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Five-time world champion and 1976 Olympic gold medalist Nikolai Balboshin recounted his legendary grip strength in a recent interview. He described squeezing opponents' forearms during matches so hard that their hands would swell, and once broke a hand dynamometer during medical testing when he exceeded the 120-unit maximum reading. Balboshin recalled that he could gauge opponents' strength by their handshake before matches. He also mentioned deliberately crushing the hand of the King of Sweden during a medal ceremony in 1977, believing the monarch would remember the encounter. This interview provides historical context about the legendary Soviet wrestler's physical abilities.
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