Expecting to act on the Olympic Games-2016 as a part of Brazilian national team, the wrestler of the Greek-Roman style from Kazakhstan Marat Garipov gave exclusive interview to the correspondent of Vesti.kz.

-  I three weeks were in Cuba, - Marat told, - there passed joint collecting with teams of France, Poland, Venezuela, Dominican republic, the USA and Canada.  On the end of collecting I passed tournament on which I reached the ending.  With decisive fight of the judge helped my rival from Cuba, and I lost.

The house in São Paulo

- Where you now live and whether you can already act under the flag of Brazil?

-  Now I live in Sãn Paulo as here the climate is similar to Kazakhstan.  The same spring and fall, only aren't present snow.  I am in the country according to the student's visa, as the person studying language, culture and a life of Brazil.

- However, that a few years ago you addressed to the president of Federation of fight of Brazil with a request for performance for their team?

- It was during the World Cup in wrestling of 2010 in Moscow. I knew the president of the Brazilian federation Pedro Gama Filyyu in a face, so saw it on the Internet. During a break I approached to it and at us such dialogue took place:

I showed them my fights, they were shocked. Invited to itself to collecting supposedly be trained at us. I answered that I will need the invitation. They assured that all document will prepare and as a result everything is valid quickly made to me. When I arrived to them, Brazilians were surprised, they didn't wait that I will arrive. With one backpack, through all continents and the ocean.

- What happened then?

- Began to train, to me rented the apartment. When the visa ended, returned to Kazakhstan for few months. Then again I departed to Brazil, I started living in São Paulo. The vice-president of the Brazilian federation began to help me. When moved, to me presented the house. I was surprised, told, after all I yet didn't win anything for your country. To me answered - here such we are hospitable people! Therefore I feel responsibility, I want to thank the people who have believed in me. If I didn't feel that at me something will turn out in fight that I can win something, probably, would remain at home.

- How overcame household difficulties?

- I quickly mastered language. And me nobody helped to study it, I when arrived for the first time, already learned about 150 words. Brazilians too were surprised, for them Russian, for example, very heavy, it is difficult to them even to remember some words. I laughed the matter off that, maybe, I had ancestors from Latin America. In the future I would like to benefit Kazakhstan, I could work in country embassy, promote development of the relations between our countries that the people were on friendly terms. Actually Kazakhs and Brazilians are in many respects similar.

Abroad it is easier to wrestling

- Your decision to go to Brazil after all wasn't spontaneous on what it was based and why chose this country?

- In my weight there are 5-6 children of very high level. Recently the command World Cup where Zhanserik Sarsenbiyev played for Kazakhstan in my category looked. It is sports life. Especially the trainer always gave me chance, before Asian games, before the World Cup.

- It was impossible to use them?

- Psychologically it couldn't be adjusted on control fights. Тренерs spoke, you will win fight - you will go on the World Cup. It was heavy to me to fight in such situation, when nearby the people, companions on the national team. Besides with children we constantly were on collecting, every day fought and all perfectly knew possibilities of each other. I had such difficulties from juniors. It was always easier to me to fight abroad, even if against very titled foreign fighter for whom I was a riddle.

- Abroad there is less than responsibility?

- Just the opposite, but for this reason it was simpler to me to wrestling in others country. On any tournament I went with one purpose - to bring a medal. If I lost, hard it perceived, couldn't sleep 3-4 days, badly ate. You endow very many for the sake of achievement of result - as a result you come back with anything. Besides on the international scene you protect honor the countries, and you always want to show that Kazakhs the strongest. For the career I won the most part of awards abroad, instead of in Kazakhstan.

Round "Maracanã" in 40 minutes

- After all, your chances to play for Brazil on the Olympic Games-2016 are how high?

- The Olympic committee of Brazil knows about me. They saw my level and promised to help to solve all formalities. Besides, besides me to 120 kilograms there arrived still the Armenian fighter. We for them as the Brazilian football players, coming to play other countries. And as far as they developed soccer, I saw the eyes. There are four divisions and in everyone plays on 20 teams!

- Brazil quite criminal country is considered that...

- I and itself saw documentary films about crime in Brazil earlier. There usually showed the poor regions of Rio, a slum. But when made the decision here to arrive, I thought that be Brazil such dangerous and poor country, hardly to it would entrust carrying out Olympic Games. And already when arrived, it was convinced of it. Opinion on criminality of Brazil all the same that the movie about Borat about Kazakhstan. I when got acquainted with the people, the first that they told it "Borat", it was necessary to explain to them that it is a lie.

- You quite often interview the Brazilian mass media...

- I am interesting of. Especially after I won the Cuban champion of Pan-American Games, about me began to write, learn how I live, I train. After all Cubans, in fact, have no rivals on the continent, and it is convenient to me to wrestling with them as they have the Soviet school of wrestling. In due time there experts from the USSR, therefore from so strong team worked.

All forces in sports and education

- You keep in touch with the Kazakhstan trainers and wrestlers?

-  Surely, with all people with whom was on friendly terms before departure, I am in good relations.  All of them worry about me, as at me affairs always are interested, rejoice to my successes.  Each time when I check e-mail, always is a lot of letters with warm words, try whenever possible, everything to answer.  But happens that strangers send also angry letters, call the traitor, that I left behind money...  But if I was such bad and mercenary, hardly with me my friends, trainers, children communicated with the national team.  Be I the traitor - friends would delete me long ago from the life.

- In the long term what plans at you? We are ready to make a family?

- I never plan nothing. The main thing that everything is all right with health then with the rest everything will be good. And when something you plan, usually it turns out nothing. Certainly, I want to make a family, but for a start it is necessary to achieve something in career. It is possible to marry both in 35, and in 40 years. For now there are forces, it is necessary to enclose them in sports and education.

- Whether there were at you good friends in São Paulo?

-  Where I wouldn't go - everywhere quickly I find good friends.  They wait when I already will start speaking at large tournaments.  Often ask:  you won the prize-winner of the world, on other tournament overcame the participant of the Olympic Games when already we will see you in the World Cup?  Cubans, Chinese, Koreans ask.

- Soon any competitions are expected?

- While precisely I don't know. But I want to act as much as possible, I can't live without fight. Always, when there are large competitions, watch them in a network. Especially strongly I worry about Kazakhstan citizens, there is a wish to appear again in team. I passed already three World Cups, but there's nothing to be done, such high competition in the national team of Kazakhstan.

Photo from Marat Garipov's personal archive

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