These Good Boys

23.07.1968 (Sports)

Vladimirs Lomanovs has been selected for the All-Union Youth Team! Lomanov improves his record at «Vārpās»

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- Who is Vladimir Lomanov?

A shy, blond guy. He speaks slowly, as if considering every word.

When did I start training? At that time, the two strongmen, Kalagin and Kiryanov, were lifting weights in Balvos. I only joined them later. 

- Where? A small floor and a bar in the stadium. We built it for the October holidays. In coats and gloves. Sometimes we had to beat the ice off the floor with disks. In winter, we were not accepted anywhere . . .

- When are you meeting Yost?

I lifted 287.5 kg in youth competitions. Then Pēteris took me to joint training. It would have been better, but my friends went to military service. I was left alone.

- Really?

Yes. He showed me a small room, about three by four meters. The weightlifting floor, as you know,

4x4. The boys come, lift me for one evening, then say: "You're going to be in this cave by yourself!" As soon as I finished high school, I started working at the Balvi meat processing plant. And I lifted the bar three times a week. The key to the room is with me. Is it hard? It's tiring to do it alone, there are no tools, just those two bars.

You know? he almost started whispering. I want to gain 410 kg by the fall, now I'm starting with 83 kilograms in the light heavyweight, half a kilo above average.

While we're talking, another incorrigible weightlifter, Cēsnieks, is lifting weights right there in the hall of the cultural center.

Roberts Abeltiņš. 165 kg in the clean and jerk, 462.5 in the total. Almost improved the performance of the Latvian master class in the triathlon. But the start is the same as Vladimir's.

Great boys, nice boys, these "Vārpa" weightlifters. How can I help them? How many such teams

Don't you want to stop halfway? Medicine, coaches, we'll only be able to think about that tomorrow.

Mine will go to 150, yours will go to 145 and shake, instead of warming up there was a juicy bass. How about Arturs Sliede . 

Abeltinš calmly said: You need to look at life realistically! 

- But psychology? Artūrs  didn't give up. And Valmiera resident Ēvalds Breikšs broke the district record in the first heavyweight.

- Why are you in Ogre?

- Last year I met the people from «Burtnieki». They said after the republican Spartakiad: «Come visit!» I have a vacation, I'll let them go there. Golden guys! I trained, rested, caught crayfish in Salaca. And you know, old Richters also came over one evening. What do you think about squatting with 140, football player's legs. In Ogre, the men are setting personal records, he rushed to his guys.

There used to be all sorts of callings and commitments. Even now, celebrities are leaving for the periphery, as they say. A red tablecloth, a carafe, a report and a tick in the report. But the celebrity forgets that he eats country bread, that country boys also want to play sports and are grateful for every piece of advice.

A sports master came to «Burtnieki», helped, prepared, and the Valmiera team won the team competition, but the «Liesma» and «Burtnieki» teams were second in the team groups.

And it's very good that A. Sliede, K. Pumpuriņš and V. Briedis came to Ogre. They came and didn't hide the candle under the dowry.