Last time we got acquainted with the Women's Wrestling department, and the next sport of the Nur-Sultan PSC, which we would like to introduce you to, is Greco-Roman wrestling.

Greco-Roman wrestling is a summer Olympic sport, a single combat between two athletes, the purpose of this sport is to put the opponent on the shoulder blades. In Greco-Roman wrestling, technical actions with feet (hooks, footrests, sweeps) and leg grabs with hands are prohibited.

The history of the origin and development of Greco-Roman wrestling.

Various finds of archaeologists suggest that wrestling was most popular in ancient Greece. Wrestling has been included in the Olympic Games program since 704 BC. She was part of the classic pentathlon pentathlon: running, javelin throwing, discus throwing, jumping and classical wrestling. The famous Greek athlete Theseus was the founder of the first rules: the wrestler who throws the opponent to the ground three times won. Great importance was paid to the professional training of wrestlers in Greece, the first schools for the training of athletes were organized there. Fighting techniques were widely used in the training of warriors.

Rules of Greco-Roman wrestling

A duel in Greco-Roman wrestling competitions consists of two periods of 3 minutes each, with a half-minute break between the periods. The victory in the duel is awarded to the athlete who managed to press the opponent with his shoulder blades to the wrestling mat (carcass). The victory is also counted if the wrestler wins two periods on points. If the score is the same, the judge appoints additional minutes to determine the more active wrestler. Athletes earn points after successful receptions or for violations of the rules by an opponent.

Kazhymukan Munaytpasov became the first professional wrestler, of whom the Kazakh people are proud. This athlete has a huge number of international-class prize awards on his account. No world championship was held without the crushing victories of Kazhymukan. Munaytpasov received the honorary title of "Batyr of the Kazakh people" for his numerous achievements.

Kazhymukan Munaytpasov marked the beginning of the great path of Kazakhstanis in international professional wrestling. As part of the national team of the Soviet Union, many Kazakh wrestlers repeated one after another the achievements of Munaytpasov. This year, the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Kazhymukan Munaytpasov took place in the village of Kazhymukan of the Tselinograd district, a regional tournament on Kazakh kuresi among youth under 23 years old was held in his honor, as well as laying flowers at the monument.

Since the 40s, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman) began to develop in Kazakhstan as a sport. And already in 1947, representatives of our country took part in the All-Union Greco-Roman wrestling championship. 

In the Greco-Roman Wrestling department of the Nur-Sultan Olympic Training Center, young athletes train in 2 age groups:

1. teenagers, cadets (15-17 years old);
2. boys, juniors (18-20 years old).

Youth, teenagers consisting of 20 athletes train with senior coaches Dyusenova N. and Kasymkhanova M. Teenagers, cadets from 20 people are trained by senior coaches Orkesheva E. and Tukenova K.

The team of young athletes of the Center for freestyle wrestling consists of the winners of the World Cup, champions and prize-winners of the Asian Championship. In particular:

• World Junior Championship: Kurbayev Iskhar – 3rd place.
• World Junior Championship: Izimgali Samatbek – 1st place.
• Asian Junior Championship: Sailau Maksat – 1st place.
• Asian Junior Championship: Koshkar Dinmukhamed – 2nd place.
• Asian Cadet Championship: Ibragimov Damir - 1st place; Zhadrasynov Altynbek - 2nd place; Korganov Beibit - 2 places; Turysbek Yesim - 1st place.

We wish our wrestlers of the Nur-Sultan Olympic Training Center good health and also win medals at the following competitions.