As for active athletes, well, they also represent foreign teams like Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Ukraine.”The competition for a place on the Russian national wrestling team is as high as ever in Dagestan.The Republic’s leadership is naturally keen on continuing this trend, supporting all sports at the grass roots level. “They help develop national schools which is a true recognition of Dagestan’s role in wrestling. Makhach Vagabov, Dagestan’s spokesman stressed. “The message we took there was that – you had boycotted our Olympic games and now the entire Soviet Olympic team had come to you to prove that we are the true champions… and beat them 10-7.”Well, the world has changed since the fall of the iron curtain and wrestlers from Dagestan have become models of success for nations far beyond Russia.Due to the enormous internal competition, local athletes and coaches have been exporting their trade and thus wrestling traditions all over the globe.“Our martial arts school is internationally recognized and coaches from Dagestan work all over the world, from Colombia to Turkey,” Dr. I am 66 – shall I be displeased with life? I have four sons and that’s my greatest legacy.”Since Zagalav Abdulbekov, Dagestan has produced another 14 Olympic champions in various sports, but mainly in freestyle wrestling.One of them is the 1980 Moscow Games winner Magomed-Gasan Abushev whose title did not come without controversy, with certain nations claiming he won top honors without any major opposition.“We went to the annual World Cup that took place in the US in 1981, a year after the Moscow Olympics,” he said. Our Prophet, peace to Him, had lived 63 years. “I did what I could for my Motherland and have survived to this age without doing harm to anyone.
Zagalav Abdulbekov became a hero in Dagestan after paving the way to Olympic glory at the 1972 Munich games.He is now 66 years old, but the title of the republic’s first Olympic champion continues to bring him joy, as he’s happy to share the experience with the next generation.“You cannot find a happier Olympic champion – you know why?” Abdulbekov he said. Some of the most prominent members of team have traditionally come from the Republic of Dagestan. Russia’s Freestyle Wrestlers have proved their class by finishing top of the medals table at the European Championships in Serbia.
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