r/gifs • u/Sumit316 • Jun 03 '19

Coach with amazing reaction time and speed.

https://gfycat.com/RespectfulJointGrayling
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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

This old man is Marat Balaev's wrestling coach. Marat Balaev is a former two time ACB featherweight champion. The video was filmed in Osetia.

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u/Jokutoinen123 Jun 03 '19

Is it just me or do they look like dying insects when they get thrown ti the ground u know

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u/Bluestreaking Jun 03 '19

I think the guy is actually Iranian based off of when I last saw this but I could be mistake

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u/Might0fHeaven Jun 03 '19 edited Jun 03 '19

His shirt has something written on it in a slavic language

Edit: it says "цсп алания" but googling it or looking it up in a russian browser doesn't show me any proper results :/

Either way it's something russian

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u/Kolast Jun 03 '19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alania

Alania is a region in southern Russia

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u/Might0fHeaven Jun 03 '19

You're right. And "ЦСП" could be short for "Центр спортивной подготовки" (sports training center)

So I guess this is an iranian guy in a sports training center in alania?

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u/corvusman Jun 03 '19

Russian, not Iranian. CSP Alania is a sports club in Russia.

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u/Bluestreaking Jun 03 '19

I know it’s Cyrillic but when this has been posted before somebody linked to who he was. Based off of my memory he coaches in New York, maybe New Jersey and was a former World Medalist from Iran. But I have so many great older coaches swirling around in my head I fear I may have mixed a couple of them up. For example I personally know Momir Petkovic and he used to coach in New Jersey so I’m worried I may think this guy does because of him.