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Familiar names on the pedestal

From December 14 to 15, the 56th freestyle wrestling championship of the Republic of Buryatia was held at the Physical Culture and Sports Complex in honor of the Honored Coach of Russia, Master of Sports of the USSR, World Champion among veterans Viktor Baimeev.

Viktor Vasilyevich Baimeev is a legend of the Buryat wrestling. He opened the first freestyle wrestling section in Buryatia, and for about 15 years he headed the School of Higher Sports Excellence. On the initiative of Viktor Vasilyevich, the first freestyle wrestling championship of the republic was organized in 1962.

At the 56th championship, Honored Coach Viktor Baimeev greeted the participants and shared his memories:

- Back in 1962, we, a group of student wrestlers from the sports department and physics department, came to the Spartak gym, where the guys trained in Greco-Roman wrestling. After three months of training, we decided to stay in the gym for 30-40 minutes and asked permission from the administration to train in freestyle wrestling. And so we, not knowing the rules and fighting techniques of freestyle wrestling, practiced and fought in Buryat wrestling ourselves. And then Viktor Morozov came to us from Burevestnik and trained us for three months. After him, Viktor Borisov was the coach, and many other coaches. And immediately after that, the master of sports Vasily Garmaev appeared, the second was Nima Ivakhinov, and the third was me. And then a galaxy of sports masters went on,- said the coach.

The championship participants were also greeted by the Minister of Sports and Youth Policy of Buryatia, Vyacheslav Damdintsurunov. He noted that this championship is the main sporting event for freestyle wrestlers; based on its results, the national freestyle wrestling team of the Republic of Buryatia will be formed.

- Today the championship is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the honored coach Viktor Baimeev. I have known him for a long time, since 2001, when I entered the Buryat State University. Despite the fact that I was not involved in freestyle wrestling, I saw how this coach works. Many of my friends were and remain students of Viktor Vasilyevich. This is one of the founders of freestyle wrestling in Buryatia. It’s nice that champions, international masters of sports are standing in the ranks at the opening parade today, this shows that we do not forget traditions and honor our elders, respect and honor our veterans,- said the minister.

Based on the results of the championship, places were distributed in the following order:

57 kg: 1. Denis Danzhalov, 2. Baras Shoipolov, 3. Timur Bayarov, Myagmar Dalaev.

61 kg: 1. Solbon Tumenbayarov, 2. Zhargal Damdinov, 3. Alexey Mantatov, Bulat Bayaskholonov.

65 kg: 1. Alexander Bogomoev, 2. Bayashlan Ochirov, 3. Erdem Sharastepanov, Bulat Batoev.

70 kg: 1. Alexey Borovitskaya, 2. Bayar Tsyrenov, 3. Ochir Dorzhiev, Sansaran Zhansaranov.

74 kg: 1. Evgeniy Zherbaev, 2. Buyan Tsyrenov, 3. Tumen Erkhituev, Aldar Garmatarov.

79 kg: 1. Arsalan Budazhapov, 2. Alexander Tsoktoev, 3. Vitaly Bazarov, Ayur Galsanov.

86 kg: 1. Alexey Sabidaev, 2. Delger Dabain, 3. Badma Balzhinimaev.

92 kg: 1. Baras Bazarov, 2. Alexey Anishchik, 3. Andrey Elbaskin.

97 kg: 1. Alexander Dambaev, 2. Alexander Khantakov, 3. Bulat Darizhapov.

125 kg: 1. Bator Dorzhiev, 2. Evgeniy Kolychev, 3. Dmitry Zhargalanov, Erdem Tsyrenzhapov.

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The wind of hopes and partings. The first spring wind of love. Free steppe wind. And freestyle. All this happened in the life of a man of extraordinary destiny. There was also a wartime childhood filled with anxiety. There were also victories - over oneself, over circumstances, victories at work and, of course, in sports, on the wrestling mat.

In search of truth

The hero of our story won his main victories in his short sports career in the now distant 1962 - at the first two championships of the republic in freestyle wrestling. However, for five decades there was no definitive list of the winners of those Republican wrestling forums. It was based on newspaper publications, which included inaccuracies, and on the fading memories of sports veterans.

Four years ago, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of freestyle wrestling in Buryatia, the leading sports historian of the republic, Candidate of Historical Sciences, began searching for documents that were supposed to shed light on the truth. Vladimir Fomin. After a painstaking search, he managed to find in the archives the protocols of the first and second wrestling championships of the republic, which took place in 1962: the individual championship took place in January, and the individual-team championship in November. According to the competition protocols found by Vladimir Aleksandrovich, we had in our hands documented lists of the winners of those memorable championships. So, judging by the protocols, the winners (in order of weight categories) were: individual championship (January 27-28, 1962) - V. Sandakdorzhiev(52 kg, “Labor”), M. Kharpukhaev(57 kg, “Spartak”), S. Dobrynin(63 kg, “Spartak”), I. Babkin(70 kg, “Spartak”), B. Churakov(78 kg, “Spartak”), V. Garmaev(87 kg, Agricultural Institute). Personal-team championship (October 27-28, 1962) – Sandakdorzhiev, Kharpukhaev, Baimeev (“Petrel”), Norboev (“Petrel”), Syrkin (“Trud”), Shakhtorin (“Petrel”), Pashkevich (“Hammer”) "), Mikheev ("Petrel").

It turns out that V. Sandakdorzhiev (as written in the competition protocol) forever entered the history of sports in Buryatia as the first champion of the first Buryatia freestyle wrestling championship. Unfortunately, the protocols did not indicate the names and patronymics of the winners, only the initial letters of the names. This, of course, made it difficult to find a champion about whom little is known. And a lot of water has flowed under the full-flowing Khilka since then, and therefore the veterans of wrestling did not remember anything about it. Only the aksakal of the struggle, Nima Ivakhinov, did not deny that there was such a fighter - Sandakdorzhiev, and pointed out the direction (though not entirely accurate) of the search - the Aginsky Buryat Okrug.

The search for one of the pioneers of freestyle wrestling of the republic dragged on for four years... Wherever I turned during this time - to the editorial office of the regional newspaper of the Kizhinginsky District (the surname Sandakdorzhiev is common in those parts) and to television - but all to no avail. And finally, this spring, thanks to information from a journalist Soelma Sandakdorzhieva in the handset of the mobile phone I heard the voice of the pioneer freestyler.

Are you Sandakdorzhiev, the first champion? - I ask, doubting, what if it’s not him?

There is a pause on the mobile phone. And then - oh, Eureka! - the long-awaited answer: “Yes, I fought in the sixty-second championship of the republic.”

What's your name? – I’m in a hurry to quickly find out the name and patronymic of one of the pioneers of the sport, strong and strong-willed people.

According to the documents, the hero of our story is Badma Erdyneevich Sandakdorzhiev, but all his life he has been called Sergei Erdyneevich.

I've been off my feet searching. And the first champion, it turns out, has been living next to us for many years. Due to modesty, he never announced himself or talked about his achievements in sports. I didn’t beat myself in the chest with my fist, saying that I am well-deserved and over-deserved.

As I expected, it turned out that the wrestler Sergey (Badma) Sandakdorzhiev after his memorable victories he left the borders of Buryatia. And after graduating from high school, he “gave up” with wrestling and rarely visited the city of his youth...

Memories came flooding back to Sergei Erdyneevich...

I joined the fight late

There is an amazingly beautiful place in Transbaikalia - the valley of the “turbulent” Khilka, or rather, a region shrouded in legends at the foot of three mountains - Gurban Baytahad. It was there that the son of collective farmer Sandakdorzhi Erdyneev was born in the harsh winter of 1943.

It was hard, very hard,” Sergei Erdyneevich mentally transports himself to his childhood. - Hungry, cold. We never ate enough bread.

From childhood he began helping his parents with housework. From the age of four, the young boy, who had grown up early, began hauling haystacks. Chopped wood, carried water. The boy’s already difficult situation was aggravated by the fact that his dad was “taken away” during the war. And they imprisoned his father, who worked as a collective farm accountant and storekeeper, accusing him of “embezzlement” (180 kg of grain were missing). Three young children were left in the mother’s arms...

What kind of sport is there after the war, there was no time before that! - continues Sergei Erdyneevich. – Yes, and there were no sections in our village. Sometimes, however, they played rounders and ball.

He joined the sport quite late by modern standards.

In 1960, I failed the exam at the Agricultural Institute and got a job as a worker in the capital construction department of an aircraft plant, living in a dormitory,” recalls the sports veteran. – In mid-October, I saw an advertisement for recruiting young people for classical (Greco-Roman) wrestling and came to the gym of school No. 22.

So his first coach in the “classics” was the doctor of the physical education and sports dispensary, Vladimir Intigrinov. It was then that in a small school gym on folding mats, he showed the first techniques to a newcomer from Transbaikal who was burning with the desire to achieve something in sports - throws through the hip and bending over the “bridge”. The young wrestler, who was not distinguished by good “physics,” focused his training on technique. Soon he replenished his arsenal with “coasting”.

In September sixty-one, Sergei, as part of the Trud-2 team, took second place in the republican championship in classical wrestling. In the fall, he began training under the tutelage of Mels Kharpukhaev, who at the same time trained novice freestyle wrestlers.

Got “from the ship to the ball”

In January sixty-two, according to Sergei Erdyneevich, they began to recruit the Buryatia freestyle wrestling team to participate in the zonal championship in Vladivostok. The decisive stage of the selection was the first championship in the history of the republic. The winner of the historical competition, Sergei Sandakdorzhiev, was naturally included in the national team.

In the first “zone” the team did not compete so well - they took second or third place, although from the end, recalls the wrestling veteran. – Then I lost to a Yakut wrestler and a Khabarovsk fighter. After the zonal competitions, our section closed (the coach left), and I had nowhere to train. Therefore, I worked in fits and starts, either in Trud or in Spartak.

In Trud I trained for some time with Sergei Dobrynin: I went there so as not to lose shape, because as part of “Trud” I was preparing for the second personal-team championship of the republic among freestyle athletes. And after the Buryatia Championship, where he again became the best in the flyweight category, he was “jumped off the boat to the ball”: he was drafted into the army.

Sergei Sandakdorzhiev served in the Trans-Baikal Military District. It remains a mystery how he could be called up for service with such poor eyesight (-6.5).

Just at that time, the Chita army wrestlers were trained by the legendary mentor - Honored Trainer of the RSFSR Ilya Romanovich Frundzhiev. Once, an eminent coach, seeing a Buryat “flyman” on the mat, did not fail to use the instruction: “Seryozha, your legs are as thin as matches: you need to lift the barbell!”

There were other, no less interesting, and sometimes funny episodes in the sports biography of the first champion. Once on the plane, the head of the Buryat delegation that was flying to Grozny several times turned to Sergei “Leonid Khadalaevich” to remember the “new name”, because due to the lack of a qualification category, he had to go to a competition in 1966 Grozny under someone else's name.

Sergei Erdyneevich will never forget the instructions of the outstanding Buryat coach Gennady Baimeev(during the years of study at the Institute of Technology). Due to poor eyesight, doctors forbade him to go on the wrestling mat, and Gennady Batiurovich somehow managed to negotiate with the doctors so that Sergei would compete.

After graduating from VSTI (now VSGUTU), Sergei Sandakdorzhiev forever hung up wrestling. As assigned, he went to work in his small homeland - in the Khiloksky district. He worked as a foreman at Mezhkolkhozstroy.

And in 1978 he returned to Buryatia. He settled in the village of Tamcha, Selenginsky district. He worked on the railway (before retiring in PCh-14). There, in Tamcha, somewhere in the depths of his soul, Sergei Erdyneevich always wanted to train boys. In the early 80s, after a visit from one of the first masters of sports in freestyle wrestling of Buryatia, he tried to create a freestyle wrestling section. It didn’t work out: it wasn’t possible to “knock out” the wrestling mats.

But everything turned out well for the elder of struggle in life. Sergei Erdyneevich has long been on a well-deserved rest. He takes care of the garden “at the dacha.” He rejoices at the successes of the Buryat “freestylers” and, of course, the successes of his children – Erdeni, Zorigto and otkhonchik Balzhit. They are already adults, they have long stood on their feet. He dotes on his two granddaughters. And he advises young people to break away from computers, video games and play sports.

“Sport is sport, it gives a person health, physical strength and self-confidence,” says the elder of freestyle wrestling of Buryatia and smiles. Maybe he remembers how he worked miracles on elastic flooring?..

Photo from the personal archive of Sergei Sandakdorzhiev

"BMK" sums up the performance of the Buryat men's team at the last Russian Championship

Why one medal is not a failure

In the city of Odintsovo, Moscow region, from August 3 to 5, the Russian Freestyle Wrestling Championship took place. The Republic of Buryatia was represented by 11 athletes, one of whom, Dashi Sharastepanov, won a bronze medal. In the Buryatia wrestling communities on social networks, many fans were upset. There were comments with harsh criticism; some considered the result of the championship for the Buryatia team to be a failure.

“BMK” analyzed the results of Buryat wrestlers at the national championships since 2009. One medal as a result of a competition for us is simply quantitative stability. In 2009, in Kazan, Vladimir Vilmov and Bayar Tsyrenov won two bronze medals in the weight category up to 60 kg. Viktor Banzaraktsaev then had 5th place, and in 2010 in Volgograd he had bronze in the weight of 60 kg. Bayar Tsyrenov became fifth. In 2011, in Yakutsk, Alexander Bogomoev won one bronze medal in the up to 57 kg category. In the weight up to 60 kg, Bayar Tsyrenov was fifth again. At the pre-Olympic Russian Championship 2012 in St. Petersburg, two bronze medals in the 60 kg category remained with Bogomoev and Bato Badmaev. Then in 2013 in Krasnoyarsk we again had only one medal, and it was the silver award of Bazar Zhalsapov in the weight 57 kg. Again, one, but a gold medal, Alexander Bogomoev won in the 61 kg weight class in 2014 in Yakutsk. Only 5th place in the same category went to Viktor Banzaraktsaev. The following year, 2015 in Kaspiysk, the Buryat team won two awards at the Russian Championship - “gold” in the weight category up to 61 kg for Alexander Bogomoev and “bronze” for Evgeniy Zherbaev in the category up to 70 kg. The fifth was Bato Badmaev.

In 2016, Bogomoev was stable in Yakutsk - a gold medal (up to 57 kg). Baldan Tsyzhipov won the second medal, bronze, in the weight category up to 125 kg. Aldar Balzhinimaev and Dashi Sharastepanov were close to the podium, they had fifth places in the weight categories up to 57 and up to 61 kg. At the national championship last year, the only medalist was Tsybik Maksarov (125 kg).

That is, this year would have been a failure if the team had been left without medals at all. Fans are also accustomed to the fact that the leader of the wrestlers of Buryatia, Alexander Bogomoev, brought gold for three years (2014-2016), but now he has been defeated. In 2017, the athlete missed the Championship due to injury.

That's why Bogomoev lost

According to a BMK source close to the Buryat national team, the struggle of the three-time Russian champion and winner of the 2015 Eurocup Alexandra Bogomoeva didn't work out because of his illness.

- Sasha was sick! The day before the start, they cut out boils (acute inflammation - editor's note) on his neck. This has a great effect on fitness and is very relaxing to the body. Probably everyone noticed Sasha’s unusual fatigue!– said the source.

For medical reasons, doctors removed the athlete from the competition before the fight for 3rd place. Alexander Bogomoev lost before Magomedrasul Idrisov, who became the champion of the weight category up to 61 kg.

Bogomoev himself refused to comment on his state of health and the reasons for his withdrawal from the competition, neither confirming nor denying information about health problems. The athlete, in a conversation with a BMK correspondent, admitted that, of course, he was upset by this failure.

- No problem at all. There are no excuses in sports -said Alexander Bogomoev.

- You are still the best, Sasha! Tokyo 2020 is ahead. The main thing is that there are no health problems, get better!- fans of the wrestler write.

Fleeting Luck

Buryatia was still able to show a decent school of wrestling at the Russian Championship in Odintsovo. For the first time and successfully at this level, a 20-year-old showed himself Bulat Bayaskholonov. In the up to 61 kg category, he reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Magomedrasul Idrisov, who had just won the fight against Bogomoev, but experience played a role - Idrisov advanced further.

- Bulat fought great! He walked forward, as if he had been given the order “not a step back!” Shooting!” There was not a twinkle in his eyes, but a whole flame, although this was the first championship for 20-year-old Bulat!– said the ex-senior coach of the youth team of Buryatia Bayar Tsyrenov about the struggle of Bulat Bayaskholonov.

- Bayaskholonov reminds Budaev, there is no back speed - impetuous, brave, not afraid to make mistakes, this is his success, I’m proud of his fights,- wrote one of the fans of the Buryat wrestling on Vkontakte.

World, European, Russian and Asian champion Boris Budaev cheers for the wrestlers of Buryatia at the Russian Championship 2018

Many of the Buryatia team showed themselves worthy, but luck seemed to elude the wrestlers. Alexey Sabidaev could well have reached the bronze medal. But he lost one step away from a medal due to a rib injury he received in a previous meeting.

Arsalan Budazhapovalmost reached the final, but in the 1/4 fight with Lapshov, with the score 3:1 in his favor, in the last 10 seconds he missed a hold behind his back and lost with the score 3:3.

Evgeniy Zherbaevin the weight category up to 70 kg, he immediately won the first fight due to the absence of his opponent. Magomedmurad Dadaev did not lose weight. That is, he entered the 1/8 bout with Olympic champion Soslan Ramonov without warming up, while Ramonov had already won two meetings with Abutalim Gamzaev and David Baev before that. As a result, Evgeniy Zherbaev lost to Ramonov, but the judges’ decision can be called controversial.

- Zhenya constantly dominated on the mat, there are no authorities for him, the judges are afraid to show a liability to the Olympic champion, the Siberian wrestlers and the Yakuts clearly lack a “lobbyist”, they impudently condemn him, they even arrange the draw as they want. For some reason, they exempt some from the championship. They let you know in advance that places in the national team have already been reserved. Zherbaev can worthily defend the colors of any team as the first number, as well as Bogomoev, Sharastepanov, Budazhapov, - expressed an opinionBayaskhalan Batoevin the group “Fighters of Buryatia” on VKontakte.

Evgeniy Zherbaev refused to comment on his result. He stated that he would only speak when he started winning. The athlete is upset, but at the same time he previously became the best at the Russian Championship among students in the weight category up to 70 kg and has the right to participate in the World Championship among students in Brazil. Alexey Borovitsky (up to 65 kg) also received a ticket to the world student championship. The competition took place in September.

The fight deserves special attention Bayara Tsyrenova. After the bronze medal at the 2009 Championship, the athlete cannot get into the prizes, remaining one step away from the podium. Three years in a row he reached the semi-finals and lost.

- At this championship, I staged the fight with Goygereev a little wrong. And in the consoling meeting with Yakut Bulatov, the mistake on my part was that I paid more attention to small dirty tricks on his part - he grabbed his fingers, twisted them. It was necessary to answer him in the same way and continue to fight,- said Bayar Tsyrenov.