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Russian woman Anastasia Belyakova finished ahead of schedule the semifinals of the Olympic tournament in women's boxing with a Frenchwoman Estelle Mossely due to painful injury. The athlete received an elbow joint injury, she was taken away from behind the hall in a wheelchair to the applause of the audience.
RIO'S OTHER SCARY INJURIES
Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan turned the elbow joint in the opposite direction, unsuccessfully lowering the barbell.
Dutch cyclist Annemieck van Fleuten fell during a group race, suffering a head injury and injuring her spine.
Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali during the group race, as a result of the fall, he received a double fracture of the collarbone.
Colombian Sergio Henao suffered a severe fracture of the pelvic bones due to an accident during a group race.
French gymnast Samir Ait Said landed unsuccessfully during the vault, suffering a double leg fracture.
British gymnast Ellie Downey after another somersault in floor exercise, she landed on her head and injured her neck. However, after Ellie was brought to her senses, she managed to finish her exercise.
Brazilian gymnast Jade Barbosa sprained her leg in floor exercise and left the gym in wheelchair.
At the Rio Olympics. On August 17, she lost in the semifinals to Frenchwoman Estelle Mosseli. At the same time, she was injured in a duel.
Belyakova missed a powerful blow and was forced to leave the ring without completing the fight. The doctors carried her away in a wheelchair.
Previously, Nastya had a dislocated shoulder, - said her coach Fyodor Sharafislamov, who is also in Rio. - The collarbone is damaged.
NASTYA GOT TO THE OLYMPIAD AT THE LAST MOMENT
Between workouts, this is an ordinary girl, a little eccentric, - said before Olympic tournament the current mentor of Nastya Evgeny Tarasov. - With friends in the forest for a picnic - no question. In a movie or a cafe - always "for". But in the classroom, at tournaments - this is a completely different person. Going to the right moment... This kind of relaxation in life, I think, helps her. It is very difficult to always be on edge, in tension.
Nastya at the last moment managed to jump on the step of the outgoing Olympic train. First, there was a qualifying tournament in Turkey against the backdrop of flaring doping scandals. There Nastya was afraid to eat or drink something wrong. There are plenty of examples in sports when a banned drug was poured into an ordinary glass of water to athletes. There was a misfire. The specialists had suspicions - Nastya was sued. But boxing is a rather subjective sport. Someone will decide that the blow can be counted, someone - that it is not a blow at all.
In general, we were going to Rio or not, it was decided only a couple of months before the Olympics. In Astana, at the World Championship, Belyakova took second place. When all the Russians lost in the quarterfinals, and Nastya was left alone in the evening program. She wins against the Moroccan woman, and there is already a "bronze" in her pocket. And then the final. But it doesn't matter anymore. Second place and a trip to Rio!
Four years ago, then 19-year-old Nastya was also one step away from the Olympic team, - says coach Evgeny Tarasov. - But it didn't work out - I didn't get to the World Championship, where the Olympic licenses were played. Even then, she felt the taste, the smell of the Olympics ...
Before London, I really looked at things, - Anastasia Belyakova said then in an interview with KP. - Sofia Ochigava at that time was the first number. She won silver at the 2012 Olympics. Then I said to myself and to the coach - the Olympics in Rio will be mine. Trained with Brazil in mind. Up to a sweat. You need to get there and return with a medal.
BEST FIGHT IS AN UNSTANDING FIGHT
Nastya has a difficult fate. The father died when the girl was nine years old. Mother withdrew from her upbringing. Therefore, the future athlete grew up with her grandmother and older sister.
I pulled Nastya out of cross-country skiing, - says coach Tarasov. - In Zlatoust, this is almost the number one sport - after all, there are mountains around. Already in the section, she boxed in boys who are a little older than her, and even heavier. The boys flew in from Belyakova. The longer she worked, the harder she beat. They got excited, went into courage, began to beat with anger, forgetting that they were a girl. I had to bring people to their senses. Did you fight on the street? This was not the case. All bruises and bumps are only in training. We teach them: boxing is a sport, not an opportunity to stuff someone's face on the street. If you cripple a person, then you will not go to jail for a long time. The Boxer must behave with dignity. In general, the best fight is a failed fight. Athletes know about this.
MARRIAGE TO MARRY IS NOT ABOUT US
In training, Nastya is like a real mother for boys and girls. Can shout out, restrain.
I remember that once they did not want to run up the hill, - continues Tarasov. - She stood behind and let's adjust. They ran like cute ones. They are obeying! Then she praised everyone. Carrot and stick. I think Nastya will make a wonderful mother. Although she herself admits - there are no weddings before the Olympics.
An enviable bride ...
She is well versed in people. Marrying for the sake of getting married is not about Nastya. She will choose a worthy groom, close in spirit and character. It does not matter whether it is an athlete or a "civilian".
SAID
Anastasia Belyakova:
Only once in my life I knocked out a rival. It was at the Russian championship. Honestly, I didn't want to hit so hard. It's just that the girl flooded at me from the very first seconds. Yes, so zealous. I punched it between my hands on the counter. That is why the blow was so hard. In general, knockouts are rare in women's boxing. To win, you need to be head and shoulders above your rivals. You have to be clearly stronger, try to constantly work as number one, otherwise, with an equal fight, the judges in the end may not "see" my blows - and will not give up the victory. Thank God, there are enough "physics" for this.
DOSSIER "KP"
Anastasia Belyakova. 23 years old. She was born in Zlatoust (Chelyabinsk region). World Champion (2014). Silver medalist of the World Championship (2016). European Champion (2014). Winner of the European Olympic Games(2015) in Baku. Multiple champion of Russia, winner and medalist of major international tournaments.
BETWEEN
Russians Vorobyova and Koblova took two silver medals at once in freestyle wrestling at the Olympics in Rio
For Valeria Koblova (weight category up to 58 kilograms, personal trainer - Oleg Chernov), the Olympic silver is a tremendous success. A native of Egoryevsk near Moscow, representing St. Petersburg at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the final met with the Japanese Kaori Itho. (
The main hopes of the Russians on the 12th medal day of the Rio Olympics were associated with women's wrestling, where awards were played out in three weight categories at once, and in at least two of them our girls were among the favorites.
If for 21-year-old Milana Dadasheva the current Games became the first major tournament in her career and her relegation to the 1/8 finals in the up to 49 kg category was by and large predictable, then with Valeria Koblova (up to 58 kg) and Natalia Vorobyova (up to 69 kg ) we pinned certain hopes.
The first at one time became the fifth at the London Olympics, and two years later won the European Championship. The second even won two continental and one world championships, and also won gold in London, moreover, in a heavier weight category - up to 72 kg.
At the age of 25, she has already earned a monument in St.Petersburg and a personal tournament in female wrestling in Irkutsk.
Up to the final, everything went extremely smoothly for both girls. Vorobyova confidently coped with her rivals from Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Egypt, each time gaining four points and not losing more than two. Koblova completely destroyed her opponents with a score like 11: 0 and 9: 2, and only the Kyrgyz athlete lost more or less worthy to her in the semifinals - 1: 4.
It seemed that in the finals against powerful Japanese women, the Russians should show everything they are capable of and win gold medals, but something went wrong. The failure of Koblova, who was leading 2: 1, but gave away decisive points in the last seconds, can still be explained by the experience of her rival - the great, without exaggeration, Kaori Icho, now a four-time champion of the Games.
But why the brilliant Natalya Vorobyova was unable to maintain a two-point advantage against Sarah Doce, who had not even won the world championships yet, remains a mystery.
Up to the sixth minute, the Russian woman did everything right, not allowing her opponent to carry out attacks, but at the decisive moment she staggered, and the Japanese woman, with an equal score of 2: 2, won in the last action.
If we had a more offensive loss of gold at this Olympics, it is perhaps in shooting, when Sergei Kamensky scored 0.3 points less than necessary with a decisive shot.
Note that the Japanese women won three gold medals on this day. The victory in the weight up to 48 kg, and also in the last seconds, was won by Eri Tosaka, who snatched the gold from the hands of the Azerbaijani Maria Stadnik - 3: 2. Our Milana Dadasheva took only 11th place in this category.
Boxing
News from the boxing rings that day also aroused frustration among Russian fans, mixed with excitement and anxiety.
Anastasia Belyakova in the semifinals of the women's category up to 60 kg fought with Frenchwoman Estelle Mossley and had excellent chances of getting into decisive match... However, already in the first round, the opponent made a dirty trick, hitting the Russian woman in the elbow and breaking her arm.
The injury was so serious that Belyakova was taken away from the hall in a wheelchair.
At the same time, the arbitrators considered Mossley's action acceptable and awarded her a victory by technical knockout. In the final, she will meet with the Chinese woman Yunhua Yin, and Belyakova will receive only bronze.
There will be no Russian representative in the men's final in the category up to 56 kg, where Vladimir Nikitin, who received a strong cut during the match with the Irishman Michael Conlan, refused the semifinal fight due to injuries and also remained with only a bronze medal. American Shakur Stevenson, who was supposed to be his rival, goes through this stage without a fight.
A day earlier, a scandal erupted over the result of the quarterfinal bout, in which Nikitin defeated Conlan by unanimous decision. The losing Irishman accused the referees of bias, and many experts felt that his claims were partially justified.
However, now, after the controversial situation with Belyakova and the injury of Nikitin himself, this scandal will surely subside.
However, there is some good news. In the up to 52 kg category, Misha Aloyan defeated Colombian David Avila 3: 0 in the quarterfinals and guaranteed Russia another medal. For a place in the final, the Russian will fight with the Chinese Hu Jianguang.
We also note that the Russian Yaroslava Yakushina did not make it to the 1/2 finals in the weight category up to 75 kg, losing to the American Clarissa Shilds by unanimous decision of the judges, and the Kazakhstani Daniyar Yelussinov brought his country gold in the category up to 69 kg, being stronger than the representative of Uzbekistan Shahram Giyazov - 3 : 0.
Russian Andrei Zamkova in this weight class dropped out of the tournament in the 1/16 finals.
Volleyball
Russian volleyball players continue to defend their title. In the quarterfinal match with the Canadian team, which sensationally took second place in Group A at the preliminary stage, Vladimir Alekno's charges left their opponents no chance.
Already the first set, which ended with a ten-point advantage of Tetyukhin and company, showed a huge difference in class between the teams, and over the next two segments our team quickly took off in the score and confidently, almost without nerves, brought things to victory - 25:20, 25:18 ...
And yet, the impressions of this victory remained twofold. On the one hand, it is good that the team will retain enough strength for the decisive matches. On the other hand, I would not like this easy success to relax the Russians before the battle with the real contenders for medals.
Note that in the semifinals Alekno's guys will fight with the Brazilian team and will try to repeat the London final.
Water polo
The Russian water polo players who also made it to the semifinals failed to make it to the decisive match, losing to the Italians with a score of 9:12. None of the Russian women was able to take on the function of a leader and start the team, and the most productive were Ekaterina Lisunova and Evgenia Ivanova, who scored only two goals each.
On August 19, the Russian national team will compete for bronze with the Hungarian team, which lost to the Americans in the semifinals.
Athletics
The heroic Daria Klishina, who went through all the circles of hell before and even during the Olympics, either allowed or removed from the Games, unfortunately, could not compete for medals in the long jump. She completed three attempts on 6.63, 6.60 and 6.53 m, did not make it to the top eight and was early eliminated from the draw.
As a result, two American women, Tianna Bartoletta and Brittney Reese, took gold and silver, they were separated by only 2 cm, and Ivana Shpanovic from Serbia received bronze medal.
Not that Daria had real chances to climb the podium, but if not for the constant stress and pressure, the ninth place of the only Russian athlete admitted to the Games could well have turned into sixth or fifth.
On this day, athletes competed for several more awards. In the men's 3000 m hurdles race, Kenyan Conseslus Kipruto won the gold with an Olympic record, Elaine Thompson from Jamaica won the smooth 200-meter hurdles for women, sensationally bypassed Dutchwoman Daphne Schipers, and on 100 m hurdles the entire pedestal was taken by the Americans - Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Christy Castlin.
Rowing and canoeing
Russia's Andrei Kraytor reached the final A in the 200m single canoe, winning his semifinals with a time of 40.394 seconds. The final race will take place tomorrow at 15.15 Moscow time.
miscellanea
In the equestrian show jumping team tournament gold was won by the French, who received only three penalty points. Silver went to the Americans, the bronze was won by the Germans.
In the final of the badminton tournament among mixed pairs, Indonesians Ahmad Tontovi and Liliana Nazir defeated Chan Peng Sun and Guo Liu Yin from Malaysia - 2: 0 (21:14, 21:12).
Concerning team tournament in table tennis for men, here China in the decisive battle turned out to be stronger than Japan - 3: 1. The bronze medal went to the German national team.
Medal credit
The Americans, who won eight awards that day, including two gold ones, were even more entrenched in the first line of the standings with 92 (30-32-30) medals, and China, which achieved victories in table tennis and taekwondo, caught up in gold with the UK "resting" today.
The fourth position of Russia (12-14-15) remained unchanged, but due to the lost gold awards, the gap from the top three has increased, and now not only the Germans (11-8-9), but also the Japanese who have risen in the women's wrestling ( 10-5-18).
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The program of today's boxing day was opened by girls, among whom were both Russians, Anastasia Belyakova and Yaroslava Yakushina... Both were considered
obvious underdogs, but in the case of Belyakova, we could count on a sensation. The fact is that in the final of the World Cup, she already met with a Frenchwoman Estelle Mossely and lost in an equal fight, and according to some experts, even won. Yakushina was less fortunate. She was opposed by the phenomenal American Claressa Shields, who has won all the major tournaments since the London Olympics.
Opened the card duel of the Chinese woman Ying Jionghua and finns Worlds Potkonen, which knocked out of the struggle the once great and terrible Katie Taylor... For four two-minute rounds, the Asian gave her such a thrash that the helmet, which remains an integral attribute in women's boxing, did not save her either. The Finn entered the mix zone with a terrible face, in which blood, sweat and tears from an annoying defeat mixed. As it turned out, this is not the worst thing that happened today.
From the ring to a wheelchair
Belyakova was the next to enter the ring with a smile and an attitude to win. She was not afraid of her formidable rival and in the first round she met her well with deuces. It seemed that we were waiting for another unpredictable duel, where everything will again be in the hands of the judges. The referee's hammer signaled about ten seconds remaining until the end of the first round, when suddenly a loud scream burst through the noise of the hall. Belyakova, after the blow, doubled over in pain, and her left arm hung lifelessly.
The first aid was provided by the referee, who immediately stopped the fight, and then the athlete was sent to an ambulance in a wheelchair, and then taken to the Olympic village for diagnosis and assistance. The special correspondent of "Championship" managed to find a volunteer who made it clear that she had no obvious fracture, but a dislocation of the elbow or shoulder. The same was confirmed in the mixed zone by the opponent. “I am happy to reach the final, but of course I wanted to do it in a different way. The injury of my opponent darkened the joy of my victory, and I wish her good health, ”said Mosseli.
Women's national team head coach Victor Lisitsyn at that moment was blacker than a cloud. On the one hand, his thoughts were close to the injured ward. On the other hand, he had to second in the ring to Yaroslav Yakushin. The representative of the heaviest weight category held up in the ring with dignity. Of course, the class and physical strength of the American woman practically did not leave her a chance to win, but in the third round, when there was nothing to lose, Yaroslava leveled the fight and accepted defeat with dignity. Had the lot been more merciful to her, perhaps she could have won bronze.
Waiting for good news
The support group of the Russian team in the stands was shocked by what had happened. The coaches and athletes were even more in the dark than the correspondents, and were happy to hear the information that there was no turning point. The executive director of the Russian Boxing Federation Evgeny Sudakov was also worried. While there is no exact information, we are waiting for a call. “Anastasia will be examined in the Olympic Village. Most likely, the elbow flew out. It is possible that there will be a surgical intervention. She was the leader in her weight class. The fight started well, boxed well. But this is a sport, nothing can be done, ”he told the special correspondent of the“ Championship ”.
We can only hope that we are talking only about a strong dislocation, and not about a fracture that can put an end to Nastya's sports career. With a favorable outcome, the day after tomorrow she will be able to go up to the ring and receive her bronze medal. The attitude towards women's boxing after the incident will be even more ambiguous. Severe injuries can be in any sport, but girls sometimes have much more emotions, aggression and cruelty in battles than men.
Russian Anastasia Belyakova won 39th bronze for the Russian national team at the Rio Olympics, leaving the boxing ring in a wheelchair.
2016 Rio Olympics, boxing, women: Russian woman Belyakova won bronze and left the ring injured
Boxer Anastasia Belyakova took bronze in the boxing tournament in the weight category up to 60 kg. So, in the semifinal fight, she could not defeat the world champion from France Estelle Mosseli due to a hand injury.
As noted, in the first round, Belyakova knocked out her elbow joint. After the battle, the Russian woman was taken to the hospital. This was reported by head coach national team Viktor Lisitsyn.
"Belyakov intcbatch They took her to the hospital, her elbow joint was knocked out. This is a very upsetting severe injury that deprived us of our gold. And the most offensive thing is that there should have been no problems at all in this battle, no problems at all, "said Lisitsyn.
"Nastya immediately from the first seconds of the fight began to" nail "her. She set a high pace, breathed well. She would simply interrupt the Frenchwoman, technically" remove "her. Moreover, we know her well and are not afraid. Apparently, this is fate. - our gold medal left, "- said the coach.
Anastasia Belyakova and her injury at the Rio Olympics. VIDEO
In the team competition, Russia is in fourth place, with 12 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 15 bronze medals.
