Vladicavcasian Humanitarian Lyceum

History

There is no doubt that the victories of wrestlers in free style were caused mainly by the fact that the most part of future champions came from classical wrestling the great "freers" coach Aslanbek Zaharovich Dzgoev used to repeat: "Classic is always classic".

As a Peculiar example of osetian wrestlers, of classical style, we may call Temirbolat Kanukov. The glory of his strength was rumbling in all country.

Before the Great Patriotic War Kermen and Peter Tukkaevs, Peter Andiev,

Mustafa Nakov and others glittered on the arena. Nakov became a bronze champion of USSR in 1939. At that time it was very perfect.

Viktor Pavlov won not less. Since 1924 to 1941 nobody could win him in the republic and in the whole Caucasus. Later Victor Radionovich started to coach and prepared a great number of good wrestlers between them there are

A. Tukkaev, A. Makoev, V. Gacolaev and others.

Great was a share to the development of classical wrestling of Michael

Ogladze. His wrestlers Peter Andiev, Boris Burnacev became the Caucasian champions not once.

But the special prosperity of classical wrestling came at the end of

50th at the beginning of 60th, many wonderful sportsmen won many international and USSR competitions between them are Kermen Samenov's,

Michael Ogladze's and Aslan Dzgoev's wrestlers — winners of RSFSR competitions of many years. And Anatoly Kirov, which came to Vladicavkas to study, while he was here he won a world championship.

Tauzbek Dzahsorov, Boris Abaev, Tamir Marzaganov, Boris Basiev and

Shaukuz Dzarasov had both good methods in free and in classical style. We can name many good wrestlers in later time, between them there are the

Sumenov brothers, and Sidakov brothers.

There were different moments in the history of classical wrestling. It was famous and not. But in all times there were men, who didn’t let this kind of sport disappear between them Aslanbek Hamurov, Emzar Karalidze andVladimir Uruimagov are mainly due to his efforts recently this kind of sports has got the increasing popularity. For a long time in our republic was only one school, which was headed by Robert Gouchmazov.

Today specialists talk about young Osetian "bogatyrs” such as Nart

Camakaev, Denis Forov, Anzor Totrov, Valery Cuckuev and Hasan Baroev, became twice Russian champion and world champion in young category of 97kg.

In this weight Vladimir Uruimagov became an USSR champion, and now he trains Hasan. Became Alexander Dulaev, Rastislav Budtuev, became Russian winners, and now it is Hasan's turn. At the age of 17 he became a master of sport in ass at Greece-Roman wrestling style. In 2001 Hasan changed weight category for l20 kg. In this category Alexander Karelin won his coevals in

Russia and in the world, and in 2002 he won Denis Forov who won European competition. In 2003 Hasan won Rulon Gardner, who won Alexander Karelin on

Olympic Games.

Nowadays

The next “congress” of the best wrestlers in our planet took place in the suburb of French capital in Kretey. There were more people that in the last years, as the price of the Olympic wins became higher. It’s interesting that the gold medals went to five countries. And only Russia has two the valuablest rounds. The world proud to our country, brought