Yaryginsky tournament: opinion of honor guests

Petr Pimashkov, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation:

- I try not to pass any tournament. I consider that it is one of the best tournaments not only in Russia, but also in the world. It is a sports holiday, it is always seriously organized. Thanks to Ivan Yarygin, his tournament, million people learned that there is Krasnoyarsk, there is this tournament and thousands children started being engaged in free-style wrestling. It is very important!

Alexander Tikhonov, the quadruple champion of the Olympic Games on biathlon:

- I was on friendly terms with Ivan Yarygin many years, I consider him the younger brother. Very much I love wrestling, I support it since 1965, it is fine sports, these are brothers, it is a family. Therefore I try not to pass neither the Russian tournaments, nor international, and, especially, tournament of memory of Yarygin. Certainly, it turns out not every year, but always I try to come.

Nazir Mankiyev, Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling:

- My impressions of present tournament only the positive. Wrestling became more aggressive - people gather bigger number of points, than earlier, it is very interesting to the audience. In each weight I can allocate on 2-3 persons with whom I communicate, I am on friendly terms whom, of course, I support. In 61 kg in the final my friends (Jahmal Otarsultanov and Bekhan Goygereev) fought, our young guy (Murad Nukhkadiyev) became the third there, and it was unexpected, but it is very pleasant. In 55 kg if it is honest, I expected other final, but the new rules, new young wrestlers … Lebedev didn't wrestling 2 years, Israpilov, maybe, too was not in shape. Therefore the final turned out such, but it doesn't mean that was less interesting.

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