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Oyan Nazariani, the head coach of the Azerbaijan national beach wrestling team, gave an interview to the federation's press service.
Idman.biz reports that he evaluated the Azerbaijan Championship and spoke about the upcoming competitions.
– How do you evaluate the Azerbaijan Championship held in July and the results of this competition?
– After a 2-year break, the Azerbaijan Championship was held again. This championship took place in 2 age groups – U17 and adults. Unlike previous championships, for the first time, winners were determined among women in beach wrestling. Many participants joined the competition. Our expectations were met. Our main goal in holding this championship was to start preparing for the Youth Olympic Games, which will be held next year, earlier and to identify a wide-ranging wrestler base for the national team, involve them in training processes, and prepare for competitions.
– You started training camp immediately after the championship ended. How did the preparation process go? Is the team fully prepared for the competitions to be held in the next 2 months?
– Immediately after the championship ended, we involved the wrestlers in the national team. We started with one daily training session. I started by familiarizing our new athletes with the rules of beach wrestling, the type of training, and training disciplines. Then we started this year's first training camp. First of all, we focused on general physical and functional training. Although the camp will end on August 30, our training will continue until the competitions. First, we will go to Casablanca, Morocco, with a team of adults to participate in the stage competition of the World Series. Immediately after returning from there, we will start the final training camp for the U17 World Championship. Here, we will also work on agility and tactics. We still have time. We will try to improve more and perform well in the competition to the maximum extent.
– The number of participants in international beach wrestling competitions is gradually increasing. This further strengthens competition. What are your expectations from the competitions against the background of such competition?
– I am not a supporter of talking too ambitiously on the eve of the competition. Each competition has its own special features. In any case, we do our best in all competitions to achieve the best result. We train accordingly. The results we will achieve and the quality of the medals will be determined by the conditions on the competition day – the performance of the wrestlers and opponents. We hope to achieve high results at the U17 World Championship. Although we will participate in the World Series with few wrestlers, we are also candidates to win a medal in this competition.
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