After the rupture of the spinal cord RESIDENT WAS Balakhnev swimming champion

NOW YOUNG MAN DEFENDS THE HONOR OF RUSSIA IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN LONDON.

32-old resident of Balakhna Alexander Molkov can hardly count all its sporting achievements. He - the master of sports of international class in swimming, as well as a multiple winner, silver and bronze medalist of the Russian Championship, silver medalist of the IWAS World Games, winner and two-time silver winner of the Open Championship in Mexico. And now the man is in London, which protects the honor of the country at the World Cup and where he took fifth place.

But life could have turned out quite differently, if in 2007 year with Alexander not disaster struck. The young man got in an accident, which literally divided his life into "before" and "after".

"I was born and raised in the village Khokhloma in Koverninsky District. Finished nine years of schooling, then vocational school in Kovernino, He served in the Airborne. And immediately after that I had an accident. As a result - a fracture of the spine and spinal cord complete rupture. Then a long rehabilitation. Reset the, and there was a new starting point ", – said Alexander.

After that Alexander was confined to a wheelchair. It seemed, all the fun behind. But everything changed abruptly, when in 2013, moved in Balakhna, a young man came to the local Centers.

"I have come to train in the hall, accidentally found, it has a swimming pool, I asked for a swim. There I saw the coach. I do not know, that she considered me. I at that time to swim I do not know how - just like a dog floundered. I proposed to go swimming, and I readily took up the cause. At that time, six years after the trauma has passed, I wanted some kind of. I wanted to get out of this hole ", – divided Alexander.

Since then, the young man began to constant training and the fight for "seconds" in the pool. Sports became his main activity.

"This is a full working day, plus competition, plus fees. 23 June, on his birthday, I flew to the camp in Yevpatoria, then in Tuapse, then trained in Ramenskoye, then under the frontal. And from there, straight, not going home, flew to London for the World Cup ", – divided athlete.

Now Alexander is located in the capital of Great Britain, which defends the honor of his native country. After that, the athlete returns home. But he already has a clear plan of further actions, and rest in it allocated very little time.

"I think, I return, the coach will give a week or two to rest. And then start a new race for seconds, for result. In January Dzerzhinsk will be held the championship of Russia, which will form part of the European Championship, and already there - to participate in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020 year. I plan to get into the team and perform at the Games ", – says Alexander.

Despite, that in the bank Alexander has a lot of success, athlete sure, that major victories in his life ahead.

"The main victory in my life, I think, It has not yet come. Then I smashed, both physically, and morally. And the victory was already the, I found the strength to get out of it. But the main victory in life will come later. I'm not retired yet. I think, a lot of that time to do ", – Alexander recognized.

Now the life of Alexander swing. A number of visas and stamps in his passport could be the envy of the leading “Eagle and tails”. true, the question, whether he is satisfied with his life, young people are reluctant to respond.

"Life was such, how there. I just try to make it better, interesting, actively, pozitivnee. I turn, I spin, generally. I have yet satisfied », – modestly noted athlete.

But the main purpose of a young man, he admits, - no Olympic medal. Most are now dreaming of another Alexander.

"I was not married, children also do not have. And already I want to start a family and something to leave behind ", – divided Alexander.

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