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What tales about him go around the world? How many times did his life hang in the balance? What is the incredible will power capable of? Did anyone manage to defeat the Belarusian wrestler? What did the grueling workouts cost him?
Aleksandr Medved, a Soviet, Belarusian athlete, freestyle wrestler, three-time Olympic champion, multiple champion of the world, Europe and the USSR! The legend of the Soviet sport turned 86 on 16 September! | BelTA’s project.
00:00 This man has become a legend of sport! Preview;
00:59 Iranians consider him almost a god!
02:01 He sold out stadiums! // How popular was wrestling in the USSR?
03:14 The midwife who delivered the baby said he wouldn’t live! Aleksandr Medved's childhood: his life could have ended on three occasions
04:19 The priest was summoned for the last rites; the father carved out a small coffin. But Medved survived! // "They tied me to a bed so that I wouldn't crawl away!";
05:42 He stole a pistol from the Germans! What did they do?
06:51 He could accidentally break metal pliers! // Work at an aircraft repair plant;
07:25 "Every day is overcoming!" // How did people live after the Great Patriotic War?
09:14 He, a guy as tall as 2m, was sent to tank troops! // The first victory in the fight;
10:43 Did the coach play the key role in his rise?
11:35 “I broke all the boxing machines in Japan!”// They all went off the scale! The first Olympic victory;
12:12 Sick with bad flu he won the final/ What happened?
13:28 Suffering from arrhythmia, he would still go out to the mat and win!
13:47 He put his dislocated finger back in place and continued the fight!// Aleksandr Medved's will power;
14:45 He used to wrestle with fastest gypsy boys!// What were the champion’s ancestors like?
16:21 He trained like it was his last time! Everyone asked: “Are you nuts?”;
17:23 “The fight between a man and an asphalt roller!” // Aleksandr Medved's last Olympics: his opponent was almost twice as big!
18:13 The Bear proved stronger than the Mammoth! // He retired undefeated;
19:03 The Olympic torch almost burned the bottom of a bucket with water! // Olympic Games in Moscow;
21:07 Is Medved a Belarusian? // “That is our Medved!”
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