[000:00:00;00] i lost my father very early, i was 6 years old, and yes, in fact, when my father was alive, i was always the center of attention, i was the most beloved child, because i was the last, you were the last, yes yes, i am the fourth child in the family, after i had already lost my father, uh, my older brother took over my upbringing, i grew up in very harsh conditions, that is , they asked me harshly, uh, but at the same time they didn’t always explain everything, why? such an attitude at one time or another, that is, i got hit on the head, but i got all this for the job. you you mentioned that you lost your father early, what memories do you have of him? he worked for me as a historian at school, a teacher, he was very respected in our village, and my mother also worked, only my mother worked in another school, a teacher

of russian language and literature, my father worked... in the first school, my mother in the second, and uh , he had a lot of friends, he, uh, his students always treated him, let’s say, with great respect, because he was moderately strict, he was always dressed to the nines, he was very creative, loved music very much, played the piano, played the accordion, that is , sometimes he could just... play opposite his mother and sing to his mother. under whose influence did you become interested in wrestling? probably under the influence of my older brother, but he didn’t study either? yes, he was also involved in wrestling, but you know, it came to me somehow spontaneously, by accident, because no matter how much i had thoughts, i had no, no goal to engage in wrestling, no one told me about it , i knew that my brother goes to

the wrestling section, and... when, just like that, here i am i lost my father, several years passed, a volleyball teacher lived opposite us in a private house, we went to the gym with her , the girls were training, they gave me, well, older girls, they gave me a ball, i hit this ball against the wall, and how since there was such a ventilation shaft in this wall, closed with a grate, yeah, and from there you know how the steam came out, i became interested. such dull knocks, some sounds, something was falling there, yes, and i became interested in what was there, i took this ball, walked around, this hall, on the other side i walk in, open the door, just like that, i remember how now, i open the door, i just put my head in, i look into the hall, the coach is so menacing, big, yuri kurbanov, he once

looked at me like that, i’m a girl, in such a stern voice, and i’m so lost, i say, i’m not a girl, i say, like i’m not a girl , a real man, here, look, i still remember, i still have a voice, and you’re here with a ball running around with girls, you want to become a man, i say, well yes, i want to, come into the hall, he has this voice, i went into the hall, he says, sit over there, sit in the corner there, i went, quietly, with this sword, sat in the corner, and the training took place for about an hour and a half. i watched it all, you know, i fell in love with this sport, these were your first impressions when you came to training, a child comes to training at 9-10 years old, coaches work with them for 2-3 years to strengthen their general muscular frame , wrestling is a very specific sport that requires from a child, first of all, such general physical development, i was

such a child, not quite healthy, let’s say. but i was very fast, nimble and that’s always been the case for me it helped, well, for the first 2-3 years it was a lot of fun in training, they gave us a ball , we ran on our knees and played rugby, yes, we did exercises for the general physical strengthening of our muscular frame, that is , well, little by little, little by little you know , so it’s beautiful... it requires considerable financial investments, so who helped you? there was such a wrestler at that time, ali aliyev, a five-time world champion, he worked after sports, headed the republican wrestling federation, and was the head of the republican clinical hospital, and when a new hospital opened in our area, he came to the opening and

it just so happened that at the same time... the district athletics competition was held in the gym, where i competed, my second competition, and he came in just to have a look, he still answers for the struggle, to see how the struggle develops in the area. and i lose before his eyes, i become fourth, but when already sitting bright explained to me what was what, scolded me, at this time he calls my name and receives a prize for the will to win, alim selimov, and i am on these trembling i walk towards him on my feet, he hugs me like that, turns me towards people, build, he says, alim, you know, he says, you are very good... the quality of a wrestler, i tell my older brother, i say, brother, i have a goal in life appeared, he says, what am i saying, i tell him, i will become a world champion, and moving to belarus, moving to belarus, you know, uh, i had such a period in my

life when i, uh, won the dagestan championship among juniors, boys, and i had to go to the mm... russian championship and before that we had a training camp, a training camp that was held in podolsk, even though i was the winner of the championship at that time, but for some reason there was no money for me, and i was so offended that day, i came to my friends who worked - for one businessman in security at that time after all the dashing nineties, well, yes, and i came, sat down, said, alim, what a sad thing, i say, the guys are tired of everything, one guy from them tells me this, listen, he says, alim, come on, he says, you will go to belarus , he says, my uncle lives there in mozur, he is a coach, he called him, he says,

uncle malik, listen, he says, there’s a kid sitting next to me, a good, cool guy, maybe you say, look with your professional gaze, what will happen to him, what won’t happen to him, he says, listen, he says, but for me, through the week of gathering begins here. well, he says to me, it’s interesting to see him, let him come, he says, well, it will work out, but it will work out, no, well, he’ll go back, we live our lives, according to our own law, with our own traditions, but why should someone interfere in the internal affairs of our countries? they believed that they could enslave russia, seize its resources, a huge market, enormous natural wealth, and they will live for another 300-400 years, in order

to drive a european into a multinational russian, you need to deprive him of the memory of what the previous everything led to, the cossacks in paris, and that’s why these monuments we have to clean it up because these are the conditions. today a huge number of people come to us from different countries, how much they fall in love with our native belarus, they leave with the kindest thoughts about our country, so whoever wants to live and work, please, markov’s project is nothing personal, watch on the tv channel belarus 24. esports tournaments attract hundreds of thousands of spectators around the world, there are players who play for heroes, they are very good in defense, there are generally supports who help the defense to attack, move forward on the map, as it were , destroy the enemy, that’s why this game, it’s fantasy, that is, there’s a lot of fantasy, there’s a lot of it, i don’t know, there are stories there, there are mixed

lord of the rings there and a bunch of different heroes, he’s one of the first people who believed in the development of e-sports at a time when having a computer in the house was the exception rather than... the norm, and in the evening i had a full-fledged pck on a monitor with some crazy devices, at that time they were mitsumi, there wasn’t even a scroll, but just a lever, and as if it were a cannon, and i realized that in general, probably, this is what allows you to open up, chairman of the belarusian esports association denis bogush, watch on friday on our channel. when it became clear that wrestling is

serious, that sport is destiny, this profession, is it a way to make money? and this probably became clear when i already clearly understood that... i am staying in belarus, that there is an opportunity ahead to achieve your dreams, that you have a state. they give you all the conditions, that is, at that time they gave me a hostel, i was fed three times a day, i was dressed, put on shoes, medical care three times a year, twice a year we underwent an in-depth medical examination, where else can there be such, i after dagestan arrived, and i already

understood that i would stay here, and this is what a place where i can realize myself as an athlete, that’s when this support appeared, and i felt that i really need to work here, you are a two-time world champion, at the same time there is vanya, the champion of dagestan, there is a youth version and schoolchildren, schoolchildren , yes, in belarus there is also a champion title, which of your victories is the most significant and memorable for you? this is the last world championship, i can firmly say, when i won the world championship in 2011, uh, in fact, i had a very - difficult time, then in all - plans, it happened a small incident at a competition, uh, let’s say, i got into a fight, it was a deliberate provocation on the part of the second, uh... although i didn’t have any complaints against my opponent

on the mat, but this is such a purposeful provocation of the second, uh, i understand that his student loses, and when i was disqualified, only my first coach, and my personal coach were next to me and my friend, who said olim, the world championships and olympic games are ahead, and i worked with my coach, with igor petrenko, probably i am in life i haven’t worked so hard this year, i did a crazy job, to say that i was confident that i would win the world championship would probably deceive me, the final fight, where i lose in 2 seconds, snatching victory from the pole, and i become the world champion, mm , i probably stood up then on my knees and i say: lord, almighty, thank you for everything. that’s all

and raised a finger up, but what’s more difficult? prepare for victory as an unknown athlete or retain the title as a champion. of course it’s more difficult to keep, because you are being studied, you are being dissected into small details, people are honing in on you, certain elements and tactics are probably developed for you, of course, every competent coach, personal trainer, will clearly select a specific plan for his opponent, the opponent of his student, as

i had with my coach, i never knew in 15 minutes at competitions , with whom i will continue to fight, the coach comes and says : you are with the kyrgyz, in kyrgyz we have already taken the kyrgyz to pieces, we already know how to fight him, i receive the last instructions from the coach in 5-10 minutes and go out, and if i i’ll find out this in the evening, as it was before, well, yes, i didn’t sleep at night, i fought with them in my dreams, with everyone in my thoughts, the test of victory, glory - this is also quite difficult, have you felt it yourself? yes, after the first world cup, of course, i always refer to youth, inexperience, uh, yes , you’re young, you’re single, you have opportunities, financial opportunities, temptations, temptations appear, and yes, it’s of course very difficult resist this. i can’t say that i really stood my ground, stood my ground,

no, there were misfires, well, thank god i, probably, my girlfriend was next to me, now she is already my wife, whom we met before the world championships, well , let’s just say, i was able to mobilize, i was able to clearly direct all my energies. thoughts, work in the right direction, but not bezyan, there were errors, you are a two-time world champion, and being a world champion is difficult, but twice. this is probably doubly more difficult, but probably doubly more pleasant and of course these moments of glory are pleasant, your departure from sports was difficult for you, you know, uh, no, because at that

time i was supported by the person, uh, to whom i i am grateful, mm, to that period of my life, which by its example made me understand and understand the meaning of friendly relations , they supported me, i was smoothly transferred from the channel of an athlete, first to the channel of small commerce and then again to the channel of a sports functionary, and, of course, my own the desire to learn new things, with your desire to learn, realizing that you, well, what to say, are uneducated in some aspects, where you need

to catch up with learning, where you need to acquire knowledge, why did i go to higher education in principle. economy in moscow, because it already a conscious choice, you don’t need a crust here anymore, you need knowledge , you’ve already found yourself in a society where you no longer live by the rules of sports, here there are completely different rules, it’s a crueler life, and what moments of sports life do you miss more everything, you know, i probably don’t miss it, i probably miss those, i would say , the adrenaline rush after a victory, it’s an indescribable feeling, the feeling of victory, the feeling of understanding that you are the best in the world, and that you are stronger on

the planet, come back now fees, yes it was very fun, a lot of stories, uh, because you live in a large male group , 300 days: a year, uh, well, serious men are like that, yes, constant travel, constant preparations, this is the road, these are trains, planes, buses, uh, it’s moments like these, of course, that i probably, no, i don’t miss, but this is probably the program is completed, and the page is closed, to some extent, and there is a moment of satisfaction from the fact that this difficult, complicated, long haul. yes, and now is another stage of life, where you are already such a creator, uh, creating in our favorite sport, let’s say, today i give back to my debt, working

as the chairman of the belarusian wrestling federation, i give back to that work, to the sport that made me a person, thanks to wrestling, i acquired... many qualities of my character , and i probably think they are correct , masculine, here are a few words about the current stage, yes, you left, finished your sports career, but did not leave sports, you head the wrestling federation, this same adrenaline, has it become less in your life? you know, i already get it differently, a couple days ago, the world championship ended, among youth under 23 years old, where we have five medals, and you know, at such moments the adrenaline rush is crazy, when you are sitting,

the time is ticking, the score is even, the heart is generally beating, the pulse, i don’t know, it’s going off scale, you ’re sitting next to this tv. i, unfortunately, was not able to fly to albania in teran and you are already sitting with bated breath, now you can’t separate freestyle wrestlers, nor classics, nor greco-roman wrestling, i’ll probably be lying if i say that it’s a little warmer after all v my heart is greco-roman wrestling, i missed this sport through myself, of course it is closer to me, but today i... worry about everyone, for all three types, but the dependence on victory or the focus on winning, it remains, yes , of course, already, well, more. scale, already on a larger scale, and you want more, and you, you have one gold medal, yes, of course, cool, but when

you have a medal, you want a gold medal here, and a gold medal here, and with the girls, with guys with freestyle wrestlers with greco-roman wrestling, because you you see, this is for today, this is the place where you give your soul, i love this sport, i love the work that i do today, i hope we will succeed, well, your work increases your authority in belarus in the world of wrestling , this deserves respect, well, you know, in general, we are a public organization, because every public organization, and with enormous support from the state, is unthinkable to work without the state, and we understand this, we honor, we appreciate this, every sport rests on certain individuals, in public, and it’s good when... a very interested person comes to this or that sport, who is passionate about it, who wants to promote it, who wants

to create something new, who has a dialogue with coaches, not a monologue, but a dialogue who will let it pass through himself, listen to problems, of course , embrace, no, it’s very difficult, but here it’s a different story, where you need to build a clear vertical for your sport already in the regions, that is, what’s the point? we are already moving little by little, i know that you have another hobby, you draw, this i’ve had a hobby since childhood, but you know, i haven’t been drawing lately, yes, it’s been since childhood , i really loved to draw, i went to art school and music school at the same time, i really wanted to learn how to play the drums, uh, well, here’s a drum , i don’t understand, not with sticks, our national one is called daldam, that’s how they play. yes, and i went back and forth, well, in an instant,

accidentally getting into the section, opening the door slightly, into the hall of the freestyle wrestling section, i stayed there, as all caucasian men always do fine cook, you are no exception, i absolutely do not go near the kitchen stove at home, and the only thing i can do is probably breakfast, i have... my own signature scrambled eggs, which i make there, but somehow they call it shakshuka, and she calls it that, but mine is a little different , and sometimes my children ask me, my wife asks me, kritali, maybe you can make your own scrambled eggs, that ’s all i do at home today, uh, but i like to fry meat, the only one a topic that we have not touched upon is family, and i know that you have a wife and two... children, your wife, she is somehow also connected with sports, how

did you meet her? you know, we met by chance in gomel, just walking along an alley, i saw a beautiful person, i wanted to meet her, we have two wonderful children, a son is 10 years old, a daughter is 15, this is the average belarusian family, and you save uh, are there any traditions of your people in family life? and of course, the family should know its history, i always say, a tree without roots dries very quickly, so we, my daughter, should know why her name is telnara, and not natasha, for example, yes, the boy should know why his name is karim and not leonid, they will ask themselves questions. and if i introduce them to customs, traditions, my origins, although their

homeland is belarus, they were born in belarus, but at every opportunity i take them to dagestan, i introduce them in general to the nature of dagestan, to the history of dagestan, to brothers and sisters , cousins, family ties are very important for us, alim, and are you a strict father? yes, i am a very strict father at home, this is from my brother, huh? well , probably some kind of imprint has formed, i’m probably raising them in this way - i hold them in tight rein, whether daughter or son, but fair, but fair, son, this is a man, in the end, after all, so i always tell him, karim, be a man and i explain , what it means to be a man, you know, and life is complicated, now all of a sudden. life, children will still not be what we want, so among

all these temptations there must be those qualities. those valuable tips that are passed on to us from generation to generation and our traditional question that i ask all guests, what what is the meaning of life for you? you know, the meaning of life, until a certain period i had only one meaning of life, to become a world champion , today there is meaning in our lives too, family appears, the meaning of life is to make them happy, to be useful, not just to live your life, but to be useful to society , to leave some kind of mark behind, i believe that the meaning of life is what we pass on to our children, and this is

education, raising our children, not being sick. for the people who surround you, thank you very much, thank you, it made sense the life of alim selimov, everything that modern belarus lives today, watch on the belarus 24 tv channel, this is news from the country and abroad, especially important events, live broadcasts from the scene, current interviews with famous belarusians, exciting travels around the country, feature films

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every day, when we come to work, we mine ore, which... later becomes amenities that are in demand not only in belarus, but throughout world. for the first time i went down into the mine, it was probably the second year of technical school, we went down in a group, in general during the descent, it was some kind of shock, no one i didn’t know anything, how to behave there, we went down, our ears were blocked, we were still 15 years old, we probably lowered the mine, everything was completely unclear, where, what, where, then i realized that this would be my job. i really liked how especially when i saw the face of the longwall, i realized that this is mine , my profession is to manage a hydromechanized complex, this is the whole complex, it’s strong, so i have to manage this whole machine, behind me

is the sl50 combine, it's high performance. there are generally such ones in belkalia on our rubric there are still four in soligorsk, but their management is a little petrikovsky, it is considered the newest of all the mines that there are in belkali , the most highly productive machine is working here, which works with great power, it happens that all the comrades understand one another, they constantly help out, somewhere that - contact us, they always help us with something, we come to work, we even change shifts in a friendly manner, for me peace and neighborliness means working in a large and friendly team, if in a large and friendly there will be no peace in the team, we will not be able