In this episode of Voices from Central Asia, we travel to Kazakhstan to meet David Degtyarev, a para-powerlifter who has become a two-time Paralympic champion.
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00:00Sports came in 2015.
00:12I spent a few years living in Astana,
00:15and returned to the Basar,
00:17because there was no success.
00:19My friend Dmitry Harajduk,
00:21whom I grew up in student years,
00:24invited me to take a job in school.
00:26In 2015,
00:28I had a friend with my friend,
00:30and I sold it.
00:32He called me,
00:33because it was,
00:34it turned out to me.
00:35There was no association with me.
00:38I came to the trainer,
00:40and then,
00:41it became a professional level.
00:43I did everything together.
00:45It was free in the room.
00:47It was a shanty,
00:48a ganty,
00:49a ganty,
00:50a ganty,
00:51a ganty,
00:52a ganty,
00:53a ganty.
00:54At the time,
00:55people who were older
00:57told me,
00:58it was better to do it.
00:59Today,
01:00it was better to do it.
01:01And then,
01:02when I became a professional,
01:03I became a trainer,
01:04he sent the program.
01:05There,
01:06about 6 months ago,
01:07I said,
01:08I said,
01:09it was,
01:10it was,
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01:21it was,
01:24it was,
01:25it was,
01:27it was.
01:28In 2021 he won all the championships.
01:31He won everything on all levels.
01:35And if a person had a better mentality,
01:40or if he had different perspectives,
01:43after the first success,
01:45he was able to go to the other side.
01:47But with David and Yuri Nikolaevs,
01:49there were priorities in the first place.
01:52And they were not able to do this.
01:54Their goal was to win,
01:57not to be popular,
02:00or to earn.
02:02The goal was to win the Olympics.
02:04We have different plans.
02:06We don't have to say that.
02:08Because the result was,
02:10we need to experiment.
02:12Because my body has a certain kind of training.
02:16So, the trainer decides to do a new program,
02:20which will bring you to your own.
02:22There is a lot of training,
02:24but not about the competition,
02:25but about the same time.
02:27If it's interesting,
02:28I would be in the States.
02:29A few years ago,
02:30we played the Asian Games.
02:33It was the first victory in the Asian Games.
02:35So, I'm really glad.
02:37Thank you for the support.
02:38It was the first goal in my life.
02:41I was in the moment in Atbasari.
02:43I needed to go to the Astana.
02:44And we went to the Astana.
02:45And we went to France.
02:48It was unique for us.
02:50My colleague, Akmaral,
02:53a gold medalist,
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03:23There is a development that motivates us, because, I'll tell you,
03:27the competition grew up on the level of Kazakhstan.
03:29We didn't have it before.
03:30We always had the same guys in the first place.
03:33Now we have no more games.
03:35We have a 3-3.
03:37Now we started to learn about Kazakhstan.
03:40They started to study for us, for the results of our athletes and so on.
03:45They started to build our athletes.
03:47And David, in a way, was probably even the king of his category.
03:52And the people always say that in 54th category, where David выступs,
03:57there are no равных.
03:58And they always, in the beginning, do his выступления,
04:01he already started to say number.
04:03I think it's about a lot, I think.
04:05The impact of David, in particular, has been affected by people,
04:09the people, the people of the world, the people of the world,
04:11what David showed, what he showed.
04:14Now, the views of the public, which is constantly changing,
04:18it means that David has been affected by it.
04:22The impact is, as far as David is now in the game,
04:24how the trainer is now in the game,
04:27the impact is, and the age of his.
04:29He absolutely allows.
04:30The third Olympics.
04:31The number three is beautiful.
04:32The Los Angeles, if you try to win it, if God will, it will be.
04:36The victory is not a single person, it's a whole team.
04:38It's a team, the doctors, the friends, family,
04:41it's a whole team.
04:43I try to be a believer, and think that God will give me.
04:48And so, we need to be honest,
04:51try to be a good person,
04:53try to be a good person, to be a close friend.
04:54And this is a whole world of life.
04:56The fact that God always wants to be a good person.
04:58And you will be a good person.
05:00You won't agree.
05:01It doesn't help you.
05:01Because the purpose of the player,
05:04he is not a single person,
05:06so that many more comedians will teach you.
05:07You won't be a good person.
05:08And as long as he will take you,
05:10you will be a good person.
05:12You'll be a good person.
05:12You'll be a good person.
05:15And as long as the leader,
05:16you'll be a good person.
05:16And as long as the customer will be a good person.
05:19If God will give you a good person.
05:20So, what we do is,