Participants of the training camp of the sambo national team share their impressions of the training and goals for the upcoming starts

The training camp of the sambo national team have started at the Martial Arts Academy.

Alexander-Shine Kvachantiradze, the winner of the Russian sambo junior championship, shared his impressions of the training conditions:

"I like everything here very much. The nutrition, the schedule, in general the coach gave a very good plan, such a developmental one. Now the preparation is done in microcycles. We have two working days, one day off. We train on the mats for two days. We have a morning warm-up at 7:30, we run, stretch our legs. Then morning and evening training, more or less the same according to the plan. We warm up, wrestle on the ground, practice some of our elements on the ground. The coach can give us some other task, then we practice our stances a little and wrestle in the standing position."

The silver medalist of the competition, Artyom Kharisov, told what upcoming starts he is preparing for:

"I'm preparing for the international competitions in Moscow. Good chances, for sure. I think there will be a final, and then we'll see. There are many rivals in this weight class. Many have moved to this weight class, and everyone has stayed. So the competition there will be very strong."

Another silver medalist, Irakliy Dzhomidava, also shared how the training process is going and what are his future plans.:

"In winter there was the Russian championship, I took second place and got into the Russian team. We fight every time at the training camp. In Sochi now we fight every day. We already know each other's wrestling and somehow we beat each other. There, maybe I will beat him somewhere, maybe he will beat him somewhere. International competitions will be held in Moscow. Winning these competitions, taking a medal, bringing it home — these are just the plans for this next month. And in Sochi we are preparing for these competitions, training hard."