David Degtyarev: How Kazakhstan’s para powerlifting champion is inspiring a generation

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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,

01:11it was,

01:12it was,

01:13it was,

01:14it was,

01:15it was,

01:16it was,

01:17it was,

01:18it was,

01:19it was,

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,

02:55we, we,

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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.

05:15And 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,

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