As a boy, he became a football player, and became a world and European champion in athletics. This winter season The most talented Russian runner, Yuri BORZAKOVSKY, is missing out - he will not go to the March World Championships in Birmingham. But he dreams of becoming the best in Paris in August.
His wife Ira helped him win his first gold medal at the world championship. For this, he taught his young wife culinary wisdom, which he masters perfectly. Now the governor of the Moscow region, Boris GROMOV, is building an entire stadium in Zhukovsky “for Borzakovsky,” and Yura will not have to travel to Moscow every day in his “nine” for training.
Yura, at the age of 19, in infancy for a middle athlete, you already ran in the Olympic final. When did you become interested in running?
Everything happened by chance. At the age of 10 I started playing football in sports school his hometown Zhukovsky. Two weeks later there were the first competitions. I thought it was football, but it turned out that it was running. I came to the finish line second. I was very happy and decided to stay.
Do you regret football?
During training we often play football. In the game you move and don’t notice a huge amount of acceleration, you get less tired psychologically. Football helps running.
How did your parents react to your sports activities?
Fine. They are simple people. Father is a driver, mother is a janitor.
By today's standards, you got married very early. Where did you meet your wife?
Irina and I went to the same kindergarten. Then they separated, the parents changed their place of residence. True, we only found out about this at the age of 16, when we met again and remembered our childhood. After this meeting we never parted. I began to look after her. And three years later they got married.
Do you remember when you proposed?
We walked together, as usual, around the city. Then we came home. And something inside pushed me. I decided to tell Ira: be my wife. She immediately agreed. It was after the Australian Olympics. I then completed my task in Sydney - I made it to the finals. Using positive emotions after the wedding, I won the 2001 Winter World Championships. And in May last year a boy was born, they named him Yaroslav.
And who is the boss in your family?
My wife says I am. But sometimes it shows the opposite. It happens that Ira is wrong about something, she is aware of it, but she tries not to show it to me. He says: I’m older than you, which means I’m right. She really is a year older. But when she needs to answer for something, she says: you are the eldest in the family, you should sort it out. (Ira later deciphered: “Married means to her husband, he is the most important!” - V.R.)
As a child I fed the whole family
What does a young wife do besides raising a child?
She is a needlewoman, a seamstress by profession. Maybe for fun, sew yourself a dress or suit. Before the birth of her son, she managed to work as a secretary. Now a housewife. And even before that I was involved in athletics and ran. Nowadays, too, to keep in shape, he sometimes goes for a run in the forest.
A small child probably doesn’t let you sleep at night, do you have to get up often?
To be honest, they let me get enough sleep. I don't get up. Everyone understands that I have a hard workout tomorrow and I need to be in shape.
Do you live separately from your parents?
We are currently living with our mother-in-law. After victories at the World and European Championships, they promised me better living conditions. But for some reason this process took a long time. And my coach, Vyacheslav Makarovich, arranged a meeting with the governor of the Moscow region. We arrived and talked about our problems. Boris Gromov gave me a three-room apartment. Now the construction of the house is nearing completion. By the way, a modern stadium for track and field athletes will be built in Zhukovsky. We went to look for housing and got a whole stadium in addition - great! There is already a project, the place has been cleared, and by the summer they will probably have time to lay the path.
Who cooks for you and your wife at home?
In the kitchen now either the wife or the mother-in-law is in charge. I don’t want to brag, but I can also make a lot of different dishes. I like to cook cabbage soup, for example. When I was unmarried and living with my parents, I had to cook often. My mother and father are at work, and I also have a younger brother and sister. As the eldest, he cooked dinners and fed the whole family.
Athletes are usually interested in cars, are you an exception?
Yes, I really like driving a car. But unlike my brother, I don’t like to dig into them. Thank God my car doesn't break down.
And what model?
I learned to drive a V8. After the European Championship, I got some money and changed my old car to a “nine”.
Which sports plans do you have for this year?
My coach and I decided to skip all the winter competitions. We want to be better prepared for the main start of the season - the summer World Championships in Paris.
But what about the “Golden League”, where the winner receives several tens of kilograms of gold. Don't want to become a millionaire?
To be first, you have to win everything summer starts"Golden League". To do this you will need to give it your all. Maintain peak form for three months. I'm still young for such loads. At some stages, of course, I will participate. But we must remember that the championship in Paris is ahead. And next year - the Olympics. I think it's a little golden one olympic medal more expensive than a pile of gold bars itself high quality.
Yuri is not an alien
They say that Borzakovsky recovers faster than other athletes after physical activity and his heart works differently from others. And the reason for this is his naturally slow pulse. For comment, we turned to the President of the Sports Medicine Federation, Lev MARKOV.
Yuri has a very good heart from birth, and also a very trained one. It pumps oxygen better than competitors and helps the runner use his strength more effectively over the course. As for the pulse, these are rumors. He is not an alien, as some people think. And the fact that even on the eve of the competition Yuri had a cold, but came out and defeated everyone, should not be surprising. The reason is simple. When a person is sick, all the reserves of his body are mobilized. And they help you quickly adapt to new loads. The body seems to turn on additional power and work to the maximum! But only if the person has a very healthy heart.
Yura, at the age of 19, in infancy for a middle athlete, you already ran in the Olympic final. When did you become interested in running?
Everything happened by chance. At the age of 10, he went to play football at the sports school in his hometown of Zhukovsky. Two weeks later there were the first competitions. I thought it was football, but it turned out that it was running. I came to the finish line second. I was very happy and decided to stay.
Do you regret football?
During training we often play football. In the game you move and don’t notice a huge amount of acceleration, you get less tired psychologically. Football helps running.
How did your parents react to your sports activities?
Fine. They are simple people. Father is a driver, mother is a janitor.
By today's standards, you got married very early. Where did you meet your wife?
Irina and I went to the same kindergarten. Then they separated, the parents changed their place of residence. True, we only found out about this at the age of 16, when we met again and remembered our childhood. After this meeting we never parted. I began to look after her. And three years later they got married.
Best of the day
Do you remember when you proposed?
We walked together, as usual, around the city. Then we came home. And something inside pushed me. I decided to tell Ira: be my wife. She immediately agreed. It was after the Australian Olympics. I then completed my task in Sydney - I made it to the finals. Using positive emotions after the wedding, I won the 2001 Winter World Championships. And in May last year a boy was born, they named him Yaroslav.
And who is the boss in your family?
My wife says I am. But sometimes it shows the opposite. It happens that Ira is wrong about something, she is aware of it, but she tries not to show it to me. He says: I’m older than you, which means I’m right. She really is a year older. But when she needs to answer for something, she says: you are the eldest in the family, you should sort it out. (Ira later deciphered: “Married means to her husband, he is the most important!” - V.R.)
As a child I fed the whole family
What does a young wife do besides raising a child?
She is a needlewoman, a seamstress by profession. Maybe for fun, sew yourself a dress or suit. Before the birth of her son, she managed to work as a secretary. Now a housewife. And even before that I was involved in athletics and ran. Nowadays, too, to keep in shape, he sometimes goes for a run in the forest.
A small child probably doesn’t let you sleep at night, do you have to get up often?
To be honest, they let me get enough sleep. I don't get up. Everyone understands that I have a hard workout tomorrow and I need to be in shape.
Do you live separately from your parents?
We are currently living with our mother-in-law. After victories at the World and European Championships, they promised me better living conditions. But for some reason this process took a long time. And my coach, Vyacheslav Makarovich, arranged a meeting with the governor of the Moscow region. We arrived and talked about our problems. Boris Gromov gave me a three-room apartment. Now the construction of the house is nearing completion. By the way, a modern stadium for track and field athletes will be built in Zhukovsky. We went to look for housing and got a whole stadium in addition - great! There is already a project, the place has been cleared, and by the summer they will probably have time to lay the path.
Who cooks for you and your wife at home?
In the kitchen now either the wife or the mother-in-law is in charge. I don’t want to brag, but I can also make a lot of different dishes. I like to cook cabbage soup, for example. When I was unmarried and living with my parents, I had to cook often. My mother and father are at work, and I also have a younger brother and sister. As the eldest, he cooked dinners and fed the whole family.
Athletes are usually interested in cars, are you an exception?
Yes, I really like driving a car. But unlike my brother, I don’t like to dig into them. Thank God my car doesn't break down.
And what model?
I learned to drive a V8. After the European Championship, I got some money and changed my old car to a “nine”.
What sports plans do you have for this year?
My coach and I decided to skip all the winter competitions. We want to be better prepared for the main start of the season - the summer World Championships in Paris.
But what about the “Golden League”, where the winner receives several tens of kilograms of gold. Don't want to become a millionaire?
To be first, you need to win all the summer starts of the Golden League. To do this you will need to give it your all. Maintain peak form for three months. I'm still young for such loads. At some stages, of course, I will participate. But we must remember that the championship in Paris is ahead. And next year - the Olympics. In my opinion, a small Olympic gold medal is worth more than a pile of gold bars of the highest standard.
Yuri is not an alien
They say that Borzakovsky recovers faster than other athletes after physical exertion and his heart works differently than others. And the reason for this is his naturally slow pulse. For comment, we turned to the President of the Sports Medicine Federation, Lev MARKOV.
Yuri has a very good heart from birth, and also a very trained one. It pumps oxygen better than competitors and helps the runner use his strength more effectively over the course. As for the pulse, these are rumors. He is not an alien, as some people think. And the fact that even on the eve of the competition Yuri had a cold, but came out and defeated everyone, should not be surprising. The reason is simple. When a person is sick, all the reserves of his body are mobilized. And they help you quickly adapt to new loads. The body seems to turn on additional power and work to the maximum! But only if the person has a very healthy heart.
The highest positions in middle distance running are firmly occupied by runners from Kenya, Ethiopia, North Africa. It’s rare that any European is able to break even into the top ten runners in the world. All the more significant are the achievements of track and field athlete Yuri Borzakovsky, European champion, triumphant Olympic Games and multiple winner of world championships. However, fans valued the athlete not only for his awards: every race with his participation became a real thriller, in which the final outcome was always postponed until the last seconds.
Finishing Master
Inexperienced fans believe that in running disciplines everything depends solely on the physical condition of the athlete, and that any race is simply a speed competition. However, in middle-distance running competitions, the tactical struggle between athletes occupies an important place. In this regard, Yuri Borzakovsky was an unsurpassed master and a real grandmaster in athletics.
An athlete who once successfully ran long distances sprint distances, had excellent explosive speed.
Not wanting to get involved in a tense struggle in the main group of competitors at a distance, a native of the Moscow region preferred to calmly run 500 m behind everyone, and then, having overcome the last bend, turned on his excellent speed and pulled ahead from behind the discouraged competitors.
Thus, Yuri Borzakovsky achieved a brilliant victory at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and won all his awards in the same way. Together with his mentor, he carefully studied the capabilities of his future rivals and very accurately determined the pace of his running over the distance and the decisive moment for the last push.
From football to athletics
Yuri Borzakovsky was born in the Moscow region in 1981 in the small town of Kratovo. His parents are simple people. Mom worked as a janitor, and father turned the steering wheel on a garbage truck. He was named Yura in honor of Gagarin, since he was born on Cosmonautics Day.
An active, energetic boy could not sit still, loved to play football and was constantly lost in the yard. IN athletics Yuri Borzakovsky, whose biography could have turned out differently, ended up almost by accident. Arriving at the stadium, he saw a group of boys who were playing football, and, joining them, he joined them in the section. Yuri attended training sessions with pleasure, progressed with incredible speed and even earned the nickname “Kenyan” at the age of twelve.
By the way, it was the Kenyan runners who were the boy’s childhood idols; he admired their incredible physical characteristics and knew by heart the achievements of the best athletes.
Finding yourself
Fantastic physical data allowed Yuri to try his hand at quite wide range running disciplines. From nature good heart perfectly supplied oxygen to the body, providing endurance. The runner was also excellently developed physically: almost 50% of the mass of his legs was pure muscle.
Thanks to his excellent speed, he ran well over long sprint distances and even took part in competitions in the 200 m race. Still, after going through various options, Yuri Borzakovsky settled on middle distances. Speed endurance coupled with excellent finishing spurt allowed him to express himself best in the 800, 1000, 1500 m running.
Junior exploits
It was at a distance of 800 m that Yuri Borzakovsky won his first serious international award. His native walls helped him in this. On the World youth games held in Moscow in 1998, he won a gold medal at a distance of 800 m, and added to it silver medal at a distance of 1500 m.
On the domestic stage, Yuri Borzakovsky was also unstoppable. He became the national champion among youth at a distance of 1500 m and won the junior tournament, taking part in the 400 m race.
Nevertheless, even then it was clear that the most promising prospects opened up for him precisely in the eight hundred meters.
The Rise of an Athletics Star
The flowering of stayers, that is, specialists in middle-distance running, comes with age, since these grandmasters from athletics acquire skill along with experience. However, Yuri Borzakovsky, an athlete with outstanding physical characteristics and extraordinary intelligence, began to win quite early. At the age of 18, he won the Russian adult championship, then the same year he won the European Junior Championship.
A year later, Yuri Borzakovsky reached serious international level, winning gold at the European Indoor Championships. Having updated his personal best in the summer, he confidently won a ticket to his first Olympics, which was held in Sydney in 2000.
In those years, it seemed that the hegemony of African athletes in middle-distance running was established forever. Since the time of the legendary Bolotnikov and Kuts, European stayers have had virtually no achievements at a serious level. However, Yuri Borzakovsky gradually became the continent's real star in athletics. After yesterday’s junior, at the age of 19, managed to reach the finals of the Sydney Olympics, competing on equal terms with the best, they started talking about him as a possible winner of the next Games in Athens.
The main victory in my career
During the pre-Olympic seasons, Yuri Borzakovsky gained momentum and consistently won major tournaments. In 2003, he made his debut at the World Championships, where he was one step away from gold. It is noteworthy that many experts did not say that the African runner won, but that Borzakovsky lost his well-deserved gold.
At the Athens Olympics, he was already considered one of the main contenders for victory, despite the presence of such giants as Wilson Kipketer and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.
The 800m final became one of the most spectacular television broadcasts of the Athens Games. Yuri Borzakovsky chose his favorite tactics and stayed behind his main competitors for most of the distance. However, at some point it seemed that the athlete made the final push too late. 50 meters before the finish, he was hopelessly behind his competitors, but Yuri rushed like the wind and was literally half a meter ahead of his famous rivals at the finish line.
Life after the Olympic victory
Having won the Games in Athens, Yuri Borzakovsky firmly entered the elite of athletics and gained truly stellar status. However, the hardworking athlete did not slow down and continued to work hard in training to achieve new victories. In 2005 he became second at the World Championships, two years later he took bronze award, losing to their opponents in a slow tactical final.
A few months before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Yuri Borzakovsky (running, 800 m) showed his second result at one of the commercial tournaments. He was in excellent shape and was considered one of the contenders for victory, but failure awaited him in the capital of China. Having overcome the qualifications with difficulty, in the semi-final race Yuri showed only the third result and did not even qualify for the final.
He himself explained his defeat by unsuccessful acclimatization and miscalculations in preparation for the Olympic Games.
After the fiasco in China, Yuri Borzakovsky performed for several years at the very high level. In 2011, he managed to take the bronze medal at the World Championships, despite the fact that by that time a generation of talented and hungry athletes had grown up.
The outstanding athlete ended his active career in 2014, but did not say goodbye to sports, switching to coaching a year later.
With his wife Irina Olympic champion Athens met back in kindergarten. Having met fifteen years later, they decided not to be separated again and got married at a fairly young age. By the way, his chosen one also previously participated in athletics.
Since then, they have had two sons, the eldest of whom is also involved in athletics and has already won youth tournaments.
2008
Yuri Borzakovsky started successfully new season, winning the 800 meters at the international tournament “Russian Winter” with the best result of the season in the world. He also performed well at the European Cup. But at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Yuri was left without a medal. True, it was not his fault - during the 4 x 400 meter relay, Maxim Dyldin, who was running in the penultimate stage, fell and passed the baton to Borzakovsky last. Even Borzakovsky himself was unable to help the team out.
I don’t suspect permanent champions of doping
“I talked to Max, and he admitted that his opponent pushed him in the fight for an advantageous position on the track,” recalls Yuri. — The push was not frankly rude and boorish, it just happened unexpectedly, in such a situation he could not stand on his feet. And I, having taken the baton far behind everyone else, had already lost the incentive to give my best on the track. I just reached the finish line so that our team would be given sixth place.
— Confident victory At the World Championships, the young runner from Sudan Abubaker Kaki Khamisa in the 800 meters was a surprise?
- 1 minute 44.81 seconds - a very decent result. And the triumph of this runner really came as a surprise to me. I had never heard of him before. In such cases, the athlete cannot be suspected in advance of using any drugs. But practice shows: if some constantly, year after year, run at the world level, like, for example, the Kenyan Bungei or Mulaudzi from South Africa, then there is no reason to suspect them of anything. Unlike those who, as the song says, “came from nowhere and went to nowhere.”
— What are your immediate plans?
— We have training camps in Cyprus until April 20. Our group is my coach Vyacheslav Evstratov and there are seven of us runners with him.
I love training in Kyrgyzstan
— You managed to win “Russian Winter” using rather unusual tactics...
“A huge amount of work was done during the fall. At the beginning of the season, my coach Vyacheslav Makarovich Evstratov and I increased both the volume of work and the intensity. I completed all four quarters of the distance at Russian Winter in the same time. We specifically worked out a similar running schedule in training.
— And where do you train now?
— Before the Meteor stadium was built in my native Zhukovsky, I had to go to training either to the Olympic base in Podolsk or to Moscow. The one-way journey took an hour and a half, and sometimes more. I only experience difficulties in winter.
— The entire Russian team spent December and February in Portugal. Why didn't you go with the team?
— Evstratov’s group, including me, has already chosen Cyprus. One of the reasons: our coach is already 76 years old, and he can hardly endure long flights. And in Cyprus, I think, the conditions are no worse than in Portugal. Soon we will go to Kyrgyzstan, which I already know well, to Lake Issyk-Kul. There, the service is gradually improving, and prices for accommodation and food are lower than in Western Europe and even in Russia. And hotel staff are trying not to lose clients from Russia. The places there are wonderfully beautiful, the environment is good. And despite the fact that the place is high-altitude, the terrain is quite flat. When we arrive there, even my middle-aged coach tries to do some exercises, walking and even jogging. Probably the atmosphere there adds strength.
Barracuda on a hook
— Have you traveled to many countries in recent years? Where did you particularly like?
— I almost never have the opportunity to see anything other than stadiums, hotels and airports. But sometimes there are exceptions. I remember the wonderful excursions around Rome. And in Cyprus, during training camps, there is enough time to explore the sights of the island. Including those related to ancient Greek history and famous myths. There are also Orthodox churches there. Last time I brought home a beautiful icon from Cyprus. But all these joys are overshadowed by separation from family.
— You’re not taking your wife and sons with you this time?
- I'll leave it at home. For two reasons. Firstly, my wife Ira is not a free person. She works as a fitness instructor at the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky. She has 12 people in her group. If you constantly go away and throw your players at other coaches, then this is not in better side will affect your professional reputation. In addition, she is now intensively taking courses at the photo academy, and will graduate at the end of spring. Then we'll go somewhere. And experience shows that taking two sons at once on foreign trips is very troublesome and tiring. The youngest, Leva, is two and a half years old, the eldest, Yaroslav, is five. They are too small for such long trips. Thank God, grandmothers help out - both mother and mother-in-law. But in the summer, my wife Irina and I and a large group of relatives went to Egypt on a tourist trip.
— What are your most vivid impressions?
- Firstly, a minimum of training and the opportunity to sleep as much as you want. Ancient monuments, of course. And the most vivid impression for me, as a gambling fisherman, was the trip to motor boats along the Red Sea. The fishing is excellent! And tuna was caught, and barracuda, and tiger fish. We pulled it all out of the water ourselves, while the boat was driven by a local sailor. And two hours later, all this fish was prepared for us according to local recipes.
— Does your wife approve of this hobby?
“So she’s just as much of an amateur as I am.” And he knows how to do everything correctly, including gear, baits, and other fishing tricks. When I live at home, we try to go to some body of water every week. I also fished on the Volga and the Black Sea. But a busy sports schedule, of course, limits our fishing passion. And sometimes, when I come back from a long trip, I don’t want to leave the house at all, but just be with the children.
— Your eldest commented very funny on your father’s performances a year ago...
— For some reason, Yaroslav calls the stadium, and indeed any other place of my training, the Olympics. I wanted to go to the “Russian Winter” to cheer for me, but I caught a cold. I stayed in Zhukovsky with my sister, worried in front of the TV.
Footballers take too much care of themselves
— Besides athletics, what sports are you interested in?
— If I have time, I enjoy watching many competitions. Lately I’ve been following biathlon with particular passion. Interesting cross-country skiing, boxing. And, of course, football and hockey. By the way, many years ago I came to the athletics section by mistake. After training, the runners played football among themselves, and I thought - the football players are practicing. I played... and stayed with coach Lyubov Miroshnichenko.
— Which teams do you support?
— There are no preferences in national championship matches. I don’t support either Dynamo, which I’ve been a member of for a long time, or the Moscow region Saturn and Khimki. But I worry very zealously about the Russian national teams. Although to Russian football players I must say, I have an inexplicable love. I saw them training and at first I was just surprised. But it became clear why they usually barely move their legs in the second half. A very gentle training regimen, especially in terms of general physical training.
— Among your serious hobbies is music. I had a chance to listen to you sing into the microphone, accompanying yourself on the guitar. What does the repertoire consist of?
— I don’t understand musical notation. I even get confused with the names of the chords. So I catch most of the songs by ear. If I hear something and like it, I play it on the guitar. There is no permanent repertoire. True, lately I have become interested in electronic music.
— A couple of years ago, it seems, you worked part-time as a disc jockey in some clubs?
— Yes, this hobby was interrupted for a long time due to that tragic car accident in which a person died. Such shocks, of course, dampen the mood and desire to hang out for a long time. But recently I have resumed my disc jockey experience. Although my main income continues to be sports. Working as a disc jockey is more of an active holiday.
Ovett is ready to adopt me
— Have you developed friendly relations with any of the track and field athletes?
- Of the great champions of past years - with Steve Ovett. We were introduced to him when I was not even twenty. Having learned that I was born on April 12, 1981, he immediately figured out that exactly 9 months before that day I had won the Moscow Olympics, and with a serious expression on his face he told me: “Yes, it’s me. I remember in Moscow, after winning the 800-meter race, I had a good time - so you were born, so talented.” Afterwards we met several times, and he jokingly calls me his son. But he says he is ready to officially adopt. I recently met another Moscow Olympic champion in the 1500 meters, Sebastian Coe. But he has become a big official and behaves more solidly and seriously.
Of the current famous foreign athletes, I am friends with the world champion in the 1500 meters, Ukrainian Ivan Geshko. And almost all of the champions at my distance have already finished competing. Apart from me, the only people left were the Kenyan Bungei and the South African Mulaudzi. Although they are almost fellow countrymen in our Russian understanding and look very similar, I became much closer friends with the Kenyan. He is a very open, friendly guy, we even call each other and communicate by email.
— Have you ever had such an idea: to train with him in Africa in the winter?
— He himself constantly invites me to Kenya. He has an agricultural farm there. You can eat the best natural products. But, at least until the Olympics, I have no right to take that much risk. I don’t have immunity to African infections; I might catch some kind of fever. When you train a lot, illnesses take hold more easily. I often catch colds in Russia, and when traveling abroad I have constant digestive problems from food that is unusual for my Russian stomach. Although, of course, I would be interested in going. IN recent months I was very worried about my Kenyan friend when there were riots in Kenya. But then he reassured me with the message that he had moved his family to Italy. And yet, I think experienced fighters will be able to pass the test in Beijing better. I never wish for my victories. But I hope I will perform no worse than in Athens 2004.
Facts
The case is not closed
Many Russian fans, of course, are interested in how Borzakovsky’s case ultimately ended in connection with the car accident in Zhukovsky.
A year and a half ago, Borzakovsky hit and killed a man with his car. But the investigation established that the driver was sober, did not exceed the speed limit, and did not violate the rules traffic. While the victim was dead drunk and suddenly jumped out onto the roadway from behind a car standing at the side of the road. The investigation, and then the judge, did not see any crime in Borzakovsky’s actions.
The common-law wife of the deceased brought a claim, and at first everything was settled amicably. But when it turned out that the “opposite side” was a famous and wealthy person, requests rose to an unimaginable level. There are no charges against Borzakovsky, but the case is still not closed. Neither the plaintiff nor her lawyer have yet made themselves known. As informed people say, Borzakovsky himself is ready to help the victim’s family, especially since the deceased still has small child. But financial assistance before the case is closed may look like an attempt to pay off.
My wife and friend are responsible for the site
Recently, Yuri Borzakovsky's hobbies have included alpine skiing and the Internet.
Borzakovsky Yuri (born in 1981) - Russian athlete athlete. 2001 World Indoor Athletics Champion in the 800m race.
Yuri Borzakovsky was born on April 12, 1981 in a simple family. His mother worked as a janitor, and his father worked as a garbage collector. The boy, born on Cosmonautics Day, was named after Gagarin. Yuri was the eldest in the family and was an example for the younger children.
At the age of ten, he began training in the athletics section. The energetic and lively child enjoyed the training sessions. By the age of twelve, he achieved some positive results in this sport and received the nickname Kenyan.
Since childhood, Yuri has admired runners from this country and claimed that they have a different muscle structure, ideal for running.
However, the athlete himself has all the data to win various competitions. He is naturally endowed with enormous muscle strength: Muscles make up 50% of the mass of his legs.
The amazing endurance and speed developed by an athlete on a treadmill is the result of constant training. Combined with tactical knowledge, on which half the success in middle-distance running depends, these qualities allow Yuri to win various competitions.
At the World Indoor Athletics Championships, held in the spring of 2001 in Lisbon, nineteen-year-old Borzakovsky beat all competitors in the final 800 m race, finishing first and winning gold. He beat by almost 2 seconds silver medalist and showed the second result in the entire history of indoor athletics games.
Yuri Borzakovsky's tactical trick is a slow start and a fast finish. 500 m from the start, the runner catches up and easily passes his opponents, leaving them no chance. His advantage increases with almost every step, reaching tens of meters.
However, athletes from other teams do not like this style of running. So on one of international tournaments Kenyan Noah Ngeni, at that time the world record holder in the 1000 m race, hit Yuri, who was trying to get around his opponents, in the liver, and when he tried again, he received another sharp poke in the back.
In the fall of 2000, Yuri Borzakovsky married his beloved girl Irina, a student at the regional academy of physical education. The famous track and field athlete himself studies at this institution. The young family lives in the city of Zhukovsky, Moscow region, and the main source of income is the prize money that Yuri receives at competitions.
However, neither big earnings nor high-profile titles turned his head. Yuri Borzakovsky continues daily workouts, hoping to become a prize-winner at the next competition.
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