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Sergei Shachin | Posted in room №1380, November 1984
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First Natasha noticed Turishcheva. She went once to Rastorotsky and said, "Vladislav Stepanovich, over there on the mat, warming up girl. I've been to look after her, has it something ... "Speech captain Natalia Yurchenko USSR at last year's world championships in Budapest confirmed that the right was Turishcheva, recognizing eight years ago, a young gymnast his future successor. In a bitter struggle Yurchenko did not flinch once. First, together with her friends on the team celebrated overall victory, and then became an absolute champion.

- I was born and grew up to ten years in Norilsk. Parents now live there. The Pope - Head of the Department on the smelter, mother - Senior Accountant on the railway. She enrolled me in this section of the coach Galina Hasanova. After the long polar night, we went to rest with the coach of the Black Sea. Next summer training camp proved gymnasts from the famous Rostov school. Galina offered to go to visit them - I wanted to show myself Rastorotsky. But it was not in the camp. But other coaches said that because I can get a good judge. I'm on fire: how to move to Rostov, where grown Olympic champions? Parents of gifted girls. Vladislav S. convinced that the main objective of any sports teacher - to help grow strong in spirit and body for every child.

- We now have trained gymnasts not only from Rostov, - says Natasha. - And when you live in a strange city alone, without parents, the coach becomes the most important for you and a loved one. Vladislav Stepanovich is well aware. He is trying to create in school a welcoming, homely atmosphere. We feel a big and friendly family. Often we are sitting at the samovar Vladislav Stepanovich home. He collected a library - about three thousand volumes - and gave it to us with.

Natasha - a third year student of the Rostov Pedagogical Institute. He dreams of a degree, to stay in the Rostov school coach, who for eight years has been for her mother.

And then, in 1975, when the future champion for the first time it has crossed the threshold from Rastorotsky trained Natalia Shaposhnikova. Sportswoman of rare natural talent, she none of his other students to comprehend the beauty of poetry movements, but do not always take the poetry of the harsh labor. Time passed, and it turned out that in expressiveness, artistry Yurchenko almost as Shaposhnikova. It was then, and planned to merge in you Rastorotsky

They did not want to let me go to distant lands in a strange big city. But Galina persuaded them. In Rostov helped me get to the boarding.

This school was founded Vladislav Stepanovich Rastorotsky. Former assistant fireman from the station Liski (now Gheorghiu-Dej) near Voronezh, he was involved in boxing, track and weightlifting. Had sports categories in the pole vault was even champion the field. But most of all wanted to perform a master standard of gymnastics - believed that she gives the most comprehensive development. For the dream Rastorotsky slept only four hours a day, combined training with studies at a vocational school, work, employment in night school.

Today in the Rostov school occupies 260 gymnasts. The smallest of five or six years older students already. The doors are open to all schools, not just the most talented girls. Vladislav S. convinced that the main objective of any sports teacher - to help grow strong in spirit and body for every child.

- We now have trained gymnasts not only from Rostov, - says Natasha. - And when you live in a strange city alone, without parents, the coach becomes the most important for you and a loved one. Vladislav Stepanovich is well aware. He is trying to create in school a welcoming, homely atmosphere. We feel a big and friendly family. Often we are sitting at the samovar Vladislav Stepanovich home. He collected a library - about three thousand volumes - and gave it to us with.

Natasha - a third year student of the Rostov Pedagogical Institute. He dreams of a degree, to stay in the Rostov school coach, who for eight years has been for her mother.

And then, in 1975, when the future champion for the first time it has crossed the threshold from Rastorotsky trained Natalia Shaposhnikova. Sportswoman of rare natural talent, she none of his other students to comprehend the beauty of poetry movements, but do not always take the poetry of the harsh labor. Time passed, and it turned out that in expressiveness, artistry Yurchenko almost as Shaposhnikova. It was then conceived and Rastorotsky combine speeches Natalia Yurchenko, both poetic beginning - and the labor movement, to create a unique, sparkling gym, to help his students to climb the highest rungs of the world and Olympic podiums.

In the World Cup-82 Natalia shared the victory with an absolute world champion Olga Bicherova. Everyone was waiting for her success and the spring 1983 European Championships in Sweden ...

- And Lyudmila Turishcheva me Vladislav Stepanovich trained to look at the competition only on him - says Natasha. - Before the approach to the projectile eyes met with the coach - and immediately feel his support, calm down ... And then before the performance on the uneven bars, I did not find Rastorotsky usual place. Well, I think that something serious had happened. Get into a fuss and fell ... Then it turned out that the coach has angered too low estimate of the jump, he rushed off to file a protest, it was rejected, and then a minute Vladislav Stepanovich ran into the lobby to cool. After this incident, we have agreed that whatever happened, we should not be separated during a contest. Before each access to the platform Vladislav Stepanovich admonishes: "I Forget about how you just performed. Consider if the competition starts from the beginning. " You see, a real athlete for a second should not relax. We must constantly reaffirm his class. And then the last, I mean all-around a little tired. The coach was very unhappy. For me, he is the chief judge.

- Ahead of World Championships in Budapest, - I said then. - We will wait for you to just win.

- Well, - Natasha smiled. - We'll have to win!

And she won. The highest score - "ten" - for the vault at the beginning of the personal events and another "ten" in the last view - floor exercise - these are compelling arguments Natalia Yurchenko in the fight for the absolute world championship.

On the last day of the championship Natasha was seriously injured. Almost half a year to train and to compete because "Druzhba-84" came not in the best shape. Schoolgirls Rastorotsky had it all more difficult, but she fought to the end and won two gold medals - for the victory in the team competition and vault. But the main character of these major events has become a 15-year-old Muscovite Olga Mostepanova. She won the absolute championship and three gold medals in individual shells. After the competition the senior coach of the USSR Andrei Radionenko told reporters: "We are now in the national team two leaders - Yurchenko and Mostelanova. I deliberately put in the first place Natasha, though she was not included in the top three winners in the all-around. Yurchenko made here is a real sports feat, showed indomitable character. It is a real captain! "

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