, 

only brings us together: there are common 

topics, we are moving and thinking 

in one direction. This also helps in raising 

our daughter. My wife, just like me, works 

as a trampoline coach. 

– You are a trampolinist with great 

experience. How many changes have 

occurred in your sport recently? 

– From the moment I came to trampoline, 

a lot has changed. After each Olympiad, 

the International Gymnastics Federation 

is trying to improve the rules and 

introduce more objective assessments 

for fair refereeing. This applies to all disciplines 

of our sport. Firms producing shells 

design them in such a way that they contribute 

to the complexity of the elements, 

that is, they make the nets more “pushy” 

and complicate spring properties. 

– Since 2016, you have been the 

president of the Moscow Trampoline 

Federation. What are the main steps 

you need to take to develop this sport? 

– Promoting trampoline as much as 

possible, like all other sports. Advertising 

is needed. Some things turn out successful, 

others not. 

– How do you think can we make 

young athletes get interested in this 

kind of sport? 

– Now many commercial trampoline 

centers are opened throughout Russia. 

They get to know trampoline better. 

Trampoline centers, trampoline clubs – 

they attract people to professional sports. 

– But initially they are considered as 

entertainment. 

– Undoubtedly, somewhere it is. And 

somewhere, coaches lead children and 

adults specifically to professional sports: 

to participate in competitions, to receive 

ranks. There is a gradual familiarization 

with the sport. Trampoline is not just an 

entertainment, it is a serious sport. In general, 

the prospects are good. 

– Among other things, you are a 

judge of the 1st category and take part 

in refereeing of Moscow and All-Russian 

competitions. What is most difficult 

in refereeing? 

– It is very difficult to record in short 

time all the elements that an athlete performs. 

Everything comes with experience. 

It is difficult to judge objectively because 

of attitude to a particular athlete. To do 

this, you need to involve in refereeing 

as many independent people as possible 

who do not have an athlete from the 

same region or country. Perhaps some 

day judging will switch to a computer 

system, but, I think, this will not happen 

soon. 

– What are your plans for the near 

future, and are there any big goals? 

– There are big goals, but I will not say 

about them, with your permission. Now I 

enjoy the fact that I am still an active athlete. 

I want to stay in this sport as long as 

possible and just enjoy my work. 

– What would you advise young athletes, 

including children studying at 

the College of Olympic Reserve No. 1? 

– Study. Learn. Receive not only school 

and college education. Go deep into the 

sport you practice. This will open your 

eyes to many details. The results in the 

work will improve if you yourself want to 

know everything. 

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HONORED RUSSIAN COACH 

VLADIMIR GORINOV: 

“ABLE-BODIED SPORTSMEN STRONGLY 

SUPPORT THOSE WITH A HEARING 

IMPAIRMENT” 

R 

ussian team won 31 gold medals in the European freestyle and Greco-Roman 

wrestling championship among sportsmen with a hearing impairment in Gomel, 

Belarus. We discussed the results of the tournament with the Russian senior coach 

for Greco-Roman wrestling among hard-of-hearing sportsmen Vladimir Gorinov. 

– We performed more than successfully. 

Top coaches have been 

working with the athletes. We 

showed better results than we did 

last time. We held the championship 

in Vladimir last year. We won 8 gold 

medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals 

in Greco-Roman wrestling, which 

were prerequisites for the future success, 

– started Gorinov. 

– What were your winning goals? 

– I don’t like to make the expectations 

public. Aleksey Shevtsov, a winner of the 

European championship and Aleksey 

Glushkov, graduate of Olympic Reserve 



College №1 are on the staff. Aleksey 

Glushkov is a Principal of one of the leading 

Moscow schools «Sparta». He joined 

us 9 years ago as a coach of the Moscow 

Region team. This is how coaches and 

athletes advance with us. We had a game 

among the coaches where everyone predicted 

the results of their teams. I would 

take the sheets to the tournaments and 

we compared them after. Wrestling is 

one of the most subjective kinds of sport. 

You should be way ahead of others. 

– Wrestling tournaments are quite 

emotional. Sometimes it’s more than 

just a verbal argument, spectators get 

involved in physical abuse. Is it different 

during the tournaments for hardof-hearing 

athletes? 

– It happens in places where the security 

work is poorly managed. People with 

a hearing impairment don’t express their 

emotions loudly. All the emotions are in 

mimicry and gestures. Everything is calm 

and quite. 

– Are athletes with a hearing impairment 

judged differently? 

– Seconds aren’t allowed to give a verbal 

command. Some gestures are added. 

The same happens in volleyball and football. 

If a referee stops a game he should 

explain the reasons for that. 

– How is the sparring stopped? 

– By touching a shoulder. Exceeding 

the competition area, twisting fingers, 

unitards – are all forbidden. These are 

common gestures not only for athletes 

with a hearing impairment. 

– Athletes with a hearing impairment 

are usually trained by able-bodied 

coaches. How long does it take to 

master sign language? 

– It depends on a person and how fast 

he wants to be understood. Also it depends 

on an athlete. Sometimes it happens 

that they look away. If he doesn’t 

like you or is humiliated and pressured 

by you he just turns his back on you. 

– How long does it take to learn the 

sign language in case of mutual understanding? 

– It’s like the English language. In Soviet 

times we’d been learning it since the 

5th grade but at the end nobody was 

fluent at it. Motivation and practice are 

needed. It’s not complicated. 

– Who is your audience? Where do 

they learn about your competitions? 

– People with a hearing impairment 

have a great announcement they pass 

round. The information goes through 

the hearing loss communities, places 

they work in and remedial schools. 

– Do able-bodied come? 

– Yes, they do. Some of them come 

to support their relatives. These are the 

ones who shout. It’s been highlighted 

by the mass media, also there is online 

broadcasting, sign language interpretation 

and news ticker. 

– How are sports among those with 

a hearing impairment promoted these 

days in Russia? 

– It hinges on the enthusiasm of some 

coaches and managers. Not all the regions 

are involved. There isn’t enough 

funding. Sport itself is the best tool for 

rehabilitation. They’ve been training 

with able-bodied athletes from the very 

childhood and are strongly supported 

by them – it’s priceless. 

– What are the forthcoming and 

long-term goals? 

– Participation in all-Russian competitions. 

According to the results of 

Championship of Russia athletes will be 

chosen for participation in World Championship 

in Turkey from 1st to 10th of 

June. 

David Vladimirovich allows us to conduct 

the full workout. A big team of professionals 

is working here. As it’s said « 

It’s the retinue that makes the king, but 

the king chooses the retinue. » 

Everything is well arranged – qualified 

specialists , food, accommodation. 

Everyone has one aim – to make the conditions 

for athletes better. I cannot name 

any other institution where so many 

transformations are being made to improve 

the life quality of sportsmen. 

Vladimir Gorivon is a merited master 

of sport in Greco-Roman wrestling, honoured 

Russian coach, senior coach of the 

national team in Greco-Roman wresting 

among hard-of-hearing, a member of 

the Russian Committee of Deaf Sports. 

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THE III INTERNATIONAL GRECO-ROMAN, 

FREESTYLE AND FEMALE WRESTLING 

TOURNAMENT «CHRISTMAS» IN THREE STYLES 

AMONG YOUNG MEN AND GIRLS UNDER 18 

25-28.12.2019, MOSCOW, RUSSIA 

T 

he III International tournament 

on sports wrestling 

«Christmas» was held at The 

School of Olympic Reserve No. 1 in Moscow 

from 26 to 27 December. Competitions 

were included in the calendar of 

the United World of wrestling and were 

held in Greco-Roman, Freestyle and female 

wrestling among young men under 

18 years. 

In total, more than 200 wrestlers 

from 13 countries took part in the tournament, 

among them: Sweden, Greece, 

Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, 

Lithuania, Slovakia, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, 

Moldova, Germany and Russia. This 

year Saint Levent – the representative 

of Turkey was appointed as a delegate 

from UWW to «Christmas» tournament, 

who after draw competition told about 

refereeing nuances. Athletes began to 

come to the tournament a few days earlier 

and were able to appreciate the hospitality 

of the host School of Olympic 

Reserve. Live broadcast of the competition 

was shared on School’s Youtube 

channel and the audience could feel the 

atmosphere of the tournament, when 

emotions sometimes swept across the 

edge, and filled stands were frantic to 

support their favorites. Also during 

the tournament a match Russia-Iran 

was held, where an exciting struggle 

was conducted in 10 weight categories 

and until the last fight there was 

an intrigue – who will win! As a result 

Russia won with a minimal superiority. 

At the end of the competition there was 

a colorful ceremony of rewarding the 

winners and prize-winners of the traditional 

Christmas tournament. 


AT SPORTS 

ARENAS

AT SPORTS ARENAS 

GYMNASTICS 

Championship of Russia 

(juniors 14–17 years old, 

boys 12–13 years old) 

11–16.11.2019 

Penza 

BOYS: 

Team (259.379) 

Novikov Daniel 

Rodionov Kirill 

Ivanov Bogdan 

All-around 

Vitkov Vyacheslav (131,348) 


Novikov Daniel (13,833) 

Horse 

Rodionov Kirill (12,566) 

Rings 

Novikov Daniil (13,033) 

Vault 


Bars 


Crossbar 

Vinnikov Kirill (12,166) 

JUNIORS: 

Team (455,925) 

Zelensky Nikita 

Zavrichko Ivan 

Kissel Evgeny 

Ryndin Artyom 

All-around 

Kissel Evgeny (78,432) CCM 

Makarov Ruslan (76.799) MS 


Prostakov Timofey (13,600) CCM 

Lunev Alexey (13,600) MS 

Horse 

Zotov Ilya (12,433) CCM 

Ponomarev Alexander (12.666) MS 

Rings 

Kissel Evgeny (13,400) CCM 

Pashkin Evgeny (13,700) MS 

Vault 

Zavrichko Ivan (13,100) CCM 

Usachev Alexey (13.567) MS 

Bars 

Girev Matvey (13,600) CCM 

Kulyak Ivan (13,466) MS 

Crossbar 

Marinov Daniel (13.133) CCM 

Pashkin Evgeny (12.833) MS 

Championship of Russia 

(juniors 13–15 years old, 

girls 11–12 years old) 

November 18–23, 2019, Penza 

GIRLS: 

Team (179,062) 

Kustova Diana 

Sadykova Alida 

Grushnina Polina 

All-around 

Kustova Diana (90,181) 

Vault 

Us Elizabeth (13,217) 

Bars 

Kustova Diana (13,633) 

Beam 

Maksimova Alexandra (13,200) 


Budnikova Marina (13,300) 

JUNIORS: 

Team (312,991) 

Koroleva Sophia 

Rassekina Anastasia 

Audi Nelly 

Puzatikova Nina 

All-around 

Puzatikova Nina (101,763) CCM 

Audi Nelly (108,397) MS 

Vault 

Shakirova Ursula (13.583) CCM 

Semukhina Arina (13.317) MS 

Bars 

Savelyeva Anastasia (12,200) CCM 

Bachurina Olga (13,900) MS 

Beam 

Galyuzhina Love (13,300) CCM 

Ivanova Polina (13.433) MS 


Nechay Ksenia (13,433) CCM 

Audi Nelly (18.833) MS 



BOXING 

World Championship (Women) 

October 03–13, 2019 

Russia, Ulan-Ude 

Ekaterina Paltseva 48 kg 

Liliia Aetbaeva 51 kg 

Khuan Siaoven 54 kg 

Nesti Petesio 57 kg 

Beatris Ferreira 60 kg 

Dou Dan 64kg 

Busenaz Siurmeneli 69 kg 

Louren Prais 75 kg 

Zemfira Magomedalieva 81 kg 

Daniella Perkins 81+ kg 

Championship of Russia (men) 

November 08–17, 2019 

Samara 

• Khudoyan Edmond 49 kg 

• Saliev Rasul 52 kg 

• Batyrgaziev Albert 57 kg 

• Badrutdinov Jamal 60 kg 

• Mamedov Gabil 63 kg 

• Makhmudov Shahabas 69 kg 

• Koptyakov Maxim 75 kg 

• Khataev Imam 81 kg 

• Sagaidak Ivan 91 kg 

• Veryasov Ivan 91+ kg 

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BADMINTON 

BWF World Junior Championship 

09.30–13.10.2109 

Russia, Kazan 

Men’s Singles: 

Kunlavut Vitidsarn 

Female singles: 

Riko Gunji 

Mixed Doubles: 

China 

Feng Yan Zhe 

Lin Fang Ling 

Men’s Doubles: 

Indonesia 

Leo Rolly Carnando 

Daniel Marthin 

Women’s Doubles: 

China 

Lin Fang Ling 

Zhou Xin Ru 

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: 

Indonesia 

Men 

Adinata Christian 

Apriyanda M. Lucky Andres 

Belawa Syabda Perkasa 

Carnando Leo Rolly 

Marthin Daniel 

Restu Dwiki Rafian 

Setiabudi Bobby 

Women 

Cindiani Metya Inayah 

Jamil Indah Cahya Sari 

Kusuma Febriana Dwipuji 

Marwah Nita Violina 

Pratiwi Amalia Cahaya 

Puspitasari Helena Ayu 

Syaikah Putri 

Wardani Putri Kusuma 

Widjaja Stephanie 

Photo: facebook.com/rus.badminton 


Personal team 

championship of Russia 

under 13 years old 

October 23–27, 2019, 

Omsk 


Khayrutdinov Ilmir 


Kurganova Christina 





Volkov Stepan 



Desko Anna 


Team Championship: 

Republic of Tatarstan 

Volkov Stepan 

Isaeva Anastasia 

Volkov Stepan 


Sergeeva Sofya 

Terekhina Polina 


Kuzmina Vitalina 


Personal-team championship of 

Russia under 15 years 

11/25 – 02/12/2019, 

St. Petersburg 


Dubovenko Daniil 


Mezentseva Galina 



Lezhova Maria 


Vesnovsky Ilya 

Stepakov Gleb 


Lisochkina Galina 

Harlampovich Daria 

Team Championship: 


Borisov Nikita 

Kiselev Timur 

Zaev Alexey 

Mastyaeva Polina 

Nikulina Natalya 

Lezhova Maria 

Gogol Vasilisa 

Potapova Daria 

Sutyagina Svetlana 



JUDO 

World Championship Under21 

individual and team 

October 16–20, 2019 

Morocco, Marakesh 

Juniors: 

Simeonidis Konstantin 60 kg 

Lima Villiam 66 kg 

Mahmadbekov Somon 73 kg 

Ahalkaci Vladimir 81 kg 

Bekauri Lasha 90 kg 

Photo: https://judo.ru 

Juniors: 

Koga Vakana 48 kg 

Lhagvasuren Sosorbaram 52 kg 

Lipartaliani Eteri 57 kg 

Ozbas ZHofi 63 kg 

Asahi Mami 70 kg 

Team competition 

1. Япония 

2. Россия 

3. Грузия 

3. Франция 






European Championship Under 23 

November 1–03, 2019, Russia, Izhevsk 

Juniors 

Abdulaev Ramazan 60 kg 

Chopanov Murad 66 kg 

Mammadaliev Rashid 73 kg 

Tepkaev Turpal 81 kg 

Goz Roland 90 kg 

Mukete Daniel 100 kg 

Sipoch Richard 100 kg 

Juniors 

Pichkaleva Daria 48 kg 

Rykhel Amber 52 kg 

Liparteliani Eteri 57 kg 

Obzas Sofi 63 kg 

Tchanturial Mariam 70 kg 

Pekovich Dzhovana 78 kg 

Buizgarne Samira 78 kg 

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Russian Championship Under 21 

November 14–17, 2019 

Krasnoyarsk 


Juniors: 

Volkov Maxim 55 kg 

Ketag Basayev 60 kg 

Chernykh Ivan 66 kg 

Akhmarov Khamzat 73 kg 

Utsiev Adam 81 kg 

Sataev Turpal 90 kg 

Endovitsky Valery 100 kg 

Magomadov Ahmed 100+ kg 

Juniors: 

Safronova Ekaterina 44 kg 

Moiseeva Aina 48 kg 

Nugaeva Lilia 52 kg 

Zueva Irina 57 kg 

Halturina Ksenia 63 kg 

Aman Julia 70 kg 

Sokolova Victoria 78 kg 

Startseva Alice 78+ kg 



Russian Championship Under 18 

November 28 – December 01, 2019 

Dmitrov 

Young men 

Safarov Faridun 46 kg 

Petrov Igor 50 kg 

Jamalov Nurmagomed 55 kg 

Tsechoev Magomed-Amin 60 kg 

Bagaev Sultan 66 kg 

Dranovsky Daniil 73 kg 

Strokun Artyom 81 kg 

Sangariev Adam 90 kg 

Yakushev Dmitry 90+ kg 

Girls 

Yakovenko Polina 40 kg 

Khachikova Elizabeth 44 kg 

Mukhametyanova Aliya 48 kg 

Efimova Karina 52 kg 

Azamova Firuza 57 kg 

Glukhova Sarah 63 kg 

Likhacheva Victoria 70 kg 

Taratunina Angelica 70+ kg 




WRESTLING 

World Championship Under 23 

in three styles of wrestling 

10.28–11.3.2019 

Budapest, Hungary 

Freestyle wrestling: 

Reineri Andreu Ortega 57 kg 

Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov 61 kg 

Turan Bayramov 65 kg 

Mirza Skhulukhia 70 kg 

Razambek Zhamalov 74 kg 

Tariel Gaphrindashvili 79 kg 

Kamran Ghorban Ghasempour 86 kg 

Bo Dean Nickal 92 kg 

Mojtaba Mohammadshafie Goleij 97 kg 

Amir Hossein Abbas Zare 125 kg 

Greco-Roman wrestling: 

Shota Ogawa 55 kg 

Armen Melikyan 60 kg 

Meysam Karamali Dalkhani 63 kg 

Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed Ibrahi Elsayed 

67 kg 

Mohammadreza Abdolhamid Geraei 72 kg 

Islam Opiev 77 kg 

Milad Alirzaev 82 kg 

Semen Novikov 87 kg 

Arvi Martin Savolainen 97 kg 

Aliakbar Hossein Yousofiahmadchali 130 kg 

Freestyle wrestling, women: 

Kika Kagata 50 kg 

Haruna Okuno 53 kg 

Lannuan Luo 55 kg 

Sae Nanjo 57 kg 

Yumeka Tanabe 59 kg 

Yuzuka Inagaki 62 kg 

Misuzu Enomoto 65 kg 

Masako Furuichi 68 kg 

Milaimys De La Caridad Marin Potrille 

72 kg 

Paliha Paliha 76 kg 

Photo: https://vk.com/wrestrus_ru 


Фото: https://vk.com/wrestrus_ru 



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The III International Wrestling 

Tournament «Christmas» in three 

styles among young men and girls 

under 18 25–28.12.2019, Moscow, 

Russia 

Freestyle wrestling: 

Khari Ebrahim Mahdi 45 kg 

Arab Firouzjaei Ali Mehran 48 kg 

Terzian Samvel 51 kg 

Jalolov Umidjon 55 kg 

Abdulaev Arip 60 kg 

Mkrtchyan Mushegh 65 kg 

Abdulaev Abdulkerim 71 kg 

Tembotov Akhmedkhan 80 kg 

Kadilov Gadzhi 92 kg 

Azizi Hossein 110 kg 

Greco-Roman wrestling: 

Adomavicius Vilius 45 kg 

Gigiev Malik 48 kg 

Melkonyan Artur 51 kg 

Khamroev Akmal 55 kg 

Mamedov Aslan 60 kg 

Turusbek Ulan 65 kg 

Doev Albert 71 kg 

Marzoev Askar 80 kg 

Saidov Baskhan 92 kg 

Saygeraev Magomed 110 kg 

Freestyle wrestling women: 

Kurylenka Alina 40 kg 

Tolipbekova Mushtariy 43 kg 

Rekhmetullova Olga 46 kg 

Tsiarenia Kseniya 49 kg 

Volk Viktoryia 53 kg 

Iandushkina Anastasiia 57 kg 

Radzkova Viktoryia 61 kg 

Silina Mariia 69 kg 

Kozyreva Olga 73 kg 

FIGURE SKATING 

The Championship of Russia 

24–29.12.2019 

Krasnoyarsk 

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6qNndtpE_5/ 

Photo: https://twitter.com/goldenskate 

Men: 

1 Dmitry Aliyev (260.98) 

2 Artur Daniyelyan (253.42) 

3 Alexander Samarin (252.74) 

Women: 

1 Anna Scherbakova (261.87) 

2 Alyona Kostornaya (259.83) 

3 Aleksandra Trusova (226.34) 

Pairs: 

1 Aleksandra Boykov / Dmitry Kozlowski (233.66) 

2 Evgenia Tarasov / Vladimir Morozov (233.19) 

3 Darya Pavlyuchenko / Denis Hodykin (219.72) 

Ice dance: 

1 Victoria Sinitsyn / Nikita Katsalapov (220.74) 

2 Aleksandra Stepanov / Ivan Bukin (219.72) 

3 Tiffany Zagorski / Johnathan Gureyro Гурейро (197.73) 



FENCING 

Championship of Russia among 

boys and girls under 15 years of age 

(2005–2007), 10/06/2019 

Smolensk 

BOYS: 

Individual epee 

Varin George 

Team epee 

Varin G. 

Ilyushin P. 

Ptashnik E. 

Hapersky F. 

Individual foil 

Bulatov Iskander 

Team Rapier 

Bulatov I. 

Katkov M. 

Kornilov V. 

Fakhretdinov A. 

Individual saber 

Kostyukov Ilya 

Photo: http://www.rusfencing.ru 

Team saber 

Kostyukov I. 

Logozinsky K. 

Timukhin D. 

Cherkasov N. 

GIRLS: 

Individual epee 

Frolkina Ekaterina 

Team epee 

Bocharova A. 

Zabelina A. 

Polozova Yu. 

Stolupina A. 

Individual foil 

Zorina Irina 

Team Rapier 

Barsukova M. 

Delikamova M. 

Taratunskaya A. 

Chausova V. 

Individual saber 

Mikhailova Alexandra 

Team Saber 

Erokhova S. 

Kaloshina K. 

Mikhailova A. 

Osipova V. 

Photo: http://www.rusfencing.ru 

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Moscow City 

Sports 

Department 

Enter 

Moscow College 

of Olympic Reserve №1 

State Diploma 

Modern education 

Full-time studies 

Correspondence studies 

Moscow Sport Committee recruitment 

Address: 105484, Moscow, 16th –Parkovay St., 17 

+7(915)402-21-19 Sophia

SPORTS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SCIENCE 

FORMATION 

OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE 

CULTURE OF PRESCHOOL 

AGE CHILDREN 

I 

ARBUZOVA O. S. VOLOBUEVA A. A. SHIKHOVA O. N. 

t is known that human health 

is determined by multiple internal 

and external factors, 

and it is the body under conditions 

when absence of diseases is combined 

with physical, mental and social wellbeing. 

Health care around the world is 

a priority. High morbidity, poor ecology, 

difficult social situation and other 

negative factors require developing an 

integrated system of improving children’s 

health. Health saving of children 

is the main condition and indicator of 

personality-oriented education, as well 

as one of the main tasks of the education 

system. It is especially important 

to create conditions that ensure physical 

and mental health of the child. 

Modernization of preschool education 

allows us to search for new forms of 

health-improving work with children 

in various types of educational institutions. 

The Federal State Educational Standard 

for preschool education is aimed at 

• Abstract: the formation of healthy lifestyle on the basis of valeological and 

physical education, includes the study of their body by preschoolers and 

developing their hygienic skills and ideas about ways to ensure the safety 

of life. 

• Keywords: healthy lifestyle, health saving, health formation, valeological 

education, physical education. 

solving the following tasks of health saving 

and health formation: 

• protection and strengthening of 

physical and mental health of children, 

including their emotional wellbeing; 

• providing psychological and pedagogical 

support to the family and increasing 

the competence of parents 

(legal representatives) in the development 

and education, protection and 

promotion of children’s health; 

HIGH MORBIDITY, POOR ECOLOGY, 

DIFFICULT SOCIAL SITUATION 

AND OTHER NEGATIVE FACTORS REQUIRE 

DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM 

OF IMPROVING CHILDREN’S HEALTH. 

Author: Arbuzova O. S., instructor in physical culture, 

GBOU School 2109, d/o «Sunflower», Moscow. 

Volobueva A. A., educator, GBOU School 2109, d/o «Sunflower», Moscow. 

Shikhova O. N., educator, GBOU School 2109, d/o «Sunflower», Moscow. 

• formation of cultural and hygienic 

skills, initial ideas and values of a 

healthy lifestyle; 

• mastery of elementary norms and rules 

(in nutrition, motor mode, hardening). 

The basis for the tasks of physical development 

is the conceptual integration 

around the theme of “healthy lifestyle” 

(HLS). There are many interpretations of 

it. The Medical Encyclopedia gives its definition: 

it is a rational lifestyle, an integral 

feature of which is active work aimed at 

improving and maintaining health. In literature 

devoted to the general scientific 

problems of human health, sociological 

problems and psychophysiological aspects 

of healthy lifestyle are covered by 

V.V. Korchenov, T.A. Petukhova; scientific, 

theoretical and methodological foundations 

of healthy lifestyle have been developed 

by E. Yu. Barzelovich, E. N. Weiner, 

I. A. Vinogradov. 

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Table 1. List of partial programs for the thematic module «Health» 

(author Prishchepina S. S.) 

Program name 

Program author 

Year of 

publication 

Partial programs 

Health V. G. Alyamvskaya 1993 

Safety Fundamentals for Preschool Children N. N. Avdeeva, O. L. Knyazeva, R. B. Sterkina 1997 1997 

Health since childhood T. S. Kazakovtseva 1997 

I grow healthy. 

The methodological manual for kindergarten 

V. N. Zimonina 2013 

Additional programs 

The swimming training program in kindergarten E. K. Voronova 2003 

Play for health 

L. N. Voloshina 

2004 

HEALTH SAVING OF CHILDREN IS THE MAIN CONDITION AND 

INDICATOR OF PERSONALITY-ORIENTED EDUCATION, AS WELL AS 

ONE OF THE MAIN TASKS OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. 

IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ENSURE 

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE CHILD. 

MODERNIZATION OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION ALLOWS 

US TO SEARCH FOR NEW FORMS OF HEALTH-IMPROVING 

WORK WITH CHILDREN IN VARIOUS TYPES 

OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

Moreover, under the basics of 

healthy lifestyles of a preschool child 

scientists understand a set of measures: 

correctly organized motor activity; rational 

hardening; optimal daily routine; 

balanced diet; satisfactory psychological 

climate in the family and kindergarten; 

life safety. 

All work on healthy lifestyle can be divided 

into two components: 

• formation of healthy lifestyle during 

valeological education, including 

study and developing personal body 

and hygienic skills; teaching preschoolers 

life safety; 

• creation of conditions under which 

physical education, physical activity 

become powerful stimulating factors 

in the formation of health resources in 

the process of intellectual and emotional 

development of a child through 

his/her active inclusion in the system 

of physical exercises. 

These components are reflected in 

the following programs (Table 1). 

We suggest the following health saving 

technologies which make it possible 

to realize both components: 

1. Specially selected physical exercises 

in all forms of physical fitness work; 

2. Integration of physical exercises 

and methods of health saving in other 

regimen moments; 

3. Additional means to ensure a 

healthy rhythm of life and various types 

of motor activity of pupils. 

The development of these mechanisms 

is facilitated by other technologies 

which can be used in methodological 

practice of the kindergarten. Case study 

method – situation analysis. Educators 

and health-care specialists (in particular, 

medical personnel and physical education 

educators at a preschool institution) 

participate in a direct discussion of pedagogical 

situations and tasks taken from 

real practice of health-saving activities in 

a Nursery School. 

The project method supposes that 

the activities of educators and specialists 

of the Nursery School would have a 

designed character, which implies the 

receipt of a specific (practical) result and 

its public presentation (product presentation). 

When planning the content of the 

educational field in accordance with the 

above programs, it is necessary to take 

into account the level of development 

of the children and to formulate tasks 

related to certain competencies for the 

pupils to develop (Table 2). 

These tasks are solved in the process 

of joint activities of teachers and pupils, 

communication and games of preschoolers 

among themselves and in the 

process of interaction between children 

and parents. 

As you know, among all programs of 

preschool education, parents give pref- 

erence to preparing a child for school. At 

the same time, they forget that the intellectual 

development of the child directly 

depends on the physical and mental 

health of the child. Meanwhile, it is no 

secret that the popularity of a Preschool 

Institution today depends on how much 

it can satisfy the needs of parents. Therefore, 

organization of joint parent-child 

activities contributes to an increase of 

interest in healthy lifestyle. They can be 

sports leisure, holidays, going out to nature, 

creation of clubs like “I want to be 

healthy” or “Fitness in kindergarten” and 

“Aerobics” programs, when joint physical 

education classes for children and 

parents are accompanied by musical 

accompaniment under the guidance of 

specialists. Work in such clubs creates 

the atmosphere of goodwill, ease and 

at the same time encourages both children 

and adults to perform movements 

correctly and efficiently. As a result, the 

adaptive capabilities of the preschooler 

and his resistance to external influences 

increase, the necessary motor skills and 

physical qualities are acquired, the per- 



Table 2. Tasks for the development of competencies 

Tasks 

Tasks Competence Younger preschool 

age. Senior preschool age 

Competence 

Senior preschool age 

1 2 3 

1. Save and strengthen 

the physical and mental 

health of children 

2. To educate cultural 

and hygienic skills 

3. To form an initial idea 

of a healthy lifestyle 

The child can absorb learned movements, their 

elements with motivation and organizing help 

of an adult. Morbidity throughout the year varies. 

A child can attract the attention of an adult 

in case of malaise and poor health. 

The child independently and correctly performs 

the processes of washing and washing 

hands. Helps the adult in organizing the nutrition 

process. He dresses and undresses independently, 

takes care of things for personal 

use. The actions of the child require a little 

correction and reminder from the adult. 

The child is familiar with the concepts 

“Health”, “disease”. 

With the help of an adult, he can name some 

concepts of healthy lifestyle. 

Has an idea of the benefits of morning 

exercises and exercise. However, the child’s 

knowledge may differ from the desire to put it 

into practice. 

The child has a positive attitude towards motor actions, trying 

to show independence and initiative in motor activity, 

shows interest in sports. Morbidity throughout the year varies 

greatly. The child is upset about the deterioration in the 

health of his and others. 

The child can perform all the activities related to the organization 

of self-care, but it requires a reminder from the adult. 

The child demonstrates incomplete and insufficiently systematized 

ideas about healthy lifestyles and rational nutrition; 

he cannot join the conversation about the meaning of physical 

activity in a person’s life and give examples from his life. He 

has an understanding of the rules and types of hardening, the 

use of hardening procedures and the role of natural remedies 

in human health, but does not always apply them in life, since 

he does not consider them to be a value for himself. 

sonality as a whole is formed. This means 

that the problem of protecting and 

strengthening pupils’ health in a modern 

kindergarten can be solved in terms of 

the interaction of parents and teachers. 

LIST OF REFERENCES: 

1. 1. Kudryavtsev V. T., Egorov B. B. Developing 

pedagogy of health improvement (preschool 

age). M., 2000. 

2. Makhaneva M. D. The program of rehabilitation 

of preschool children. M., 2013. 

3. Miklyaeva N. V. Physical development of 

preschoolers. M.: SC Sphere, 2015. 

AS YOU KNOW, AMONG ALL PROGRAMS OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, 

PARENTS GIVE PREFERENCE TO PREPARING A CHILD FOR SCHOOL. 

AT THE SAME TIME, THEY FORGET THAT THE INTELLECTUAL 

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD DIRECTLY DEPENDS ON THE PHYSICAL 

AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE CHILD. MEANWHILE, IT IS NO SECRET 

THAT THE POPULARITY OF A PRESCHOOL INSTITUTION TODAY 

DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH IT CAN SATISFY THE NEEDS OF PARENTS. 

THEREFORE, ORGANIZATION OF JOINT PARENT-CHILD ACTIVITIES 

CONTRIBUTES TO AN INCREASE OF INTEREST IN HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. 

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

FOR STUDENTS WITH THE DISEASE 

«VEGETOVASCULAR DYSTONIA» 

Author: T. Kryukova, 

Head of the Department of Physical Education, Diplomatic Academy 

of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, international master of sports 

• Abstract: the article discusses the features of physical education 

for students with the disease “vegetovascular dystonia” and gives 

recommendations on the use of physical activity during vegetovascular 

dystonia in the conditions of study at a university. 

• Key words: students, vegetovascular dystonia (VVD), physical activity, 

self-control, individual approach. 

R 

elevance Vegetovascular dystonia 

(VVD) is a malfunction breach in the 

work of the whole organism, which 

can turn into a disease. VVD is characterized 

by disturbances in the functioning of the autonomic 

nervous system, in regulating dynamic 

constancy of the internal environment of the 

body and stability of its basic physiological functions: 

respiration, blood circulation, digestion, 

thermoregulation, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, 

etc. Today, with the diagnosis of vegetovascular 

dystonia «doctors described about 

150 symptoms and 32 syndromes of clinical disorders, 

so it is very difficult to diagnose VVD. For 

a student stressful situations arise throughout 

the entire period of study and may be caused 

by lack of time, emotional stress during sessions, 

etc. Constant stress is a factor in the development 

of dystonia. One of the causes VVD occurs 

in a modern student is also lack of motor activity. 

It is necessary to treat VVD, since this disease is 

the most common and unpredictable disease of 

the younger generation in its manifestations and 

outcomes. 

EDUCATION CLASSES WITH THE CORRECT 

ORGANIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, 

CLOSE WORK OF THE TEACHER WITH 

THE DOCTOR AND AN INDIVIDUAL 

APPROACH ARE RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS 

WITH THE DISEASE “VEGETOVASCULAR DYSTONIA” 

AND ARE NOT ONLY MANDATORY ACCORDING 

TO THE UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM, 

BUT ALSO DESIRABLE FOR THERAPEUTIC 

AND PREVENTIVE PURPOSES. 

T. KRYUKOVA 

Upon receipt of a special physical activity, the 

symptoms of the VVD disappear. Training increases 

tolerance to physical activity, distracts from the 

disease, strengthens the nervous system and improves 

capacity for work. 

In the treatment of VVD, non-drug methods 

of treatment are preferred. This is the observance 

of the regime of the day, diet, therapeutic 

massage and baths, herbal medicine, psychotherapy, 

auto-training, walking, contrast shower, 

morning exercises (taking into account the type 

of VVD). For students of all types of VVD physical 

activity is recommended taking into account 

their specificity. 

The dosed use of physical exercises in the 

classes balances the processes of excitation and 

inhibition in the central nervous system, increases 

its regulatory role in coordinating the activities of 

the most important organs and systems involved 

in the pathological process, has a normalizing 

effect on vascular activity, increases myocardial 

contractility, normalizes lipid metabolism and 

develops compensatory-adaptive reactions, increases 

the body’s adaptation to the environment 

and external stimuli. 

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 

DURING VVD 

The use of various types of physical activity 

and the cultivation of various sports, of course, 

depends on the decision of the physical education 

department leadership in the university, 

and the capabilities of higher educational institutions, 

but it should be borne in mind that 



swimming, aqua aerobics, dosed walking, skiing 

are recommended for students with VVD they 

are those sports where you can get a fairly long 

and uniform load. When practicing on simulators, 

it is advisable to use a treadmill, bicycle ergometer, 

stepper, rowing machine. In this case 

the movements of some cyclic sports are imitated 

and loading can be controlled by its effect 

on the body and properly dosed. VVD relaxation 

gymnastics is very helpful. Game sports are 

good if they are held outdoors, not for the sake 

of result, but for pleasure, which contributes to 

psycho-emotional discharge and has a general 

strengthening effect on the body. As a result of 

physical education training sessions blood pressure 

stabilizes, dependence on weather disappears, 

health and well-being improve. 

The exercises on simulators are contraindicated, 

where the head is below the level of the chest 

and the exercises are performed upside down, 

due to the danger of fainting, worsening wellbeing. 

Martial arts, strength gymnastics, aerobics 

are not recommended, as exercises with a large 

amplitude of movement of the head and body, 

sharply and quickly performed movements, exercises 

with long static effort should be avoided. 

Swing, running, jumping exercises, turns around 

its axis, breath holding exercises are not recommended. 

Physical education will be effective if it delivers 

only positive emotions and pleasure from classes. 

You should not experience excessive fatigue, discomfort, 

irritability. 

Serious competitions are not recommended. 

It is necessary to constantly monitor (pulse, 

respiratory rate, external signs of fatigue) exercise 

tolerance by those involved. It is advisable 

to keep a diary of self-control, in it to record the 

pulse, respiratory rate and subjective indicators 

of tolerance of loads. The main control criterion is 

well-being. 

Basically, physical education classes are conducted 

by the group method which is just recommended 

for students with VVD disease. Students 

of all groups and courses with a diagnosis of VVD 

and a special medical group are invited to attend 

classes of a special medical group or, having a 

preparatory health group as a result of a physical 

examination, remain part of their academic 

group in physical education classes. Therefore it 

should be borne in mind that the study group 

may include students with VVD, that usually students 

with VVD make up about half of the special 

medical group, which, depending on the conditions 

of the university, cannot always be divided 

by disease. 

It should also be taken into account that three 

types of VVD are distinguished depending on 

the reaction of the cardiovascular system. The 

cardiac type is expressed by complaints of palpitations, 

interruptions in the work of the heart, 

a feeling of lack of air, a change in heart rate. Hypertensive 

type – there is an increase in blood 

pressure (systolic over 140 mmHg), the pressure 

quickly returns to normal, but complaints 

may occur about headache, palpitations, and 

fatigue. With the hypotensive type, the systolic 

blood pressure indicator decreases – below 100 

mm Hg. Art. Increased fatigue, headache, muscle 

weakness, pallor, chilliness, limbs become colder. 

Fainting is frequent. 

In its pure form, these types of VVD are rare. 

Often, cardiac-hypertensive and cardiac-hypotensive 

types develop. Therefore, an individual 

approach is very important. The intensity and 

volume of classes are planned depending on the 

general physical preparation, on the student’s 

well-being, the use of the above-mentioned 

undesirable exercises and movements is not 

planned. Be sure to take into account the health 

group indicated by the doctor of the clinic (with 

VVD, the health group according to the medical 

certificate from the doctor can be the main, preparatory, 

special), and the type of VVD. 

I would like to note that according to the curricula 

of most universities, students attend physical 

education classes twice a week. This is good, 

but not effective enough for the appearance of 

positive changes in well-being, in particular with 

VVD. Therefore it is desirable that the teacher 

motivates students, using the skills and knowledge 

acquired in physical education classes, to 

engage in physical exercises on their own daily 

using various forms of physical activity such as 

morning exercises, jogging, classes in a sports 

club, etc. 

Thus physical education classes with the correct 

organization of the educational process, 

close work of the teacher with the doctor and an 

individual approach are recommended for students 

with the disease “vegetovascular dystonia” 

and are not only mandatory according to the 

university curriculum, but also desirable for therapeutic 

and preventive purposes. 

LIST OF REFERENCES: 

1. The Great Encyclopedia of Wellness Gymnastics / I. 

V. Milyukova, T. A. Evdokimova, under the general. 

ed. prof. Dr. honey sciences T. A. Evdokimova. – M., 

AST, St. Petersburg, Owl, 2007. 

2. Therapeutic physical education / Under. ed. S. N. 

Popova. – M., “Physical Culture and Sports”, 1998. 

3. Physiotherapy exercises in the system of medical 

rehabilitation / T. B. Tsybulskaya, V. F. Chudimov. – 

Barnaul, New Altai Printing House, 1998. 

4. Vegetovascular dystonia. Get rid of forever. / N. G. 

Mesnik. – M., EKSMO, 2013. 

5. Memo to a patient with neuro-circular dystonia 

/ Under. ed. Yu.M. Pozdnyakova, L.I. Sorokina, I.A. 

Laul. – M., Zhukovskaya MSCh of the Moscow Region, 

1987. 

6. Reference practitioner / Ed. A.I. Vorobyov. 2nd edition, 

stereotyped. – M., Medicine, 1983 

7. Internet resources. 

UPON RECEIPT 

OF A SPECIAL 

PHYSICAL 

ACTIVITY, THE 

SYMPTOMS 

OF THE VVD 

DISAPPEAR. 

TRAINING 

INCREASES 

TOLERANCE 

TO PHYSICAL 

ACTIVITY, 

DISTRACTS FROM 

THE DISEASE, 

STRENGTHENS 

THE NERVOUS 

SYSTEM AND 

IMPROVES 

CAPACITY FOR 

WORK. 

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ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF TRAINING 

LOAD OF DIFFERENT ORIENTATION ON THE 

RECOVERY PROCESSES OF THIRD-YEAR 

MARTIAL ARTISTS 

WITH THE USE OF HARDWARE-SOFTWARE 

COMPLEX «AMSAT-COVERT» IN FITNESS 

AND FOOTBALL CLASSES 

Author: D. Evstropov, physical culture instructor GBOU 

“School named after F. M. Dostoevsky «, 1st year student of FGBOU VO «Rgufksmit» 

Evstropova G. I., instructor in physical culture GBOU «School 1367», 

2nd year student FGBOU VO «Rgufksmit» 

Keleberda Yu. V., Deputy Director, teacher of the highest qualification category 

of SE «SEC» Department of Sports of the city of Moscow, Russia 

• Abstract: the article presents a method of assessing the impact of training load 

of different orientation on the recovery processes of young athletes-martial 

artists of the third year in fitness and football classes with the use of hardwaresoftware 

complex «AMSAT-COVERT». 

• Keywords: training loads, recovery, assessment of the functional state of the 

organism. 

KELEBERDA YU. V. 

R 

ecovery processes are an integral part 

of preparing an athlete for the upcoming 

loads in the training and competition 

period. On how quickly an athlete is able to 

recover his physical, emotional and mental state 

depends. Depending on the level of the functional 

state of the body and the athlete’s qualifications, 

recovery processes take place at different 

stages at different speeds. Sky Team Christophersson, 

head of the American women’s cycling 

team, said: 

“At this level of skill, everyone trains hard, the 

whole question is how you recover.” 

Studying in college, students study different 

sports and, accordingly, experience stress that is 

not typical for them which allows us to evaluate 

the effectiveness of recovery processes. 

RECOVERY PROCESSES ARE AN INTEGRAL 

PART OF PREPARING AN ATHLETE FOR THE UPCOMING LOADS 

IN THE TRAINING AND COMPETITION PERIOD. 

ON HOW QUICKLY AN ATHLETE IS ABLE 

TO RECOVER HIS PHYSICAL, 

EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL STATE DEPENDS. 

The aim of the work is to assess the impact of 

the training load of various kinds on the recovery 

processes of young third-year martial arts athletes 

in fitness and football classes using the hardwaresoftware 

complex «AMSAT-COVERT». During the 

research period we selected third-year students 

of Group 302 in the amount of 20 young men 

aged 18 to 19 who regularly attend classes. At the 

time of the study all the subjects were healthy. 

The study involved athletes in the following 

sports: karate, judo, sambo, combat sambo, boxing, 

mixed martial arts, powerlifting, workout, 

swimming, taekwondo, and had the following 

sports categories, which are shown in Figure 1. 

To achieve this goal, objective testing methods 

were used: assessment of the functional state of 

the body using the hardware-software complex 

«AMSAT-COVERT», the test «Index Roufier». 

The study was carried out in two stages: the 

first stage – in November 2017; the second – in 

February 2018. At the first stage, testing was conducted 

on the discipline «Fitness Technology», 

when students studied power aerobics, and on 

football they simultaneously underwent technical 

and tactical training of football players. At the 

second stage, students studied Pilates in fitness, 

and in football classes – physical training of football 

players. 

Functional testing using the hardware-software 

complex «AMSAT-COVERT», consisted of 



15% 

20% 

15% 

Сandidate to master sport 

2nd adult 

50% 

1st adult 

No sports category 

Fig. 1. The percentage of sports categories 

among the examined athletes 

DUE TO THE FACT THAT DURING 

THE SCHOOL YEAR THE RECOVERY 

PROCESSES OF THE BODY OF STUDENT 

ATHLETES UNDERGO MINOR IMPROVEMENTS, 

WE CAN SAY THAT STUDENTS ARE AT 

THE PEAK OF THEIR FUNCTIONAL FORM 

AND IN GENERAL THE CLASSES 

ARE METHODICALLY COMPETENTLY 

STRUCTURED IN THE DISCIPLINES 

OF “FITNESS TECHNOLOGY” AND “FOOTBALL”. 

three dimensions: before the lesson, after the 

main part of the lesson, 15–20 minutes after the 

lesson. 

The Rufier Index test was carried out in a special 

way: the pulse was measured in a sitting position, 

then 30 deep squats were performed for 45 

seconds, and the standing pulse was immediately 

calculated, and then after a minute of rest. 

Table 1 shows the dynamics of the arithmetic 

data of the primary testing conducted using the 

AMSAT-COVERT in the fitness and football classes. 

The quantitative indicator “Level of health” 

on both fitness and football was 44 and 46%, 

respectively, “Level of health” is within the physiological 

norm. 

The indicator “Type of working capacity” on fitness 

was 6.6%. At this time, students had strength 

classes, so a significant increase in working capacity 

was noticed. On football, the positive indicator 

was 1.7%, and the negative indicator was – 8%. 

Moreover, negative performance is observed in 

athletes with a sports category not lower than 

the first, therefore, the load used is insufficient for 

qualified athletes. 

The analysis of the “Kind of Recovery” indicator 

showed that during the initial testing on fitness, 

the indicator was 4.7%, the students had strength 

classes, so the recovery processes were more intense. 

On football, the positive indicator of the 

“Type of Recovery” was 3%, and the negative indicator 

was – 3.3%. 

Table 2 presents the dynamics of indicators of 

the secondary testing conducted using the AM- 

CAT-COVERT in the fitness and football classes. 

The quantitative indicator “Health Level” in the 

secondary testing both on fitness and on football 

was 47 and 42.1%, which corresponds to the physiological 

norm. 

An analysis of the dynamics of the “Kind of 

working capacity” indicators showed that when 

re-testing on fitness, the positive indicator was 

4.4%, and the negative indicator was – 3.2%. At 

this time students studied Pilates which is static in 

nature, so a negative result appeared, therefore, in 

these classes; the load does not reach the optimal 

for students. On football, the positive indicator 

was 2.9%, and the negative indicator was – 2.4%, 

therefore, the physical load used is insufficient for 

qualified athletes. 

Analyzing the dynamics of the indicators of 

the “Type of recovery”, we saw that with repeated 

testing on fitness, the positive indicator was 

2.2%, and the negative indicator was – 1.7%. 

During this period, the students studied Pilates, 

so a negative result appeared, therefore, 

the recovery processes are not enough compared 

to the initial test. In football lessons, the 

positive indicator was 0.9%, and the negative 

indicator was – 5.2%. Due to the insufficient 

physical load in football, the recovery processes 

are insufficient. 

Table 3 presents the dynamics of the primary 

testing indicators of the “Rufier Index” without using 

the AMCAT-COVERT in the fitness and football 

classes. 

Table 1. Initial functional testing using the “AMSAT-COVERT” 

Discipline 

Quantities will 

show (%) 

Level of health Type of health Type of recovery 

Qualities will 

show 


show (%) 


show 


show (%) 


show 

Fitness 44 satisfactory 6,6 Average 4,7 Low 

Fitness 46 satisfactory 1.7 (pos.) 

–8 (negative 

Low 

3 (positive) 

–3.3 (negative) 

Low 

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Table 2. Repeated functional testing using the “AMSAT-COVERT” 

Discipline 

Quantities 

will show (%) 

Level of health Type of health Type of recovery 


show 


show (%) 


show 


show (%) 


show 

Fitness 47 satisfactory 4.4 (pos.) 


Low 

2.2 (positive) 


Low 

Fitness 42,1 satisfactory 2.9 (pos.) 


Low 

0.9 (positive) 


Low 

Analyzing the dynamics of the average indicator 

of the “Rufier Index” test it was found 

that, compared with the initial testing, it was 

improved by 0.3 y. e. – this is a slight positive 

trend. 

Comparing the results of primary and secondary 

testing using the “AMSAT-COVERT” and “Rufier 

Index” we revealed the following features. 

In the second half of the year when students 

learn Pilates in fitness classes, aerobic loads 

should be used due to increased physical activity 

in classes of «fitness technology» discipline. 

In football lessons the physical load intensity 

should be increased since the body of qualified 

athletes is adapted for the load of higher intensity; 

and the load should be differentiated for each 

student. 

Due to the fact that during the school year the 

recovery processes of the body of student athletes 

undergo minor improvements, we can say 

that students are at the peak of their functional 

form and in general the classes are methodically 

competently structured in the disciplines of “fitness 

technology” and “football”. 

THE STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES: 

THE FIRST STAGE – IN NOVEMBER 2017; 

THE SECOND – IN FEBRUARY 2018. 

AT THE FIRST STAGE, 

TESTING WAS CONDUCTED ON THE DISCIPLINE 

«FITNESS TECHNOLOGY», 

WHEN STUDENTS STUDIED POWER AEROBICS, 

AND ON FOOTBALL THEY SIMULTANEOUSLY 

UNDERWENT TECHNICAL 

AND TACTICAL TRAINING OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS. 

AT THE SECOND STAGE, STUDENTS STUDIED PILATES IN 

FITNESS, AND IN FOOTBALL CLASSES – 

PHYSICAL TRAINING 

OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS. 

Table 3. Testing. The Rufier Index 

Discipline 

Quantities will show (cu) 

“The Rufier Index” 

Qualities will show 

Fitness / Football from 8.7 to 9.0 satisfactory 



EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS 

OF VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL 

ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS 

FOR ATHLETES, «PHYSICAL CULTURE 

AND SPORTS» STUDENTS 

Author: Eremin M.V., Ph.D., 

associate professor, teacher of the highest category 

Milyukov A. I., specialist in nutrition and weight loss, 

Moscow Secondary Specialized School of Olympic Reserve No. 1 

(MSSUOR No. 1) Department of Sports of the city of Moscow, Russia, State budgetary 

professional educational institution “Russian State Social University (RSSU)”, 

Moscow eremin-max@mail.ru milyukov-1997@mail.ru 

EREMIN M.V. 

• Abstract: We conducted a study to determine the effectiveness of the 

implemented distance learning systems for athletes, to identify the advantages 

and disadvantages and ways to solve them to increase the efficiency of 

education. E-learning is becoming more popular among the leading universities 

in the country, so this subject-matter is becoming one of the most important and 

requires careful and more detailed consideration. 

• Key words: distance learning, athletes, virtual educational environment systems, 

the DLE system (Distance Learning Environment system), physical education, 

sport. 

T 

MILYUKOV A. I. 

he relevance of research. To 

date, the introduction of information 

tools and means has affected 

education. There is a lot of discussion 

and debate on this innovation. It is important 

that the virtual educational environment 

would be used with benefit for 

all students, both for ordinary students 

and for sports students. Educational institutions 

should conduct the process of 

teaching students in a quality manner, 

therefore, e-learning should be useful, 

this point will be given our attention in 

the research process [1, 2]. 

The purpose of the study is to determine 

the effectiveness of virtual educational 

environment systems for athletes 

studying outside the institution, for 

those who are at training sessions or 

competitions. 

Methodology and organization of 

research. In the process of a sociological 

study, a questionnaire survey method is 

used to determine the effectiveness of 

the distance learning environment for 

students of higher educational institutions. 

The questionnaire through the 

Google online service consisted of 22 

questions. The study was conducted in 

Moscow on the basis of 2 universities 

and 1 school: Russian State Social University 

(RSSU); Russian State University 

of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and 

Tourism (GTSOLIFK) and Moscow Secondary 

Specialized School of Olympic 

Reserve No. 1 (MSSUOR No. 1). 

Subjects. During the study 100 athletes 

trainees in educational institutions 

on the “moodle” and “Hyper Method” 

platforms were interviewed, with emphasis 

on 2 universities and 1 Secondary 

Specialized School. 

The results of the study. 

We interviewed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 

year athletes. 

The survey was attended by: 1st year 

students – 51%; 2nd year – 27%, while 

3rd year athletes – 15%, and 4th year 

students – 7%. 

At the same time, the bulk of the respondents 

study: full-time – 84%, and 

extramural – 16%. 

When processing data on the question 

“Do you use capabilities of the Internet 

in the educational process?” We received 

the following answer: 96% of athletes use 

the Internet for learning and 4% do not. 

To the request “Describe the quality of 

the Internet at the university,” all athletes 

generally said that they were satisfied 

with the level of the Internet resource 

service. 

THE E-LEARNING SYSTEM 

IN MODERN REALITIES CLEARLY POSITIVELY 

AFFECTS THE PROCESS OF TRAINING ATHLETES. 

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27% 

Fig. 1. What year 

student are you? 

51% 

When answering the question “Are 

technical means (e-learning) necessary 

in higher education institutions?” Opinions 

were divided. 

61% of respondents believe that e- 

learning makes life easier for athletes in 

universities since training sessions and 

competitions make them unable to fully 

attend classes. And with the introduction 

of this system athletes can learn 

and do tasks without interruption from 

the competitive process. But at the same 

time 24% believe that e-learning will reduce 

the level of knowledge of athletes 

due to the lack of a teacher-student 

dialogue; 13% believe that e-learning 

makes it possible to learn from anywhere 

in the world and benefits not only athletes 

but other students who due to life 

circumstances (disability) cannot study 

full-time; and 2% believe that e-learning 

is beneficial only to people of retirement 

age and working citizens who do not 

have time to attend university. 

To the question “How do you feel 

about the DLE system (Distance Learning 

Environment system)?” 53% said 

they were positive, 24% of respondents 

were indifferent to this system, 14% of 

athletes were negative and 9% of respondents 

scared e-learning. 

Answering the question “In your opinion, 

the DLE system effectively affects 

and improves the knowledge of athletes?” 

various answers were received: 

51% of respondents approve of this 

24% 

61% 

15% 

7% 

2% 

13% 

1 

2 

3 

4 

system, it makes life easier not only for 

athletes, but also for the teaching staff; 

25% are critical due to constant system 

failures; 18% believe that due to the lack 

of a human factor the level of education 

is declining, and 6% the e-learning system 

is difficult to understand, and they 

are against. 

Discussion of the results of the 

study. 

When answering the question “In 

general, the DLE system rationally evaluates 

student knowledge?” opinions of 

the athletes were divided. 

54% of athletes generally approve of 

the e-learning system, and believe that 

it contributes to the university education, 

but 46% of respondents do not 

like the system and believe that it is not 

fully completed and improvements are 

needed. 

When answering the question “Does 

the DLE system need to be improved?” 

89% of the athletes answered “yes”, and 

46% said “no”. 

To the question “What suggestions 

can you put forward to improve the DLE 

system?” A large number of proposals 

were received, the most popular were to: 

1. Make the work more stable; develop 

an understandable design for easier 

navigation of the site for the average 

user; 

2. Organize training courses that will 

teach how to use this system; 

3. Develop a mobile application of 

DLE, improving the interaction of the 

student with the teacher; 

4. Offer more electronic textbooks to 

improve the flow of information and updating 

material in the system. 

In general this system in universities is 

Fig. 2. Are technical tools 

and means (e-learning) 

needed in higher education? 

Yes, they make learning easier 

No, with the full transition to e-learning, the level of 

knowledge of students will decrease 

No, e-learning benefits retirees, youth harms 

Yes, you can study anywhere in the world and at any 

convenient time. 

Fig. 3. In general, the DLE system 

(Distance Learning Environment) 

rationally evaluates student knowledge? 

Yes 

being modernized and every year there 

will be less problematic issues. And athletes 

will be able to complete tasks without 

difficulty. 

Conclusions. The e-learning system 

in modern realities clearly positively affects 

the process of training athletes. 

Especially the e-learning system has a 

positive effect on athletes: due to competitions 

and trainings sessions, athletes 

cannot attend lectures and seminars at 

universities. With the transition to online 

technologies in the educational process, 

in particular, and the introduction of distance 

learning systems (e-learning) in 

the interval between competitions and 

training sessions athletes can perform 

tasks stipulated by the course and subject 

and send them to the teacher for 

verification. It would save a lot of energy, 

time and money. 

LITERATURE: 

46% 

54% 

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY IS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS 

OF VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS FOR ATHLETES 

STUDYING OUTSIDE THE INSTITUTION, FOR THOSE WHO ARE AT 

TRAINING SESSIONS OR COMPETITIONS. 

Not 

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of restoring and strengthening the body 

/ M. V. Eremin, A. I. Milyukov // In coll. articles 

of the International scientific-practical 

conference “Innovative technologies 

in modern science.” – M., 2017 .- – S. 87-89. 

2. Chernova A. V. The role of social networks 

in e-learning for physical education / A. V. 

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2018 .- – S. 78-82. 


FOOD 

WITH AGE IN 

CALORIES 

INCREASES! 

NUTRITION IS THE MAIN CONDITION 

FOR HUMAN EXISTENCE, AND FOR AN ATHLETE PLAYS 

A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE TRAINING 

PROCESS AND COMPETITIVE ACTIVITY. 

Calorie distribution according to age: 

ATHLETE AGE 

DAILY CALORIES 

from 5 to 8 years 





2800 kcal 

3000 kcal 

3400 kcal 

4000 kcal 

5000 kcal 

It is customary to classify the caloric need for normalization of body weight for citizens depending 

on the mode of work: 

GROUP 1 – persons engaged in mental work and 

persons performing work in a sitting position 

(students, schoolchildren, accountants, etc.) – 

3000 calories. 

GROUP 2 – persons who are engaged in physical 

mechanized labor (work on machine tools or 

conveyors in factories and enterprises, the work 

of builders using a crane, drivers, and so on) – 


GROUP 3 – persons engaged in non-mechanized, 

moderately heavy physical labor (movers) – 4000 

calories. 

GROUP 4 – persons engaged in heavy physical 

labor (athletes of the highest achievements) – 4500- 


Each person, regardless of the activity, is obliged 

to monitor calories consumed and lead an active 

lifestyle to maintain normal body weight. 

Milyukov A. I., 

specialist in nutrition and weight loss, 

Russian state social 

University (RSSU), Moscow 

Instagram: @ alexander.milyukov 

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COLLEGE FLAG 

TRAVEL 

I 

n Kamchatka, on the slope of the Avachinsky 

volcano, participants in a patriotic action unfurled 

Russia’s largest national flag. 

A tricolor with the area of 1423 square meters was 

deployed on the slope of the Avachinsky volcano. 18 

participants lifted a banner rolled into a 30-meter roll, 

the weight of which exceeds 80 kilograms. Help in the 

deployment of the flag they had from the Ministry of 

Emergency Situations. 

The organizers of the action had already hit the 

Russian Book of Records, after the largest Russian tricolor 

was deployed in the Arctic on drifting ice, in the air near 

Zvenigorod, and also on the ice of Lake Baikal. In the future, 

the largest state flag is planned to be deployed in Antarctica. 


NORTH POLE 

On April 23, 2018 our Russian flag was 

deployed in the Arctic on the drifting ice 

of the North Pole. This fact was recorded in 

the Russian Book of Records as the largest 

state flag unfurled on the drifting ice of the 

North Pole. 

LAND 

On August 22, 2018 in the framework 

of the celebration of the State Flag Day 

of the Russian Federation on the territory 

of the School of Olympic Reserve No. 1 in 

Moscow, a presentation and deployment 

was made with the most prominent 

representatives of culture and politics, 

the motorcycle club «Izmaylovo Night 

Wolves», Olympic champions, deputies, 

children from orphanages the largest flag 

of our homeland. 

AIR 

On September 15, 2018 near 

Zvenigorod, two balloons under the 

control of experienced balloonists 

lifted our tricolor up. Today it is the 

largest flag of the Russian Federation 

represented in the airspace. A record 

was recorded and was entered into 

the Book of Records of Russia and the 

world. 

WATER 

February 26, 2019. Irkutsk Region, 

Lake Baikal, a flag demonstration on the 

ice of the lake took place. The record was 

recorded as the largest flag unfurled on 

the ice of the lake, and was entered into 

the Book of Records of Russia and the 

world. 

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THE PEAK 

At an altitude of 4,500 m, on the 

highest mountain in Europe, Elbrus, 

a flag was displayed. The record was 

recorded as the largest flag unfurled 

at the highest altitude of the Earth’s 

surface and was entered into the Book 

of Records of Russia and the world. 

RESISTANCE 

February 16, 2019, Crimea, Sevastopol. 

Together with the authorities and 

residents of the Crimea the flag was 

demonstrated. 

ANTARCTICA 

The sixth continent was discovered 

by Russian researchers in 1820, the 

Vostok and Mirny ships, commanded by 

Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail 

Lazarev, approached Antarctica, but 

the researchers did not land ashore due 

to severe weather conditions. This is a 

beautiful and harsh land, on which record 

frosts are recorded, strong winds blow 

and funny birds, penguins, live. There 

are no permanent residents. In the warm 

season several thousand scientists and 

tourists come here, in cold weather the 

population of the mainland does not 

exceed one thousand people. 

Introducing interesting facts about 

Antarctica. 

Antarctica was not always covered 

with ice, probably in the distant past it 

had lush vegetation and rich wildlife. 

Despite the fact that there are few ice-free 

territories (the ice shell covers 98 percent of 

the mainland) scientists managed to find 

the remains of four dinosaurs. 

There are dry valleys on the mainland 

in which there is no snow and ice on the 

surface. Strong winds blow away all the 

snow; under the influence of hurricanes 

that reach a speed of 320 kilometers per 

hour all the moisture evaporates. 

It was in this place that we unveiled the 

flag of the School of Olympic Reserve No. 

1, Moscow. 


ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING 

SPORTS EVENTS 

HOCKEY. 

YOUTH 

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (U20) 

(Ostrava, Tršinec, Czech Republic) 


EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 

(Graz, Austria) 

III WINTER YOUTH 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

(Lausanne, Switzerland) 

FIGURE SKATING WORLD 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

AMONG JUNIORS 

(Tallinn, Estonia) 


2020 WORLD CUP 

(Montreal, Canada)

"Olympic Reserve" Scientific and Methodological Journal No 4

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