Kukaningi kunomqondo phakathi kwabantu abadla inyama wokuthi indoda kumele idle inyama ukuzigcina isesimweni esihle ngokomzimba. Lo mbono oyiphutha uqinisile ikakhulukazi kubakhi bomzimba, izinsimbi zesisindo kanye nabanye abasubathi abangochwepheshe. Kodwa-ke, kunenani elikhulu labasubathi abangochwepheshe emhlabeni abalandela ukudla okudla imifino kanye ne-vegan kuphela. Phakathi kwabantu bakithi ungomunye wabantu abanamandla kakhulu emhlabeni, u-Ivan Poddubny. U-Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny wazalwa ngo-1871 emndenini weZaporozhye Cossacks.
Umndeni wabo wawudume ngamadoda aqinile, kepha amakhono ka-Ivan ayephawuleka ngempela. Wayebizwa nge- "Champion of Champions", "Russian Bogatyr", "Iron Ivan". Njengoba waqala umsebenzi wakhe kwezemidlalo esekisini, Poddubny waba wrestling okhokhelwayo futhi anqobe abasubathi esiqine European naseMelika. Yize u-Ivan ehlulwe izimpi ngazinye, akakaze ahlulwe nakanye emiqhudelwaneni. Izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa iqhawe laseRussia laba ngumnqobi wemidlalo yomhlaba kumqhudelwano wasendulo.
U-Ivan Poddubny ungumpetha womhlaba wokuqala wezikhathi eziyisithupha emqhudelwaneni wamaGrikhi namaRoma. Ungumculi Ohlonishwayo we-RSFSR kanye noMhlonishwa Wezemidlalo Wezemidlalo wase-USSR. U-Ivan wanikezwa i- "Order of the Legion of Honor" kanye ne- "Order of the Red Banner of Labour." Futhi kulezi zinsuku kunamadoda amaningi aqinile anezandla ezinkulu adla ngokwemvelo. Omunye walaba bantu ukwakhiwa kokudla okuluhlaza. Kunzima ukukholelwa, kepha iqhawe, elinobude obungu-184 cm, lalingamakhilogremu ayi-120, linamathela ekudleni kwemifino. U-Ivan wayethanda ukudla okulula, okunenhliziyo enhle kwaseRussia.
Isisekelo sokudla siqukethe okusanhlamvu, isinkwa, nezithelo ezinemifino. UPoddubny wakhetha uphaya weklabishi kunoma yikuphi ukunambitheka kwezilwandle. Bathi ngesinye isikhathi, ehambele eMelika, u-Ivan waphuthelwa isithombo sakhe saseRussia kangangoba wabhalela udadewabo incwadi emcela ukuba amthumelele le mifino. Mhlawumbe lokhu kwakuyimfihlo yamandla akhe angakaze abonwe: lapho iqhawe selivele lineminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50, wanqoba kalula ama-wrestlers aneminyaka engu-20-30.
Ngeshwa, impi nendlala kwagqashula iqhawe laseRussia. Phakathi nangemva kwempi, u-Ivan wayehlala edolobheni laseYeysk. Isilinganiso esincane esanikezwa wonke umuntu sasinganele ukugcwalisa umzimba kaPoddubny onamandla ngamandla.
Isabelo sikashukela senyanga wasidla ngosuku olulodwa, isinkwa naso sasintuleka kakhulu. Futhi, iminyaka ithathe umthwalo wabo. Ngesinye isikhathi, lapho u-Ivan wayeseneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-70, wawa lapho ebuyela ekhaya. Ukwephuka kwesinqe ukulimala kanzima emzimbeni weminyaka yobudala. Ngemuva kwalokho, uPoddubny wayengasakwazi ukuhamba ngokugcwele. Ngenxa yalokho, ngo-1949, u-Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny wafa, kodwa udumo lwakhe lusaphila. Emathuneni akhe kuqoshwe umbhalo othi: “Nangu iqhawe laseRussia lilele.”