What Putin and the Olympians said at the Kremlin ceremony
Thursday, August 25, the awarding of returning to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Russian athletes. Silver and bronze prize-winners of Games in the malachite hall of the Big Kremlin Palace congratulated the Minister of sports Vitaly Mutko and presidential aide Igor Levitin. After that, the Olympians orderly along with the coaches and heads of sports federations have moved to Alexander hall, where the head of state Vladimir Putin were awarded the Champions. The solemn ceremony was observed.<url>.
“Evgeny Vassilich, after this enchanting and however thrilling tournament it would be necessary to take breath, to recover?” — I asked the head coach of the female national team handball team Evgeny Trefilov. “Ira! Bliznova!” command, but not the strict voice called out ward Trefilov. Captain Bliznova, however, was right there. “You for the awards go sign until the ceremony does not go”, — the coach and everything here is under control. “Evgeny Vassilich, everything is already signed” — reported to the athlete. “Are you sure?” “insisted the coach. “Yes, exactly, exactly,” it seems, captain of the Russian handball players had managed to convince the coach that his excitement in vain.
“To rest, to recover?” — back to my question Trefilov. “Of course, I now began to recover, tomorrow at 10 am plane to Astrakhan, where the game is on the Governor’s Cup. And I don’t even know the composition of the team, you can imagine the names only know, someone to yell don’t understand,” humor coach, write his name in Golden letters in the history of Russian sport. However, the rest all promised to arrange one day to fry carp.
Meanwhile, the wrestlers with the mentor, the famous Italian Ezio Gamba, posed in front of lenses. The Champions of the Rio 2016 Beslan Mudranov and Hassan Halmurzaev journalists had snapped. And athletes, the process of communication with the media is clearly pleasure. While the athletes swam in the glory, Gamba summed up. “I’m satisfied with the result? Honestly, not really. Took three medals — two gold and one bronze. And it was 6-7 medals hoped for three gold. But the situation before the Olympics was very hard and nervous, so that made here. But, of course, and happy”, — shared with “Ribbon.ru” the head coach of Russian national team on judo.
Vladimir Putin and Beslan Mudranov
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Now two-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling Roman Vlasov did not hide their emotions about the removal of the Russian Paralympians: “we Need to punish those who dare so to decide the fate of people who have and so opportunities are limited, for whom sport is the only opportunity to be in the team, the opportunity to Express themselves. When they deprive, this is blatant discrimination, it is necessary to struggle. And I want to support all our Paralympians!”
For the Russian athletes with disabilities stood up and Vladimir Putin, before proceeding to the ceremony of awarding the Champions of the Rio 2016. “Unfortunately, we witnessed how the humanistic foundations of sport and Olympism brazenly violated the policy as a conjunctural issues, as such qualities as greed, maybe, and cowardice to take precedence over the principles of Olympism. (…) The decision on disqualification of our Paralympians outside the law, outside of morality outside of humanity. It’s just cynical to recoup, tearing anger on those for whom sport has become the meaning of life, those who by his example gives hope, faith in their strength to millions of people with disabilities”, — the President called a spade a spade.
Vladimir Putin and Roman Vlasov
Photo: Dmitry Azarov / Kommersant
And immediately promised to organize a special competition for Russian athletes suspended from Games in 2016. “A reward for victory and prizes will be the same, whatever they were to the Russians at the Paralympics in Rio”, — assured the head of state. And began rewarding, personally pinning medals on lapels of the jackets of the winners of the Olympic games. Nine athletes were awarded the order of Merit, 37 — the order of Friendship.
Not all Olympic athletes, having received orders, hastened to return to their seats. Many went to the microphone to thank for the support everyone — parents, coaches, the President, the fans. Some of the excitement was lost, and he was immediately supported by the portion of an applause — like a wrestler’s wrestler of Abdulrashid Sadulayeva. Another wrestler — but classic — Roman Vlasov said from the podium a very eloquent speech. “Thanks to home — my mother. For what gave me life and raised”, — with these words Alexander hall responded with a standing ovation. Two-time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming Natalia Ishchenko thanked on behalf of the entire team of the President of Russia: “Thank you for defending our rights as athletes until the very end, thank you for your support and attention.”
Vladimir Putin and Margarita Mamun
Photo: Dmitry Azarov / Kommersant
Remember all the speech of champion in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics Margarita Mamun. “Irina Aleksandrovna (Viner-Usmanova, head coach gymnastics — approx. “Of the tape.<url>”) tells us always that we are peaceful warriors, we are warriors of light. And when we’re going to the Olympics, we are there for the whole of Russia” — in fact, the keynote speech from the fragile girl.
When all the Champions were awarded, Vladimir Putin admitted that the entire Olympic programme he could not see. “But what I saw is impressive!” the President concluded. The Olympians promised to continue to impress the whole country.
