Monument to Ivan Yarygin , the famous wrestler , is located near the Sports Palace Resort on the island . Inauguration of the monument took place on the eve of the annual tournament in memory of the famous athlete. Ivan Yarygin - unique fighter .Throughout his career, Yarygin was twice Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling, won the championship of the Soviet Union , Europe and Worldwide . At the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 set a record : spent all his victorious battle for 7 minutes and 20 seconds , put all his rivals on the blades .In July 1976, in Montreal, won the second gold medal . Yarigin died October 11, 1997 in an automobile accident .
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