The second year in a row passes the international tournament in Kiev on Greco-Roman wrestling among cadets "Oleynik's cup - wrestling school".

Tournament bears a name of our outstanding wrestlter, Olympic champion Vyacheslav Oleynik. And if for perspective young wrestlers from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan (teams from Slovakia and Hungary didn't reach Kiev because of abnormal weather conditions) tournament became excellent opportunity to check the forces, to us tournament allowed to meet Vyacheslav Oleynik and to learn about his relation to a modern situation in wrestling

"ON PRO-VACATION IT ISN'T NECESSARY TO GIVE IN"

- Vyacheslav Nikolaevich, in the history of independent Ukraine you the first won for our country gold on summer Olympic Games and meanwhile the only gold of Ukraine in Greco-Roman wrestling. And now, if we have no gold in Greco-Roman wrestling on Games in Rio de Janeiro in the 2016th, you can remain the first - and the only Ukrainian champion in this look. Such prospect doesn't frighten you?

- Won't be such, it is excluded! - emotionally Oleynik answers. - That wrestling deleted from the program of Olympic Games? It is absurdity, it is a nonsense! Decision on an exception of the Olympic wrestling, in my opinion, provocative decision. And as for the only champion of Ukraine, I am sure - we will see with you on the Olympic Games big victories and successes of Ukrainians in Greco-Roman wrestling. For this purpose we also hold such here tournaments. Today it is young and young sportsmen, but in some years many of them will be members of Olympic teams of the countries.

- The threat which has hung over your sport, rallied and united yesterday's rivals?

- Rivals? I always tried not to use this word, I like to speak - colleagues on the weapon more. And today such assessment very much approaches. All of us trust in a celebration of common sense, and I simply don't assume that wrestling won't be in the program of Olympic Games. Officials who made recently decisions in the International federation of wrestling and operated our sport, unfortunately, were very far from wrestling, didn't understand and didn't accept true values of our sport.

"HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO TAKE AND GIVE 25 YEARS OF LIFE? !"

- Some Olympic champions in protest returned to the International Olympic committee the medals …

- I won't give the Olympic medal. Stories with return of awards to the IOC are emotions. It isn't obligatory to give the medal and to do from this a loud event. It is possible the forces and energy to direct to work, to show and prove how our sport is popular, how many at it supporters and admirers. My medal is 25 years of my life how I can take and give it?

- Wrestling accuse of weak commercial and advertizing effectiveness …

- Yes, our sport doesn't provide big sponsorship. He lives and develops thanks to patrons. To those people who live this sport, give it itself, the forces, time, communications, and help. There is a lot of us and we won't give up powerlessly.

- Today on tournament which is held in your honor, young athletes for whom the success in Kiev can become the first in long sports career gathered.

-  Now for the majority of them wrestling is a hobby.  On the first place - school and study, but they will mature soon, will pass to higher level of preparation, and someone will make business of the life sports …    They perfectly play soccer, handball, perfectly run, jump, float.  Unless it not health of our nation?  Here in what force of our genofund.  It revitalizes children, instead of numerous decrees and useless resolutions.

Leonid VESELKOV

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