The examination showed that the Tambov bodybuilder Irina Fomenkova died due to excessive physical exertion. - You talked with Irina until the last

“In my last carb-free days, my body can only move while lying in a car.”

On April 30, bodybuilder Irina Fomenkova died. The death of a 20-year-old athlete was reported by the Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness of the Tambov Region. The cause of death is the heart.

There was everything in her life - both unhappy love, and the desire to live beautifully, and the pain that the girl went through in order to become happy.

The news of Irina's death went almost unnoticed in the media. Only mean condolences from colleagues in the shop. The press service of the federation said: “In January, Irina joined the Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness of the Tambov Region. She took part in a number of regional competitions and the Russian championship in bodybuilding and fitness. She was the winner of the Cup of the Moscow Region in bodybuilding and fitness. Irina was a fiery sports enthusiast in general and fitness in particular. She lived and breathed them until the last beat of her heart.
But tragic story Irina's life was not as simple as the athletes described it to be.

Why do people register on social networks? To tell the whole world about yourself. And in details. What did they have lunch and dinner, where did they go, what outfit did they buy, how much, where, with whom are they “in a relationship” today, and with whom did they break up and why. Personal life - at a glance. Irina Fomenkova was no exception.

Here are the latest posts on her wall.

April 1st - "In my last carb-free days, my body can only move while lying in a car."

April 10, 2015 In the photo, Irina is sleeping in clothes on the couch. Here is her comment: “5 hours 24 minutes without water. Smiley. Let's hold on."

April 15 - "You can guess from our happy faces how many hours we are without water."

April 19 - “The best praise is the praise of the coach. There is still a lot of work ahead. 23 kg was drained in 70 days, so tell me after that that there is at least something impossible ... "And then the answer of the president of the Tambov Bodybuilding Federation German Yukhnatov:" This man has done a tremendous job on himself and should become a motivator for everyone.

April 28 — “My first competitive season is over. I collected all the most unfortunate places - 2, 4, 11. I saw what to work on. I squeezed out what I could for 3 months. There are tasks for the new season and a new form. She ate, calmed down, turned into a normal person. Thanks to everyone who was there and put up with me during the drying. Special thanks to colleagues from Fres-fitness, who pumped me out after every cardio. Sorry for being rude. I became a normal person again with the legal 150 grams of carbs per day.”

Funny pictures on the page of the deceased no longer seem so funny. Signatures to them - even more so.

“The Russians say - “Die, but do it.” "I buried my back and shoulders today." “That feeling when you killed yourself in training.”

Death in training seemed to Irina a game.

Drying, refusing to eat - entertainment.

But the life of this girl could have turned out differently.

The mother of the deceased, Svetlana: “Sport and my daughter are incompatible things”

Irina Fomenkova was born in Tambov. She was the only and late child in the family.

Now the mother of the deceased, Svetlana, is looking for those responsible for the death of the child.

It is unlikely that she will be able to find someone. What she knew about her daughter is the tip of the iceberg.

“More than two months have passed since her death, but I still can’t come to my senses,” Svetlana began the conversation. - Do you know what I do? I sit behind the wheel and make circles around the city. A little distraction from thoughts.

Svetlana, even in a nightmare, could not imagine that her daughter would bring professional sports to the grave.

- She was absolutely not an athletic girl growing up with me. There has never been a place for sports in her life. Books, languages, study - yes, but not sports. Ira from early childhood was called a child prodigy. From the age of 5 she began to learn English. At 6 I went to school. In the 9th grade, she won the American competition in Voronezh. After that, she was invited for an internship in America, where she studied for a year. In addition to English, she learned several other languages ​​on her own. She graduated from the 11th grade as an external student. I successfully passed the exam and entered the MEPhI. And this despite the fact that we never hired her a single tutor. Psychologists shrugged: “Your girl is a child prodigy. She has a great future ahead of her."

In 2013, 16-year-old Irina left for Moscow. She settled in a hostel at the institute. Soon she got a prestigious job in a large collection agency. Despite her young age, Fomenkova was enrolled in the staff.

— She worked in the department strategic analysis and planning. Within two years, she rose to the position of Senior Business Analyst. Her salary was 115 thousand rubles. I don’t know what inspired her to start playing sports. It was in Moscow that she first went to the gym. I read about this later in her diary, Svetlana continues. - I thought that she just decided to lose weight, as she was disposed to be overweight, like her father. Once, in her hearts, she even threw me: “When you decided to conceive me, you didn’t see - from whom? Why do I have to suffer all the time now? Classes helped her lose weight. She became a beauty. She dyed her hair blonde, got her nails done, changed her hairstyles, looked well-groomed.

At the beginning of 2015, Irina began to visit her mother more and more often.

- At this time, we in Tambov opened a network of gyms "Stimulus", where German Yukhanov worked. He also heads the Tambov Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness. Ira met him on the Internet, decided to participate in competitions under his leadership. She received her license in January. And Herman undertook to control it. Before the competition, she lost a lot of weight, complained to me that her breasts had fallen off, her ass. Herman, in turn, tightly controlled her regime. He saw in her strong man.

Mentor Yukhanov, in turn, applauded her on his page. He exhibited photos of Irina "before" and "after". After the death of the girl, Herman deleted all the cards.

- Irina's first competition took place on April 11 at the Tambov Drama Theater. A week later Herman took her to Saransk. A week later there were Krasnodar, the Cup of Russia, - says the interlocutor. - Before the performance in Tambov, I noticed that my daughter was out of breath at night, she was covered with perspiration. German warned. He waved his hand: “Have you forgotten how fat she used to be?”.

Later I learned that Ira was limited in the intake of carbohydrates and sugar-containing products, and she trained day and night. Already at the first competitions, she fainted from hunger before going on stage. Her nose was bleeding, she performed with tampons in her nose.

I found a trainer who was involved in organizing events. He personally pumped her out. I asked him later why I didn't tell Herman about my daughter's health. He sighed: "Yukhanov was engaged in refereeing, he was not up to the participants." And then Irina went to Saransk. After that, Herman informed me: “On the way back, Ira was lying in the car and snoring heavily, which is not typical for a young girl.” Nevertheless, she was not removed from the competition.

Returning from the Cup of Russia, Irina slept for half a day, her body was shaking, she was covered in cold sweat. And in this state she went to Moscow. After the death of his daughter, Yukhanov talked to me, asked me not to stir up a scandal, complained that he had lost many clients because of the tragedy, he could not calmly walk down the street - people were watching and condemning. After all, he tells everyone that Irina secretly took powerful fat-burning drugs that killed her.

Svetlana learned about the death of her daughter from Irina's friends who were with her that night.

- The day before her death, Ira had a temperature of 40. She still went to work. The temperature did not drop the next day. She called an ambulance. At one o'clock in the morning the doctor came and gave an injection. And two hours later she became ill again. The emergency room has arrived. They couldn’t pump it out,” the woman recalls. - Only recently, forensic experts announced the cause of death to me - acute heart failure and cardiomyopathy. Due to strong physical overload in the heart, dystrophic foci of the myocardium arose. No harmful substances were found in her blood. Whom did I turn to for help? I contacted the All-Russian Fitness Federation. They told me harshly: “Yukhanov is a professional. And you yourself had to look after your daughter. You are a mother. That's the fault." No criminal case was initiated in Moscow. The investigator decided that there was no crime in this story.

Fomenkova was buried in Tambov. According to the mother of the deceased, about 500 people came to say goodbye to Irina. Among them was German Yukhanov...

Svetlana blames her countryman for everything. Blind maternal love does not allow Svetlana to see the obvious. Her daughter has painted herself into a corner. And she couldn't get out of there. And her mother persistently continues to look for those responsible for the tragedy.

- After the death of Irina, they told me: "Geeks do not live long." Turns out it's true? Svetlana asks.

“The brain refused to work normally”

German Yukhanov - no last man in Tambov. Behind him are titles such as European champion in bodybuilding, vice-champion of Europe in bodybuilding in the heavyweight category, two-time champion of Russia among juniors and men, and many other awards. Recently, the President of the Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness of the Tambov Region.

Yukhanov agreed to comment on the situation with the deceased Irina Fomenkova:

- Irina contacted me in January 2015 on social networks. She said she wanted to join the federation and compete. I didn't mind. She trained in Moscow. I just suggested to her where in the muscles it is necessary to reduce, where to add. Recommended proper nutrition. I did 3-4 workouts with her. Then we met only at competitions.

Did you understand that something strange was happening to the girl?

“I didn’t see anything bad. Understand, we mostly communicated by correspondence. She shared her results. At competitions, I did not see her fainting. She gave the impression of a fanatical girl, but not crazy. She said that she quit her money job for the sake of her favorite sport. Before I went to the competition, I honestly told her: “You won’t take anything this season, you should train for another year.” But she believed that she would have time to prepare. What did it cost her?

- Did Irina use illegal drugs to quickly gain the desired shape?

I don't know what she used. After all, Ira lived in Moscow. I recommended a classic diet to her - exclude fried and starchy foods, reduce the amount of carbohydrates. There are only boiled vegetables, chicken meat, fish.

- To compete, she lost 23 kg in 70 days? This is fine?

- The fact that she lost a lot of weight, I could only observe from her photos on social networks. I didn't know what it was about. I thought the body began to react to the diet. But I have never been her coach, I have not led this girl. She didn't listen to my advice. For example, I said that she needs cardio for a maximum of two hours a day. An hour in the morning, an hour in the evening. She ran along the path for three hours. It was impossible to control it. In my opinion, the tragedy here was inevitable - she approached the sport too fanatically, she did not listen to my recommendations.

Kiril Sevostyanov is Fomenkova's classmate at MEPhI. He has his own memories of the deceased.

- Irina led an extremely harsh lifestyle because of sports - she slept, ate by the clock. At some point, her thinking changed. Priorities have changed. She did not catch the moment when the body began to fail. The bodybuilding regimen divided her life into two stages: first, there was a mass gain - she trained and ate a lot, and then the drying stage began - she removed excess water from the body. Of course, she felt bad, because the body lacked sugars and carbohydrates. The brain refused to work normally. She looked very tired. She didn't look happy, that's for sure.

“I ate 80 grams of porridge per week”

The hackneyed expression - hurry to live - perfectly defines Irina's lifestyle.

Irina's first coach agreed to tell us why Fomenkova decided to go in for sports and how she managed to lose weight.

We met in 2013. Irina came to our gym with one goal - to build muscle. By that time, she was in good shape. Ira said that she managed to lose weight on her own from 90 kg to 62 kg, says Timur Bekarov, a teacher at the Moscow Sports and Pedagogical College. - I have been doing powerlifting for a long time, I am a master of sports. Ira began to train hard, showed good results. But when I went to work in a more expensive club, she was no longer able to pay for training. We broke up last year. She found another coach. And for me, the departure of a student to another place is a boycott. This is where our relationship ended. But I didn't lose sight of her. Knew what was happening to her.

- Did Irina take illegal drugs?

- Professional sports, especially powerlifting and bodybuilding, without pharmaceuticals, without nutrition for the body - are ineffective. Ira has become a real fan of this sport. And I understood that if you do not follow her, then she can do stupid things.

She is one of those people who all the time have little, little, little results achieved, they need more and faster. She was told not to rush. She ignored. Ira really was a kind, sympathetic person, but her character was iron and heavy. If she decided something, she could not be broken. If some coach took her seriously, would devote a lot of time to her, then perhaps the tragedy would not have happened. But everyone has their own life. I could not give her all my time - I have a family, a child, a job.

Has she been to the doctors?

- When I coached her, I advised her to undergo a medical examination. At that moment, Ira moved to another coach. I later heard from the guys I knew that she went on a strict diet, which was contraindicated for her. She consumed 40 grams of carbohydrates per week.

For example, 100 grams of oatmeal contains 54 grams of carbohydrates. For a week she had to eat 80 grams of porridge. And with a low carbohydrate diet, strength and energy leave a person. It is not surprising that during training she lost consciousness, because there was an enormous load on the heart. When the coach put Irina on a low-carb diet, he had to think about what type her figure belongs to. Irina tends to be overweight. Reception of carbohydrates and fats is mandatory for her. Growth hormone, ephedrine, too, she had to use under control. Most likely, this diet was advised to her. She wouldn't have thought of it herself. She always needed a mentor, a man she would obey.

Why such torment? For what? Does this sport make money?

- If you find a sponsor, you can earn money. But finding a sponsor, especially in the Tambov region, is hard. To do this, you need to constantly perform, model your body, show yourself in competitions. You must be noticed. Irina did not have any sponsors. She spent all the money on training, vitamins. And when she was hinted that she was not ready to perform this season, then, I think, she decided at all costs to finish off her body and prove herself. Not in vain did she work hard all year.

- Does Irina's mother blame the President of the Tambov Federation for what happened, who sent her to the competition?

- In Moscow, she was led by another coach. Now no one will take the blame for her death. In my opinion, Irina was killed not by chemistry, but by training programs and diet. All builders use chemistry in order not to die, not to harm their health. And in this case everything was planned in such a way that it brought colossal harm. They told her: "Ira, stop it." But she insisted: "I was told that I could."

- Could she reach heights in this sport?

- With her character and perseverance in powerlifting, she could have succeeded. With me, she squatted with a barbell of 150 kg. In bodybuilding, she would hardly have succeeded. Well, under the bikini category, she would not fit at all. In the photographs, Irina did not come out very well, her figure is also not for this sport. She is massive, could gain a lot of weight. Such girls are only interested in powerlifting.

- Is it true that she started playing sports because of an unhappy love for a certain coach?

She showed feelings for me. But you can't call it unhappy love. Still young. We wouldn't have been able to with her.

"Want true love»

Irina Fomenkova did not love herself.

At parties, young people paid attention to her thin girlfriends.

“I want love. Real. And I will definitely meet a prince on a white horse, ”Irina repeated.

Fomenkova - a girl with a rod. If I set a goal for myself, I always achieved it. For two years, Ira has changed beyond recognition. It just didn't bring happiness.

Tatyana was a close friend of Irina for three years. They shared a room in the college dormitory. And everything that happened to Fomenkova, the girl watched with her own eyes.

We met at a collection company. Ira worked in the analytics department. They also lived in the same hostel, - says Tatyana. She seemed too smart and capable for her age. But in everyday life it was not easy for her. She was unprepared for life. Irka could not even feed herself, because she was a terrible spender. She spent more than she received. At first, her salary was 45 thousand - all the money went to clothes, cafes, trips to nightclubs.

When did sport come into her life?

- When we met, she was plump, weighed 80 kg. She constantly whined that because of her excess weight she had no personal life. Once she had an affair at work. But in the end, that young man preferred another girl to her - thin, unlike Irina.

- And they broke up?

- They really did not meet to part. He just said to her: “Ira, what did you expect?” After that, she began to lose weight. I was on strict diets. I could eat nothing for weeks. She had fainting spells. As a result, she lost weight up to 60 kg. Was looking great. But then she wanted to lose weight further. And the diets started again. To get in shape, I suggested that she run, but she decided to go to fitness.

There, a coach became attached to her. A disgusting man. Once he came to our dorm and stole jewelry. The whole story is out. But, thank God, everything was resolved. Further - worse. At some point, he began to persuade Irina to “inject growth hormones” in order to quickly get in shape. At first he came and pricked her. Then Ira adapted herself. Soon, Irina's legs began to hurt wildly. She never underwent any medical examination. She was not interested in whether she could run for hours, lift weights.

- How did the affair with the coach end?

He preferred her friend. Ira then fell into a terrible depression. Moved to another fitness club. And there I fell in love with the instructor again. But things didn't seem to go beyond friendship. The new coach told her: "You had the wrong program, I will get you in shape myself." And that's when the bullshit started. Irka began to sway to an incredible size. Ate 8-10 times a day. I could gobble up a bowl of rice at a time. She swallowed handfuls of pills, pricked injections, from which she had convulsions at night. Sometimes I heard her moaning in the next room, where she lived alone. Apparently, there was a breakdown in her body.

Did she like herself in her new body?

- Yes, she boasted that she could lift weights of 100 kg or more. For fun, she dragged me in her arms around the apartment. Once I told her: "Ira, you have become masculine." I suggested that she leave the rocking chair, but she was unstoppable. In December, when she became ill again, she said: “I will start to dry out, I want to participate in competitions in order to get a rank and engage in coaching.” And she began to train even harder. Those who took part in her preparation for the competition, after the death of Ira, deleted their statuses.

- Did you communicate with Irina to the last?

- In winter, she had new girlfriends, from gym. And she moved out of the hostel, began to rent an apartment with them closer to the sports club. She borrowed money from me several times - there was nothing to pay for housing. I asked: “Where do you put your salary? 70 thousand? In response, I heard: "I help my mother." Then I found out that she did not help her mother, on the contrary, she threw money at her all the time.

- Irina went in for sports and continued to work in a collection agency?

- In December, she said that she was tired of everything, she decided to devote her life to sports and quit the agency. Rather, she was fired for her frequent absence from work. Same story with the Institute. She after all could not hand over session normally. As a result, she transferred to the evening faculty. Before she moved, I said: “Ira, sports will ruin you.” But she didn't hear me anymore. We haven't seen each other since December. And on April 30, her mother called me in hysterics: “Ira died.” On the night of her death, next to Ira were new girlfriends who called an ambulance and helped pump her out.

- Do you think that sport ruined Irina?

- She slept for 4 hours a day, woke up at 5 in the morning and went to training. In addition to rice and synthetic vitamins, I did not eat anything. No adult organism can withstand this. And she was only 20.

- In the new form, Irina began to feel confident?

- AT recent times she considered herself beautiful. She looked up to her new girlfriends in everything.

Ira was easy to manipulate. How many times have I protected her from some things that others imposed on her. Either she tried to get into some dubious business, then she fell in love with a guy who simply pulled money from her. She was too trusting. But Moscow does not accept such people. She was ready to give everything to a man who simply smiled at her, stroked her head and said that she was good. For her, self-realization in the eyes of other people was important. She was easily influenced.

We contacted a girl who took part in the competition with Fomenkova. In her opinion, no sport is worth the effort that Irina made. And it's not even worth your life.

- I saw Fomenkova once at the championship of Mordovia in Saransk. She was lethargic, tired. After the performance, I found her in the dressing room. Ira lay on the floor. We asked her: "How are you?" She replied: "I want to drink and eat." I offered her juice, a handful of sweets and a tangerine and a couple of sips of cognac. To give a little strength to a tired body, everyone does this.

She drank and ate sweets. We didn’t meet with her anymore,” Olga recalls. — Irina competed in the body fitness category. For a beginner athlete, she was in good shape. The fact that she lost 23 kg in 2 months is normal. I lose 13 kg in a month. This sport is not dangerous for human life, if everything is done correctly. Young athletes do not die from physical exertion, but from chemicals that 95% of athletes use in preparation for competitions. As for the prospects - Ira could not win the competition under any circumstances.

This sport is not for everyone. The preparation costs are enormous. For sports nutrition, it takes from 10 thousand rubles a month. Next - payment for the gym and a personal trainer. In Moscow, one lesson costs 1,500 rubles - you will have to pay 30,000 per month. At competitions, you need to perform in a special swimsuit. Mine cost me 29 thousand rubles.

Make-up costs about 4 thousand rubles. Plus the cost of make-up artists, hairdressers, manicurists. At each competition there is a fee for participation, the amounts depend on the prestige of the competition. The cash rewards that are given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd places are ridiculous. From 10 to 15 thousand rubles. The ladder to career growth is too high. The more high titles, the more offers.

After winning major competitions, you can become the face of a major brand of sports nutrition manufacturers - you will receive a salary for your face and huge discounts on nutrition. You have to put your life into it. Is it worth it?

She lost 23 kilos in a couple of months and literally lived in the gym. But my heart couldn't take it...

FROM THE AUTHOR: the news about the death of 20-year-old Tambov bodybuilder Irina Fomenkova spread throughout Tambov in May, overgrown with rumors and speculation. Preparing for the competition, Irina dried up before her eyes in a couple of months, shed more than 20 kilograms. But the heart could not stand it: on April 30, the girl died. To understand why the pretty girl who made brilliant career, so tortured myself, I found her mother on social networks and arranged a meeting.

I came to visit Svetlana Fomenkova on September 7th. On the threshold I was met by a completely devastated woman with a lost look, invited me into the house.
Every detail in the Fomenkovs speaks eloquently about Irina. Here are her photographs, now with a mourning ribbon, there are the girl’s things that remained intact. To tell and show me more about Irina, the unfortunate mother called me to her empty room. After Irina's last visit, everything remained absolutely intact there: her hair dryer lies on the table, a blouse hangs on the back of a chair, her pencil portrait is on the sofa, and an open page in social networks is on the computer screen.
I don’t have the strength to take it all away,” Svetlana says with tears in her eyes. - It feels like yesterday my girl was here, talking, smiling, although Irina has been in a coffin for four months.

Irina - only daughter spouses Fomenkov - was born in Tambov, was a long-awaited, late and madly beloved child. From childhood, she delighted both her mother and teachers with her abilities in the sciences. They called her a child prodigy. At the age of 6, the girl already went to school, at the age of 15, in 2010, she won a prestigious competition in Voronezh and went to study in America for a year.
- Irina returned from America with a perfect knowledge of the language: I did not even doubt that she would study at one of the best universities in the country, - says Svetlana. - My girl was predicted a grandiose future, brilliant prospects ...

And so it happened: in 2013, the girl graduated from the 11th grade as an external student, entered the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and moved to the capital.
Irina settled in a hostel, and soon got a job in a prestigious collection agency, in the department of strategic analysis and planning. Fomenkova's career went uphill by leaps and bounds, in 2014 the young girl was already appointed to the position of senior business analyst.

She was a very smart girl. Negotiated with bank directors. Irina earned up to 250 thousand rubles a month. I don’t know what made her start to torment herself in the hall. For the first time she went to fitness in Moscow in 2014, - says the unfortunate mother. - Lost weight, but it was not enough for her. In social networks, Irina met Tambov coach German Yukhanov. She trusted him very much, fell under the influence of this man. In January 2015, he accepted her into the Tambov Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, began to give her advice. Then eat, then don’t eat, he advised some supplements and fat burners. I still have her federation membership card - I want to break it.
The motto to be the best in everything played with the girl bad joke. Irina firmly set her sights on doing it professionally, performing at competitions in the body fitness category. In three months, from a plump girl, she turned herself into a pumped-up fitness athlete, began to compete.
Irina's first performance took place on April 11 at the Tambov Drama Theater. Friends told me later: on that day, Irina fainted from hunger a couple of times, there was blood from her nose. She went on stage with cotton swabs in her nose, - says Svetlana. - And after only a week I went to perform in Saransk. A week later - the Cup of Russia in Krasnodar. I was very worried about my daughter, wrote and said to Herman: “ What are you doing with her!"And he told me:" Look how fat she was in February!» That's the whole answer. Officially, he was not her coach, but he was an authority, Irina trusted his opinion implicitly.
But it turned out that this was not yet the limit of Irina's possibilities. Despite everything, the girl wanted to sculpt the perfect body. Fighting nature helped her to cut down on the amount of food day after day and increase the duration of training.
“During these 70 days, 23 kilograms were drained,” Irina wrote on April 19 on her VKontakte page. “Tell me after that that there is at least something impossible.”
“I squeezed out what I could for 3 months,” she writes on April 26. “Special thanks to my colleagues pumping me out after every cardio.”
Irina finished the competitive season and returned to work in Moscow, but continued to train day and night. However vitality she was already running out.
On April 29, Irina's temperature jumped to 40, the next day, at night, the girl became ill, had an attack. At one in the morning, a friend with whom she was filming in Moscow called an ambulance.
“Then they told me: at one in the morning the doctors simply injected her with painkillers and left,” Svetlana says, lowering her eyes. - After a couple of hours, my girl was again called in intensive care. Couldn't download anymore. The cause of death was acute cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Irina was accused of taking potent drugs without permission. Forensic experts confirmed that all this is a lie and the attempts of her "mentors" to absolve themselves of responsibility.
The girl was buried in Tambov at the Donskoy cemetery. Farewell took place on May 3 in the ritual hall of the Tambov Regional Hospital. To see Irina on her last journey, her relatives, friends, from school, from studies, from the fitness community came. True, after the funeral of the girl, the last one caught a cold.
Everyone is pushing me not to stir up a scandal, everyone is demanding that I shut up. Even in the church they say: Let it go". And how can I let her go if my only child?! - says Svetlana Fomenkova. - Previously, the meaning of my life was my daughter, now the meaning is the memory of her. All her so-called athlete friends forgot, added me to the black list, I can’t even call them. They want to save their own skin, they keep away from the delicate story. I still want and can’t throw away Irina’s diplomas at fitness competitions. Would break them! Why did she need all this? I didn't save my girl.
The unfortunate mother goes to her daughter's grave almost every day, hugs the cross and cries. The only consolation is folders with old photos of Irina still "before fitness" and her page "VKontakte". Svetlana sits for hours in social networks and post pictures dead daughter- it helps to calm down.
Today I restored Irinina's American page - now I am once again walking with her along her paths-paths of 2009-2010, - the heartbroken mother wrote on August 28. - Lord, how much she managed and at the same time how little!

Memories are the only thing that Svetlana Fomenkova has left. But she is not going to just give up and let go of the situation. The woman hired a lawyer, with whom they draw up a statement and discuss the issue of bringing to justice the people who ruined the health and life of the girl.
I can't sleep. I can't eat. To switch off, I drink a few sleeping pills or wind circles around the city while driving, Svetlana admits. - My girl walked along these streets.

Publishes the story of a 20-year-old bodybuilder from Tambov, Irina Fomenkova.

The publication reports that bodybuilder Irina Fomenkova died on April 30. The death of a 20-year-old athlete was reported by the Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness of the Tambov Region. The cause of death is the heart.

But the news of Irina's death went almost unnoticed in the media. Only mean condolences from colleagues in the shop. The press service of the federation said: “In January, Irina joined the Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness of the Tambov Region. She took part in a number of regional competitions and the Russian championship in bodybuilding and fitness. She was the winner of the Cup of the Moscow Region in bodybuilding and fitness. Irina was a fiery sports enthusiast in general and fitness in particular. She lived and breathed them until the last beat of her heart.

But the tragic life story of Irina was not as simple as the athletes are trying to make it out, the newspaper writes.

The mother of the deceased, Svetlana: “Sport and my daughter are incompatible things”

Irina Fomenkova was born in Tambov. She was the only and late child in the family.

Now the mother of the deceased, Svetlana, is looking for those responsible for the death of the child. It is unlikely that she will be able to find someone. What she knew about her daughter is the tip of the iceberg, Moskovsky Komsomolets writes.

“More than two months have passed since her death, but I still can’t come to my senses,” Svetlana began the conversation. - Do you know what I do? I sit behind the wheel and make circles around the city. A little distraction from thoughts.

Svetlana, even in a nightmare, could not imagine that her daughter would bring professional sports to the grave.

- She was absolutely not an athletic girl growing up with me. There has never been a place for sports in her life. Books, languages, studies - yes, but not sports. Ira from early childhood was called a child prodigy. From the age of 5 she began to learn English. At 6 I went to school. In the 9th grade, she won the American competition in Voronezh. After that, she was invited for an internship in America, where she studied for a year. In addition to English, she learned several other languages ​​on her own. She graduated from the 11th grade as an external student. I successfully passed the exam and entered the MEPhI. And this despite the fact that we never hired her a single tutor. Psychologists shrugged: “Your girl is a child prodigy. She has a great future ahead of her."

In 2013, 16-year-old Irina left for Moscow. She settled in a hostel at the institute. Soon she got a prestigious job in a large collection agency. Despite her young age, Fomenkova was enrolled in the staff.

— She worked in the department of strategic analysis and planning. Within two years, she rose to the position of Senior Business Analyst. Her salary was 115 thousand rubles. I don’t know what inspired her to start playing sports. It was in Moscow that she first went to the gym. I read about this later in her diary, Svetlana continues. - I thought that she just decided to lose weight, as she was disposed to be overweight, like her father. Once, in her hearts, she even threw me: “When you decided to conceive me, you didn’t see - from whom? Why do I have to suffer all the time now? Classes helped her lose weight. She became a beauty. She dyed her hair blonde, got her nails done, changed her hairstyles, looked well-groomed.

At the beginning of 2015, Irina began to visit her mother more and more often.

- At this time, we in Tambov opened a network of gyms "Stimulus", where German Yukhanov worked. He also heads the Tambov Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness. Ira met him on the Internet, decided to participate in competitions under his leadership. She received her license in January. And Herman undertook to control it. Before the competition, she lost a lot of weight, complained to me that her breasts had fallen off, her ass. Herman, in turn, tightly controlled her regime. He saw a strong person in her.

Mentor Yukhanov, in turn, applauded her on his page. He exhibited photos of Irina "before" and "after". After the death of the girl, Herman deleted all the cards.

- Irina's first competition took place on April 11 at the Tambov Drama Theater. A week later Herman took her to Saransk. A week later there were Krasnodar, the Cup of Russia, - says the interlocutor. - Before the performance in Tambov, I noticed that my daughter was out of breath at night, she was covered with perspiration. German warned. He waved his hand: “Have you forgotten how fat she used to be?”.

Later I learned that Ira was limited in the intake of carbohydrates and sugar-containing products, and she trained day and night. Already at the first competitions, she fainted from hunger before going on stage. Her nose was bleeding, she performed with tampons in her nose.

I found a trainer who was involved in organizing events. He personally pumped it out. I asked him later why I didn't tell Herman about my daughter's health. He sighed: "Yukhanov was engaged in refereeing, he was not up to the participants." And then Irina went to Saransk. After that, Herman informed me: “On the way back, Ira was lying in the car and snoring heavily, which is not typical for a young girl.” Nevertheless, she was not removed from the competition.

Returning from the Cup of Russia, Irina slept for half a day, her body was shaking, she was covered in cold sweat. And in this state she went to Moscow. After the death of his daughter, Yukhanov talked to me, asked me not to stir up a scandal, complained that he had lost many clients because of the tragedy, he could not calmly walk down the street - people were watching and condemning. After all, he tells everyone that Irina secretly took powerful fat-burning drugs that killed her.

Svetlana learned about the death of her daughter from Irina's friends who were with her that night.

- The day before her death, Ira had a temperature of 40. She still went to work. The temperature did not drop the next day. She called an ambulance. At one o'clock in the morning the doctor came and gave an injection. And two hours later she became ill again. The emergency room has arrived. They couldn’t pump it out,” the woman recalls. - Only recently, forensic experts announced the cause of death to me - acute heart failure and cardiomyopathy. Due to strong physical overload in the heart, dystrophic foci of the myocardium arose. No harmful substances were found in her blood. Whom did I turn to for help? I contacted the All-Russian Fitness Federation. They told me harshly: “Yukhanov is a professional. And you yourself had to look after your daughter. You are a mother. That's the fault." No criminal case was initiated in Moscow. The investigator decided that there was no crime in this story.

Fomenkova was buried in Tambov. According to the mother of the deceased, about 500 people came to say goodbye to Irina. Among them was German Yukhanov...

Svetlana blames her countryman for everything.

- After the death of Irina, they told me: "Geeks do not live long." Turns out it's true? Svetlana asks.

“The brain refused to work normally”

German Yukhanov is not the last person in Tambov. Behind him are such titles as the European champion in bodybuilding, the vice-champion of Europe in bodybuilding in the heavyweight category, the two-time champion of Russia among juniors and men, and many other awards. Recently, the President of the Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness of the Tambov Region.

Yukhanov agreed to comment on the situation with the deceased Irina Fomenkova:

- Irina contacted me in January 2015 on social networks. She said she wanted to join the federation and compete. I didn't mind. She trained in Moscow. I just suggested to her where in the muscles it is necessary to reduce, where to add. Recommend proper nutrition. I did 3-4 workouts with her. Then we met only at competitions.

Did you understand that something strange was happening to the girl?

“I didn’t see anything bad. Understand, we mostly communicated by correspondence. She shared her results. At competitions, I did not see her fainting. She gave the impression of a fanatical girl, but not crazy. She said that she quit her money job for the sake of her favorite sport. Before I went to the competition, I honestly told her: “You won’t take anything this season, you should train for another year.” But she believed that she would have time to prepare. What did it cost her?

- Did Irina use illegal drugs to quickly gain the desired shape?

I don't know what she used. After all, Ira lived in Moscow. I recommended a classic diet to her - exclude fried and starchy foods, reduce the amount of carbohydrates. There are only boiled vegetables, chicken meat, fish.

- To compete, she lost 23 kg in 70 days? This is fine?

- The fact that she lost a lot of weight, I could only observe from her photos on social networks. I didn't know what it was about. I thought the body began to react to the diet. But I have never been her coach, I have not led this girl. She didn't listen to my advice. For example, I said that she needs cardio for a maximum of two hours a day. An hour in the morning, an hour in the evening. She ran along the path for three hours. It was impossible to control it. In my opinion, the tragedy here was inevitable - she approached the sport too fanatically, she did not listen to my recommendations.

Kiril Sevostyanov is Fomenkova's classmate at MEPhI. He has his own memories of the deceased.

- Irina led an extremely harsh lifestyle because of sports - she slept, ate by the clock. At some point, her thinking changed. Priorities have changed. She did not catch the moment when the body began to fail. The bodybuilding regime divided her life into two stages: first there was a mass gain - she trained and ate a lot, and then the drying stage began - she cleaned extra fat from the body. Of course, she felt bad, because the body lacked sugars and carbohydrates. The brain refused to work normally. She looked very tired. She didn't look happy, that's for sure.

“I ate 80 grams of porridge per week”

The hackneyed expression - hurry to live - perfectly defines Irina's lifestyle.

Irina's first coach agreed to tell the publication why Fomenkova decided to go in for sports and how she managed to lose weight.

We met in 2013. Irina came to our gym with one goal - to build muscle. By that time, she was in good shape. Ira said that she managed to lose weight on her own from 90 kg to 62 kg, says Timur Bekarov, a teacher at the Moscow Sports and Pedagogical College. - I have been doing powerlifting for a long time, I am a master of sports. Ira began to train hard, showed good results. But when I went to work in a more expensive club, she was no longer able to pay for training. We broke up last year. She found another coach. And for me, the departure of a student to another place is a boycott. This is where our relationship ended. But I didn't lose sight of her. Knew what was happening to her.

- Did Irina take illegal drugs?

- Professional sports, especially powerlifting and bodybuilding, without pharmaceuticals, without nutrition for the body - are ineffective. Ira has become a real fan of this sport. And I understood that if you do not follow her, then she can do stupid things.

She is one of those people who all the time have little, little, little achieved result, they need more and faster. She was told not to rush. She ignored. Ira really was a kind, sympathetic person, but her character was iron and heavy. If she decided something, she was not to be broken. If some coach took her seriously, would devote a lot of time to her, then perhaps the tragedy would not have happened. But everyone has their own life. I could not give her all my time - I have a family, a child, a job.

Has she been to the doctors?

- When I coached her, I advised her to undergo a medical examination. At that moment, Ira moved to another coach. I later heard from the guys I knew that she went on a strict diet, which was contraindicated for her. She consumed 40 grams of carbohydrates per week.

For example, 100 grams of oatmeal contains 54 grams of carbohydrates. For a week she had to eat 80 grams of porridge. And with a low carbohydrate diet, strength and energy leave a person. It is not surprising that during training she lost consciousness, because there was an enormous load on the heart. When the coach put Irina on a low-carb diet, he had to think about what type her figure belongs to. Irina tends to be overweight. Reception of carbohydrates and fats is mandatory for her. Growth hormone, ephedrine, too, she had to use under control. Most likely, this diet was advised to her. She wouldn't have thought of it herself. She always needed a mentor, a man she would obey.

Why such torment? For what? Does this sport make money?

- If you find a sponsor, you can earn money. But finding a sponsor, especially in the Tambov region, is hard. To do this, you need to constantly perform, model your body, show yourself in competitions. You must be noticed. Irina did not have any sponsors. She spent all the money on training, vitamins. And when she was hinted that she was not ready to perform this season, then, I think, she decided at all costs to finish off her body and prove herself. Not in vain did she work hard all year.

- Does Irina's mother blame the President of the Tambov Federation for what happened, who sent her to the competition?

- In Moscow, she was led by another coach. Now no one will take the blame for her death. In my opinion, Irina was killed not by chemistry, but by training programs and diet. All builders use chemistry in order not to die, not to harm their health. And in this case, it was painted in such a way that it brought colossal harm. They told her: "Ira, stop it." But she insisted: "I was told that I could."

- Could she reach heights in this sport?

- With her character and perseverance in powerlifting, she could have succeeded. With me, she squatted with a barbell of 150 kg. In bodybuilding, she would hardly have succeeded. Well, under the bikini category, she would not fit at all. In the photographs, Irina did not come out very well, her figure is also not for this sport. She is massive, could gain a lot of weight. Such girls are only interested in powerlifting.

- Is it true that she started playing sports because of an unhappy love for a certain coach?

She showed feelings for me. But you can't call it unhappy love. Still young. We wouldn't have been able to with her.

"Moskovsky Komsomolets" publishes the last posts of the girl on her wall in the social network VKontakte:

April 1 - "In my last carb-free days, my body can only move while lying in a car."

April 10, 2015 In the photo, Irina is sleeping in clothes on the couch. Here is her comment: “5 hours 24 minutes without water. Smiley. Let's hold on."

April 15 - "You can guess from our happy faces how many hours we are without water."

April 19 - “The best praise is the praise of the coach. There is still a lot of work ahead. 23 kg was drained in 70 days, so tell me after that that there is at least something impossible ... "And then the answer of the president of the Tambov Bodybuilding Federation German Yukhnatov:" This man has done a tremendous job on himself and should become a motivator for everyone.

April 28 — “My first competitive season is over. I collected all the most unfortunate places - 2, 4, 11. I saw what to work on. I squeezed out what I could for 3 months. There are tasks for the new season and a new form. She ate, calmed down, turned into a normal person. Thanks to everyone who was there and put up with me during the drying. Special thanks to colleagues from Fres-fitness, who pumped me out after every cardio. Sorry for being rude. I became a normal person again with the legal 150 grams of carbs per day.”

For the sake of perfect shape, in a couple of months she threw off 23 kilos and literally lived in the gym. But my heart couldn't take it...

FROM THE AUTHOR: the news about the death of 20-year-old Tambov bodybuilder Irina Fomenkova spread throughout Tambov in May, overgrown with rumors and speculation. Preparing for the competition, Irina dried up before her eyes in a couple of months, shed more than 20 kilograms. But the heart could not stand it: on April 30, the girl died. To understand why a pretty girl who had a brilliant career tortured herself like that, I found her mother on social networks and made an appointment.

I came to visit Svetlana Fomenkova on September 7th. On the threshold I was met by a completely devastated woman with a lost look, invited me into the house.
Every detail in the Fomenkovs' apartment speaks eloquently about Irina. Here are her photographs, now with a mourning ribbon, there are the girl’s things that remained intact. To tell and show me more about Irina, the unfortunate mother called me to her empty room. After Irina's last visit, everything remained absolutely intact there: her hair dryer lies on the table, a blouse hangs on the back of a chair, her pencil portrait is on the sofa, and an open page in social networks is on the computer screen.
I don’t have the strength to take it all away,” Svetlana says with tears in her eyes. - It feels like yesterday my girl was here, talking, smiling, although Irina has been in a coffin for four months.

Irina - the only daughter of the Fomenkov spouses - was born in Tambov, was a long-awaited, late and madly beloved child. From childhood, she delighted both her mother and teachers with her abilities in the sciences. They called her a child prodigy. At the age of 6, the girl already went to school, at the age of 15, in 2010, she won a prestigious competition in Voronezh and went to study in America for a year.
- Irina returned from America with a perfect knowledge of the language: I did not even doubt that she would study at one of the best universities in the country, - says Svetlana. - My girl was predicted a grandiose future, brilliant prospects ...

And so it happened: in 2013, the girl graduated from the 11th grade as an external student, entered the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and moved to the capital.
Irina settled in a hostel, and soon got a job in a prestigious collection agency, in the department of strategic analysis and planning. Fomenkova's career went uphill by leaps and bounds, in 2014 the young girl was already appointed to the position of senior business analyst.

She was a very smart girl. Negotiated with bank directors. Irina earned up to 250 thousand rubles a month. I don’t know what made her start to torment herself in the hall. For the first time she went to fitness in Moscow in 2014, - says the unfortunate mother. - Lost weight, but it was not enough for her. In social networks, Irina met Tambov coach German Yukhanov. She trusted him very much, fell under the influence of this man. In January 2015, he accepted her into the Tambov Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, began to give her advice. Then eat, then don’t eat, he advised some supplements and fat burners. I still have her federation membership card - I want to break it.
The motto to be the best in everything played a cruel joke on the girl. Irina firmly set her sights on doing it professionally, performing at competitions in the body fitness category. In three months, from a plump girl, she turned herself into a pumped-up fitness athlete, began to compete.
Irina's first performance took place on April 11 at the Tambov Drama Theater. Friends told me later: on that day, Irina fainted from hunger a couple of times, there was blood from her nose. She went on stage with cotton swabs in her nose, - says Svetlana. - And after only a week I went to perform in Saransk. A week later - the Cup of Russia in Krasnodar. I was very worried about my daughter, I wrote and said to Herman: “What are you doing with her!” And he told me: “Look how fat she was in February!” That's the whole answer. Officially, he was not her coach, but he was an authority, Irina trusted his opinion implicitly.
But it turned out that this was not yet the limit of Irina's possibilities. Despite everything, the girl wanted to sculpt the perfect body. Fighting nature helped her to cut down on the amount of food day after day and increase the duration of training.
“During these 70 days, 23 kilograms were drained,” Irina wrote on April 19 on her VKontakte page. “Tell me after that that there is at least something impossible.”
“I squeezed out what I could for 3 months,” she writes on April 26. “Special thanks to my colleagues who pumped me out after every cardio.”
Irina finished the competitive season and returned to work in Moscow, but continued to train day and night. However, her vitality was already running out.
On April 29, Irina's temperature jumped to 40, the next day, at night, the girl became ill, had an attack. At one in the morning, a friend with whom she rented an apartment in Moscow called an ambulance.
“Then they told me: at one in the morning the doctors simply injected her with painkillers and left,” Svetlana says, lowering her eyes. - After a couple of hours, my girl was again called in intensive care. Couldn't download anymore. The cause of death was acute cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Irina was accused of taking potent drugs without permission. Forensic experts confirmed that all this is a lie and the attempts of her "mentors" to absolve themselves of responsibility.
The girl was buried in Tambov at the Donskoy cemetery. Farewell took place on May 3 in the ritual hall of the Tambov Regional Hospital. To see Irina on her last journey, her relatives, friends, from school, from studies, from the fitness community came. True, after the funeral of the girl, the last one caught a cold.
Everyone is pushing me not to stir up a scandal, everyone is demanding that I shut up. Even in the church they say: "Let go of the situation." And how can I let her go if my only child died?! - says Svetlana Fomenkova. - Previously, the meaning of my life was my daughter, now the meaning is the memory of her. All her so-called athlete friends forgot, added me to the black list, I can’t even call them. They want to save their own skin, they keep away from the delicate story. I still want and can’t throw away Irina’s diplomas at fitness competitions. Would break them! Why did she need all this? I didn't save my girl.
The unfortunate mother goes to her daughter's grave almost every day, hugs the cross and cries. The only consolation is folders with old photos of Irina still “before fitness” and her VKontakte page. Svetlana sits for hours on social networks and posts photos of her dead daughter - this helps to calm down.
Today I restored Irinina's American page - now I am once again walking with her along her paths-paths of 2009-2010, - the heartbroken mother wrote on August 28. - Lord, how much she managed and at the same time how little!

Memories are the only thing that Svetlana Fomenkova has left. But she is not going to just give up and let go of the situation. The woman hired a lawyer, with whom they draw up a statement and discuss the issue of bringing to justice the people who ruined the health and life of the girl.
I can't sleep. I can't eat. To switch off, I drink a few sleeping pills or wind circles around the city while driving, Svetlana admits. - My girl walked along these streets.

May 8th, 2015 02:01 pm

Fitness that kills

On April 30, 20-year-old bodybuilder Irina Fomenkova died. Heart failure.

Irina successfully competed in powerlifting, but in a short time she noticeably changed and got in shape for performances in the junior bodyfitness category. A few days before her death, the girl took part in the Russian Cup in Krasnodar.

She signed: "Cold, hungry, but there is still strength)".

On April 19, Irina recorded: “The best praise is the praise of the Coach) There is still a lot of work ahead, there will be gold in the open class - I promise 23 kg was drained in these 70 days, tell me after that that there is at least something impossible With such nothing is impossible as a coach Thank you very much!”

23 kilos in 70 days? Drained?! Can you imagine what this means for the body? I - yes: this is the hell through which the body of a 20-year-old athlete was driven. Tremor of internal organs, chills, loss of strength, complete suspended animation.

On April 26, Ira writes: “My first competitive season has ended. I collected all the most unfortunate places 2, 4 and 11) great experience, I saw what to work on. I squeezed out what I could in 3 months. There are already tasks for the new season and a new form) she ate, calmed down, turned into a normal person thank you so much to everyone who was there and put up with me during the cutting) special thanks to my colleagues from Fresh Fitness, who pumped me out after each cardio) of course, to my trainer and president of the federation German Yukhanov, Anya Zakharova and the Stimul fitness center) to my family and friends, Pauletta Fedorova (God give you patience) Masha Burnina! Colleague in misfortune all sorevy together) Forgive my rudeness, I have again become a normal person with a legal 150 grams of carbohydrates per day, well, today a little more ... a banquet at the Eastern European Cup)) ”

“She ate, calmed down, turned into a normal person” - this is fitness, that is, to be fit, what does it mean to be in shape? Needing a pump after "after every cardio" is "being in shape?" What kind of fitness is this? Fitness killer?

“I was a normal person again with the legal 150 grams of carbohydrates a day,” writes Ira, who did “squeeze out what she could.” And she died.

Her entire "Vkontakte" is solid "motivations" for such fools who are still alive.

Professional fitness is a sect, cruel and ruthless. They are brainwashed in such a way that the connection with reality is completely lost: the ugly is seen as beautiful, and the unhealthy and even deadly - as something everyday and natural.

That is why I have not been in professional fitness, and never will be. I stay as far away from him as possible.

And you, before flocking around another phyton in the hope of drying the photo press on Instagram as soon as possible, answer the questions: "What can she teach me? What does she know about building beautiful body? How did you build yours? Holodomor? Diets with a terrible bias towards protein? Training on the brink of cardiac arrest? Drugs? What is she good at besides pharma and no carbs?"

But Ira is sorry. Highly. But who is responsible for her death?