Olympic wrestling champion Alexander Karelin held a master class in Sochi
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The famous wrestler Alexander Karelin visited the new Champion sports hall in Sochi and held a master class.
New wrestling hall in the Adler region was opened in January of this year. He received the name of the famous Kuban coach Igor Ivanov.
Alexander Karelin is the most titled and famous wrestler in Russia. He is a three-time Olympic champion (Seoul-1988, Barcelona-1992 and Entente-1996), won the Greco-Roman wrestling world championships 9 times, and was also the standard-bearer at the Olympic Games three times.
Together with him in Sochi were the President of the Kuban wrestling development fund, world champion Stepan Maryanyan and the honored coach of Russia Igor Ivanov.
As Alexei Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Sports of the Krasnodar Territory, said in his telegram channel, Alexander Karelin showed many tricks, including his signature “reverse belt”. He also presented the participants of the master class with souvenirs and answered questions.
Earlier it was reported that the Sirius Martial Arts Academy will become main base for the Russian judo team.
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