At the Paralympics in London there will be a representative from Tatarstan

In August 29 on on the first channel the opening of the fourteenth Paralympics in London will be translated. The Russian national team consists from 163 people where one of them is the representative from Kazan - Paralympic silver medalist in Beijing, thirty years old Airat Zakiev acting in the discipline "weightlifting".

During the phone call the athlete told the weekly edition of "My newspaper. Tatarstan "from the capital of the UK:" After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin and other official events, the Russian sport delegation successfully arrived in London, housed in the same rooms as the participants of the Olympiad. Now I’m training everyday. My way to the bar is scheduled for Sept. 1 at about 21.30 (Moscow time) "

Previous time he was a little distressed that passed only 2.5 kilograms for the Iranian Hamza Mohammadi, who set the record for the Paralympics, squeezed among athletes in the weight category up to 60 kg projectile weighing 202.5 kilograms. This time Airat is gained only for a gold after four years tireless trainings to come to the fateful bar.

By the way, in the collection of awards Airat have the highest standard - Russian, European, international, silver medal last Paralympics. But not the highest - the gold medal of the Paralympics. He hopes to fill this gap.