Russian wrestlers competed successfully at the XXX Summer Olympic Games in London. One of the gold medals was won by a young athlete Roman Vlasov. He won a victory in the weight category up to 74 kg in a duel with a member of the Armenian national team Arsen Julfalakyan.
Roman Vlasov went to his Olympic gold since childhood. He was born on October 6, 1990 in Novosibirsk. From an early age, the boy grew up without a father. Sometimes the family had money problems. Roman recalled that there were days when the refrigerator was empty. But such difficulties only strengthened the will of the athlete. His motto was the phrase from the cult novel of his favorite writer, Ernest Hemingway: "Man was not created to suffer defeat." Roman explains that he perceives any failure as a reason to take into account his mistakes and correct them in the future.
Perhaps that is why the young man is today considered one of the strongest wrestlers of the Greco-Roman style. And he was brought to the sports section by his older brother Artem, who was engaged in wrestling, was a master of sports and the winner of the Russian championship among youth in this sport. Roman recalls how his brother then told him: "You will definitely be a champion." And so it happened, and Vlasov has a lot of champion titles.
For example, in 2011 he became the gold medalist of the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship in Tyumen. Then in the same year he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Dortmund. Drawing conclusions from his mistakes made in this tournament, Vlasov took gold at the World Championships in Istanbul in September. Then there were other successful tournaments, where Roman became the winner. Including the European Championship in 2012, where the Russian athlete won the highest award.
And now, finally, a well-deserved victory in the Summer Olympics in London. Immediately after the award, Roman admitted that he had not yet fully realized that he was an Olympic champion. Although he went to the competition in the hope of getting a gold medal. Vlasov said that after the Olympics he plans to take some rest and then continue training. After all, he must go to new victories.
