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continental weightlifting championship in Georgia 26-year-old weightlifter from Mariupol for the first time in his career won the "gold"
Today in Georgia ends of the joint European championship in weightlifting. Among the 15 members of the national team of Ukraine in Tbilisi, scored only two of our athletes with the same name, Julia. This 28-year-old Julia Asks from Odessa region, became the winner in the category up to 53 kg, and 26-year-old Yulia Kalina from Mariupol, won for our country the "gold" in the category up to 63 kg. For Olympic medalist in London in 2012, Yulia Kalina it was the first career award of the highest test of the continental championship.
When "FACTS" called Yulia Kalina on mobile, to congratulate with the victory, she asked me to call the number of the travel SIM card, having complained about expensive roaming charges. As it turned out, she was still in Georgia.
Julia, congratulations on your well deserved victory! Liked Tbilisi?
Have just returned from a tour of the city. Was walking aimlessly, in Tbilisi you can walk forever. What a beautiful city - old buildings, towers, mountains, fortresses, churches!.. Parents bought as a gift wine in a clay souvenir bottles, world without my daughter - a beautiful pen. I am always with competitions pens cite, I remind that it is necessary to study well the joy of the mother. It is because I already in fifth grade. In January my World 11 years old.
Not done without tears. On the eve of the competition was fast asleep - I knew on the platform will have to act in full force. In General, and the excitement and joy all mixed up. But when standing on the highest step of the podium, singing the national anthem, began to cry. He could not keep silent after the words "soul th to mi put for our freedom". Presented all our fallen soldiers - patriots of Ukraine... So I felt sorry for them, it's a shame that in the war our guys die. Remembered and his family, native Mariupol. So worried and nervous, as there parents with my daughter Miroslava sit under attacks. There after all every day shooting. Scary to live in a combat zone. Now even my daughter to me on the phone said: "Mom, we are again today, "popcorn" exploded".
Olympic medalist at the 2012 Games Yulia Kalina collected a complete set of medals of the European Championships
Since the beginning of the year. Especially for my daughter missed. Immediately after the New year went to the Olympic base in Koncha Zaspa to prepare for the championship. Miss you terribly! Can't wait for the plane to see the sun - the World. Not the least bit sorry that sooner became a mother. Yes, you have correctly calculated in 15 years.
Yes no... to Know where you fall, straws would spread. I'm a little girl was. Didn't know what to do. Didn't know she was pregnant. Mom says, "Come, daughter to the gynecologist is something your belly grows". It turned out that for 22 weeks. All this time I complete training. Mom didn't blame me and said, "we are going to give birth!" But dad enraged at me then firmly: "what of it? I gave you back in the sport, such hopes were pinned! And suddenly you're going to give birth". Nobody believed that I would again return to the sport.
It was my choice. Within a month after birth I went to the gym. Plowed in the hall as the damned. Understand that only through hard work in sports be able to feed yourself and your baby. Between the two workouts were running home to cook my mother, who looked after my daughter.
Us with my parents at the time, Oh how hard life was. When world without was two months, above us burned two apartments. The fire was extinguished, our entire apartment was flooded. Had to move to the time in the hotel. There was no money even for Essentials. Milk I have lost, the child was transferred to artificial feeding. And I did not have money even for the mixture. And no one to lend... Well anything, survived. The way they have experienced and realized that suffering builds. I knew that I had to raise the bar. The only way to feed the baby.
Very grateful to my parents for their patience and love. So wanted to make them a big gift. After winning an Olympic medal without hesitation spent much of the prize money to buy a house for mom and dad. And kept secret until recently. The real surprise turned out.
That I became a weightlifter, not surprising. Because I come from a sporting family. Dad Anatoly V. - the master of sports of weightlifting and kettlebell sport, master of sport of international class in powerlifting, was the bronze medalist of the European championship. Mom in school he was into athletics, then powerlifting. However, good results were not shown. All four of my brothers also weightlifters.
Godfather Vitali Swedes - weightlifting coach, mentor Artem sa. He was often our guest. Once, sitting with us at the holiday table, the Swedes told my dad: "Let Julia comes into the room "works" and try to workout". Started with raising semidiagrammatic piece of iron, because off the floor even a blank fretboard could not. I then was eleven. And by the way my daughter at the same age in weightlifting hall began to walk. It is my fortress, my mom. World like weightlifting, it's working properly to raise the bar.
Sport, but once you do you'll have to live without the rod.
So I graduated from the Kharkov state zooveterinary Academy. Very fond of animals. Long wanted to have a rabbit. And so shortly before the Olympics has made her a gift - bought white fluffy with blue eyes. Little rabbit lived a long time in my room on sportbase. And then I drove her home. My daughter loves to play with pussy. And I bought myself yorkchicago Terrier. This tiny dog is so happy when I come back from the gym...