Russian Greco-Roman wrestler Aues Gonibov said the most difficult thing was mentally preparing for the World Championships in Serbia, as Russian wrestlers had not participated in international competitions for two years.
On Friday, Gonibov defeated Turk Burhan Akbudak with a score of 6:3 in the fight for the bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade in the non-Olympic weight category up to 82 kg.
-Your lip is broken. What happened?
“I didn’t even notice it.” It’s a fight, a blow to the face, a scratch. I hope it will heal before the wedding.
— In the fight for bronze, the world champion came up against you.
“Since the beginning of this year, I was targeting him, not in the third place match, but to fight him in the final and win the championship belt. Nothing, that means I only deserve third place for now.
— What happened in the quarterfinals in the fight with Guseinov? You were leading the score.
— I took a 5:0 lead and stopped too early. It was not necessary to stop, but to end it. The coaches shouted, but I didn’t listen and I lost. You have to listen to the coaches. It cost me the belt and the gold medal in this tournament. It can be said that in the fight for bronze, I felt the fight for the championship. I think this is not the limit of my abilities, I will continue to improve and improve.
— What was the most difficult thing during this World Championship?
– Prepare yourself mentally. We have not fought anywhere for two years, the first start and immediately the licensed world championship. I’m not first, of course, but at least I was caught up in the top three.
– 82 kg – non-Olympic weight. What are your plans for the future, will you stay at your weight?
— At the beginning of this year, the coach told me: if you win the world championship, then you will move up to Olympic weight up to 87 kg. I didn’t win the championship, so I always have a conversation with my personal trainer. We’ll see later. Typically, on non-training days, I weigh between 86 and 87 kg. Gaining weight is easier than losing it.
— You won the first medal for our Greco-Roman wrestling team. What is the atmosphere in the team currently?
– Yes, for some reason the first day did not go well for us. But tomorrow there are still three weights, two Olympic and one non-Olympic. There is a lot of hope for them. I think they all deserve gold medals and will show a worthy fight.
— How did you get into wrestling? Could you imagine, as a child, that you would become a medalist at the World Championships?
“My older brothers took me to practice, where I just did a somersault during the warm-up and didn’t do anything else, went home. Ultimately, I stayed in the fight. My dream since childhood was to participate in the World Championships and win them. The main goal of every wrestler is to win the World Championship and the Olympic Games. But two or three years ago, I couldn’t have imagined that I would get to the World Championships so quickly. Thank God everything is okay.
— What are your immediate plans?
“I’ll go home, rest a little and then we’ll see,” the correspondent reports, reporting Gonibov’s words.
The World Championships in Serbia will end on September 24. Watch live broadcasts of World Championship fights on the “Match!” channel. »Fighter” and the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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