Please explain this soviet proof of why sqrt(2) is irrational?

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Proof by Contradiction in a Soviet Analysis Textbook by Fikhtengolts

I don't follow the steps from since $p = 2*q^2$. Typo? So then why or how exactly is q ODD? That step was not logical to me.

Whereas this proof makes sense -> http://www.math.utah.edu/~pa/math/q1.html